Lesson Package | Black History - Inventors Now Digital!

Grade Level: 1, 2, 3
48 Pages
ZIP File/Format

Description

This unit has been updated for virtual learning. You will download a single PDF that says "clicke here." Once you click that, you will get access to a Google folder with all of the components.

This unit celebrates 5 men and 5 African American inventors. Included are anchor charts, biography profiles, reading comprehension, and the steps and materials needed for your students to create their own invention and apply for a “patent!”

Most of these inventors are lesser known because the popular ones are so heavily covered.

Inventors and Inventions Included:

Madame C.J. Walker – Hair Growth Products
Bessie Griffin – Amputee Feeding Apparatus
Valerie Thomas – Illusion Transmitter
Patricia Bath – Laserphaco Probe
Marjorie Joyner – Permanent Waving Machine
George Crum – Potato Chips
Garrett Morgan – 3 Way Traffic Signal (amongst many other things)
George Grant – Wooden golf tee
Willis Johnson – Egg Beater/Mixer
Lonnie Johnson – Super Soaker Water Gun (amongst many other things)