Christopher Sholes
Typewriting Machine, 1873

 

Walter Johnson’s Learning Research Hub provides access to a catalog of all books and materials located in the Media Center, and to a wide variety of general and subject-based online reference materials.

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The links below provide useful research tools for this project.

Sir Henry Bessemer Inventor & Engineer
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/bessemer.html

Henry Bessemer
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCbessemer.htm

Edwin Drake
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Drake

Edwin Drake
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/drake.html

Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir
http://www.lss.bolton.ac.uk/~mjh1hlc/lenoir.htm

Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/L/Lenoir/1.html

Alfred Nobel
http://www.nobel.se/nobel/alfred-nobel/

Alfred Nobel - His Life and Work
http://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/oldnobel/alfred/biography.html

Christopher Latham Sholes
http://www.quido.cz/objevy/psaci.a.htm

Christopher Latham Sholes
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm

George Westinghouse Museum
http://www.georgewestinghouse.com/museum.html

George Westinghouse
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwestinghouse.htm

Michael Faraday
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfaraday.htm

Michael Faraday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/faraday_michael.shtml

Washington Augustus Roebling
http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAgen/warbio.html

Washington Roebling 1837 – 1926
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/SciANDTech/Roebling/Roebling%20Images/WashRoeb.htm

Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum
http://www.tomedison.org/

Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/edison.html

Charles Dowd
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/01/why.time.zones/

D.F. Dowd
http://www.sptimes.com/Travel97/10198/To_Every_Times__There.html

Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/albell/homepage.html

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canand
http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/parks/agb_e.html

Meet Andrew Carnegie
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/sfeature/meet.html

Andrew Carnegie's Life in Brief
http://www.carnegiehero.org/Bio.shtml

George Pullman: The Pullman Era
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/pullman.html

George Pullman
http://www.graveyards.com/graceland/pullman.html

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/jdrsrbio.html

John D. Rockefeller
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArockefeller.htm

William Randolph Hearst
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/willh.html

William Randolph Hearst
http://www.hearstcastle.org/history/william_r_hearst.asp

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/spencer.htm

Herbert Spencer
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spencer/

John Pierpont Morgan
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/misc/morgan_jp.shtml

John Pierpont Morgan
http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1865_1929/morgan.htm

William S. Burroughs Adding Machine Company
http://www.dotpoint.com/xnumber/hancock7.htm

William Seward Burroughs
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/23.html

George Eastman ... The Man
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/aboutKodak/kodakHistory/eastman.shtml

George Eastman
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/eastman.htm

Louis Sullivan
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Sullivan.html

Lieber-Meister - The Louis Sullivan Page
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/sullivan.html

Wilbur and Orville Wright
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/Wrights.html

The Wright Brothers
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html

Frederick Law Olmsted
http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/Lifeframe.htm

Frederick Law Olmsted
http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1865_1929/olmsted.htm

William A. Bullock
http://www.famousamericans.net/williamabullock/

William A. Bullock - Invention of the Millennium
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/gamain/publications/edition/99-00/8/invention.htm

Albert Augustus Pope
http://www.famousamericans.net/albertaugustuspope/

AHEAD OF HIS TIME: From ‘Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines’
http://www.simplybicycling.com/dreammachine.htm

William Le Baron Jenney
http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-jenney.htm

William Le Baron Jenney
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Jenney.html

Dr. John S. Pemberton (inventor of Coca-Cola)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colainvnt.html

John S. Pemberton 1841-1886
http://www.bsu.edu/web/entrepreneurship/pages/pember1.htm

Lewis Howard Latimer
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/latimer.html

Lewis Howard Latimer
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/lewislatimer.html

George Washington Carver
http://www.george-washington-carver.com/george-washington-carver/

George Washington Carver - Ultimate Resource Links
http://www.dollsgen.com/gwc.htm

Elijah McCoy
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/mccoy.html

Elijah McCoy
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/elijahmccoy.html

Norbert Rillieux
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/rillieux.html

Norbert Rillieux
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/norbertrillieux.html

Jan Matzeliger
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/janmatzeliger.html

Jan Matzeliger
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi522.htm

Granville T. Woods
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/woods.html

Granville T. Woods
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/granvillewoods.html

Garrett Morgan
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/garrettmorgan.html

Garrett Augustus Morgan
http://education.dot.gov/aboutmorgan.html

James Buchanan Duke
http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/history/james_b_duke.html

James Buchanan ("Buck"): Industrial Giant
http://www.tobaccoheritage.com/industrial_giants.htm

Cornelius Vanderbilt
http://voteview.uh.edu/vanderb2.htm

Cornelius Vanderbilt
http://www.columbia.edu/~mcf31/higher/trustees/bios/vanderbilt.htm

Leland Stanford, Governor of California
http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/stanford.html

Leland Stanford:The Railroad Enterpenure and Political Tycoon
http://www.sauguscenturions.com/klipfel/kukulkastanford.html

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Apply gathered information to assigned project.

 

1.Research your topic using Library Orientation Information.
2. Each project MUST include a Primary Source, Secondary Source and an Internet Source which must be cited.
3. For each section, students must construct a summary/analysis of at least 75 words. Each brochure must contain visuals, diagrams, pictures, etc. which must cover more than 90% of the surface area. A detailed guide will be explained in class.

4. The Presentation is to be between THREE to FIVE minutes, and must include a technological component of the student's choosing. This must be first approved by Mr. Wiggins.

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Finished assignment fulfills task.