Alexander Graham Bell Lesson Plans

1. Captain Keller's Business Letter
...bers are based on Glencoe Literature, Reader's Choice, Course 4, 2002.) Background: On pages 712-716 in your textbook, Kate and Captain Keller discuss writing to Dr. Chisholm in Baltimore to get some help for Helen. On page 716, Mr. Anagnos states that Dr. Chisholm couldn't help Helen, but that Dr. Bell had suggested that Helen needed a teacher. That is how Annie got the job with the Kellers. ("Dr. Bell" is Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone while looking for a way to help deaf and hearing-impaired people.) Your task: Write the business letter Captain Keller would have sent to Mr. Anagnos at the...

2. The Drachen Foundation:TTeaching the Bell Tetrahedral Kite
The Drachen Foundation Teaching the Bell Tetrahedral Kite Level: Intermediate?Middle (grades 4 ? 8) What's New at DF Length: three to six sessions, including student About Kites readings, kite making, and kite flying. Sessions can be taught in a different order, wit h s ome combined or omitted. The kite alone can be constructed in about 40 minutes (no deco...

3. Can You Hear Me? Lesson Plan
Crayola Submit Register for FREE! Join the Crayola community today. Can You Hear Me? Why What wonderful item did Alexander Graham Bell invent? History and technology come together in this recycled construction. Steps 1. Many areas of the world like to claim Alexander Graham Bell as their own. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland; lived in London, Ontario, and Boston, Massachusetts; and vacationed in Nova Scotia. He truly was a man of...

4. Unit 7- Grade 5 Great Inventors Settlers?
...ent electric light bulb, the phonograph, and other Edison inventions and patents. As a culminating activity, students should write a description of what life might be like without these inventions. 3. A research activity should cover more of the famous inventors of the period, including Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright Brothers. Oral reports, posters, or other displays of inventions could be culminating activities for this research. 4. The teacher may also wish to describe less well known inventors of the period. Students may find resources such as _African-American Inventors_, by Patricia and Fred...

5. The Wizard of the Professor
...erred to as the Gilded Age & Progressive Era). Specifically, these units can meet standards addressing the role of technology in society, innovation and invention in 19th century America, and the role of communication in human relations. Virginia Standards of Learning will go here. Resources Used + Alexander Graham Bell Papers at the Library of Congress + WPA Life Histories + Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959 + Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880 - 1920 Evaluation and Extension Describe any evaluation and/or extension activities...

6. Germs Can Make Me Sick
...th, e.g., cleanliness. Students will describe the services of health care providers, e.g., doctors, nurses, dentists, hospitals. Students will identify through biographies and stories the admirable deeds performed by past leaders such as Helen Keller, Ben Franklin, Martin Luther King, Clara Barton, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. Other Content Standards: Brief Summary of Unit: What is a germ? How do you catch a cold? What does a nurse do? Who is Clara Barton? This ?contagious? study offers 5 classroom lessons that give students opportunities to learn good health habits...

7. Captain Keller's Business Letter
...tudents read and discuss Act I of The Miracle Worker. After students read the first act of the play, invite them to discuss the conversation between Kate and Captain Keller in which the two debate contacting Dr. Chisholm. Talk about what Mr. Anagnos said that Dr. Chisholm couldn't help but that Dr. Bell had suggested that Helen needed a teacher. ("Dr. Bell" is Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone while trying to help deaf and hearing-impaired people.) Challenge students to write the kind of business letter Captain Keller might have written to the Perkins Institution to ask for help finding a teache...

8. Surfing for Substance
...and contributions of African-Americans. We have sought out information about African-American freemen/women, slaves, soldiers, explorers, statesmen/women, abolitionists, and scholars. We are about to learn about the Industrial Revolution. Students will read about several famous inventors, including Alexander Graham Bell, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. They'll also read about two African-American inventors, Jan Matzeliger and Garrett Morgan. Steps for Learners (a description of the process) a. Investigate at least one of the listed Web sites. b. Choose an intriguing invention and find out about bo...

9. The Inventor Was a Woman
...E Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ + + Introduction: During Frances Folsom Cleveland?s lifetime?the last half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century?American inventors literally changed the face of America. Although we are familiar with such inventors as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell, we are much less familiar with inventors who were (and are!) women. Objectives: After participating in this activity, students will know more about women?s contributions to the world in the form of inventions and discoveries. They will also gain practice in biographical research and in writing com...

10. Where in the World is Mr. Fultz?
...tline here. Steeply banked lochs were also formed. Loch Ness is a popular place to visit in You will find me in this country's this country if you are not scared of second largest city. Robert Louis monsters, and Ben Nevis provides plenty Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, of fun for skiers. and Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, were born here.