Invention Mini-Project

Directions:

• Research the invention and inventor and take notes about the invention and on the inventions impact.

• You will then create a short essay (1/2 to 1 page) to answer the following question:

• How did this invention impact the economy/social/political during the Antebellum time period?

• Then, (tomorrow) Students will create an advertisement set in the antebellum period for their invention.

TOC #50

• RIGHT: 50. Inventor Research notes

• LEFT: Write the project directions in your own words.

• Include MLA citations in your research notes.

• Be creative!

1793---Eli Whitney cotton gin1807---Robert Fulton first commercially successful

steamboat1830---Peter Cooper first steam locomotive1834—Cyrus McCormick mechanical reaper1835—Samuel Colt revolver pistol1837—John Deere steel plow1839—Charles Goodyear vulcanized rubber1844—Samuel Morse telegraph/Morse code1846—Elias Howe sewing machine1851—I.M. Singer foot treadle for sewing machine