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Ohio Academic Content Standards – 4th Grade - History
Explain the importance of inventors such as the Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods and Thomas Edison.
Subject Headings/Keywords - Edison, Thomas; Light Bulb, Inventors – Ohio
Dewey Decimal/Call Number - B, 621.3
Books about Thomas Edison
B E233 DEL Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Inventing the future: a photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2002. Presents a biography of the tireless Thomas Edison, illustrated with many photos of his life and inventions.
B E233DEM deMauro, Lisa. Thomas Edison: a brilliant inventor. New York, NY : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2005. Presents a short biography of Thomas Edison discussing some of his many inventions which include the light bulb, phonograph, and moving pictures, and chronicles his childhood and early projects.
B E233D Dolan, Ellen M. Thomas Alva Edison : inventor. Springfield, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 1998. Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and over 1000 patents for other inventions and innovations.
B E233K Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer. Thomas Edison : inventor. Chanhassen, Minn. : Child's World, 2003. A biography of the inventor who changed the world in which he lived with such revolutionary inventions as the phonograph, electric lighting, and motion pictures.
B E233KN Knudsen, Shannon. Thomas Edison. Minneapolis : Lerner Publications,2004. An introduction to the life of Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and moving pictures.
B E233M Middleton, Haydn. Thomas Edison: the wizard inventor. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1997. A biography of the prolific inventor whose creations, including the electric light bulb and the phonograph, have contributed to the comfort, convenience, and entertainment of people all over the world.
B E24LI Linder, Greg. Thomas Edison : a photo-illustrated biography. Mankato,Minn.: Bridgestone Books, 1999. A biography of the man who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture and patented1,093 inventions.
621.309 Wallace, Joseph E. The Lightbulb. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. Traces the history of lighting from earliest times throughmodern day, and the work of Thomas Edison is discussed in detail.
621.326 Nobleman, Marc Tyler. The light bulb. Mankato Minn.: Capstone Press, 2004. Explore the history of the light bulb, and discover how this great invention developed into the lights we use today.
Videos about Thomas Edison
L ANIM TE Thomas Edison and the electric light [videorecording] / a Living History Production. Dallas, Tex.: Living History Productions, Inc., 1993. This fast-paced, bird's eye view of Edison's legendary career takes you behind the scenes to reveal the hard work and sheer excitement of daily discoveries with Animated Hero Classics.
B C9751M Thomas Edison / Gold Coast Television Entertainment, Bakrie Group, Valencia Entertainment International. Fictional story about some kids who travel back to West Orange, New Jersey in 1891 where Edison explains how he made electricity safe and practical, and then back to 1855 to meet eight-year-old Thomas who was thrown out of school by a teacher who said he was too stupid to learn.
B E233F Richardson, Tex.: Grace Products, 1998. Edison [videorecording] : for all mankind. Gr 4-12-A modern day student with an impending science project travels in time through "the magic of the library" to meet Edison. In telling the story of Thomas Edison the video illustrates the use of teamwork and persistence in science and science fair projects. VHS
B E233T Thomas Edison. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2001. By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of Thomas Edison and his inventions of electric lighting, phonograph, and movie camera, but also establishing the first true research lab, an invention factory!
509.22 S923 Strong connections [videorecording] ; Brave new world / produced by Full Circle Entertainment, Inc. Thousands Oaks, CA : Goldhi Video, 2003. This program focuses on inventors who revolutionized communications and those whose brilliance gave us lasers, plastic, computers, and transistors (includes Thomas Edison).
Databases (http://search3.webfeat.org/wf3_daytonm.html )
American National Biography
Biography Plus Illustrated -
Elementary Encyclopedia
Compton’s Encyclopedia
Britannica Elementary
SIRS Discoverer
World Book Online – includes short video
Websites about Thomas Edison
Edison Birthplace Museum
The Henry Ford Exhibit – Thomas Edison
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/edison/
Biography, list of his inventions and chronology.
Edison National Historic Site
Edison National Historic Site is part of the U.S. National Park Service. This website includes a short biography and descriptions of his inventions, a timeline, and bibliography.
Thomas Alva Edison
http://www.americasstory.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/scientists/edison
Part of the America’s Story from the Library of Congress Timeline, other stories include Edison’s Favorite Invention, When Things Don’t Work, and Put ‘Em Up, Sister.