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Newseum

Civil War: Encoding the News

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Young journalists learn to appreciate the advantages of how modern media technology enables rapid news delivery as they compare today's media revolution to how the telegraph and Morse Code revolutionized news coverage during the Civil...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Telegraph

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Most pupils don't know what a telegraph is, much less how one works. A secret simulation has scholars pick the size of the primary and secondary loops, the battery voltage, and which letters in the Morse Code they want to transmit. They...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Binary Basics

For Students 9th - 12th
Back to the (binary) basics. The resource provides a simple overview of binary code and gives two different activities to introduce it to elementary and middle school learners. Classmates write and decode messages to each other in binary...
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Curated OER

Get the Message?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Remember Morse Code? High schoolers investigate ways in which people communicate and assess which communication methods are appropriate and effective in different situations. They evaluate how constant changes in the world of technology...
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Curated OER

Patterns of Communication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholars examine codes, symbols, and other forms of communication. They discuss Morse Code. Next, they are given messages written in code, which they must decipher. 
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Curated OER

Massachusetts Morse code

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Massachusetts worksheet, students use Morse code to write a secret message about the state. Students write 1 message.
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Curated OER

Communication Methods

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore communications by participating in a science class activity. In this communication technology lesson plan, students discuss the process of morse code, its history, and the electromagnets used to create the device....
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Curated OER

Morse Code and the Titanic

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners review the story of the Titanic. In this science inventions lesson plan, students use what they learn about the Titanic to study electromagnets and the invention of the telegraph. Learners make electromagnets with batteries,...
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Curated OER

The Art of Communication

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research the Morse Code created by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1838. They participate in decoding messages on a printable student activity sheet. They write their own Morse Code message and have a peer try and decode it.
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Curated OER

Applied Science - Built Environment Pre Lab (Morse Code)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study communication. In this telegraph lesson, students examine Morse code and the composition of an elementary telegraph circuit. They listen to a presentation and try to create Morse Code messages on a worksheet. This lesson...
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Curated OER

Transportation and Communication

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students take an in depth look at communication. In this communication instructional activity, students discuss the effectiveness of codes, languages, and transportation in communication. Students participate in a problem solving...
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Curated OER

Morse Code, Telegraph, and West Virginia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students prepare for a visit to the West Virginia State Museum. In this West Virginia history lesson, students research the Morse Code and telegraph. Students create their own Morse Code and discuss communication history prior to...
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Curated OER

Signaling

For Students 4th - 6th
In this signaling instructional activity, students follow directions to make a circuit involving batteries, light bulbs, wires and more. Students then try to make morse code signals with their circuit.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Inventions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this inventions activity, students read a passage that describes the invention of the electromagnetic telegraph by Samuel Morse. Students answer 4 questions about the text.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

May 24, 1844 - Morse Code Message

For Students 7th - 8th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that May 24, 1844 was the day the first Morse Code message was sent. Students research resources in their classroom to find five facts about Morse Code and summarize them in their own...
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Curated OER

October 3, 1906 - SOS Morse Code

For Students 7th - 8th
For this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that October 3, 1906 was designated as the international distress code. Students create their own type of code system that helps them create secret messages.
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Curated OER

Save Our Ship!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this deciphering a message learning exercise, students utilize a Morse code alphabet key to decipher a message to the captain of the Titanic.
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Curated OER

Telegraphy-- Morse Code

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and science worksheet, students discover that Morse Code is a way to send messages. Students examine a chart with the Morse Code alphabet and translate 3 messages. Students then write a message in Morse Code to a...
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Curated OER

Cracking Codes and Ciphers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore different codes and ciphers including Morse Code, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, and the Alphabet. They discuss how and why codes are used. Students create their own code and message to exchange with classmates.
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Curated OER

Deciphering Morse Code

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students write and decode messages using Morse code, as Civil War soldiers might have done. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson to help them experience morse code.
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Curated OER

Morse Code and Computers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Morse code worksheet, learners read a short passage about the invention of Morse code and the use of telegraphs. Students answer three paragraphs about the passage.
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Curated OER

Transportation and Communication Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the growth of transportation and communication technology since 1500 C.E. Individually or in groups, they research lists of developments in the two areas. Finally, students create timelines indicating the development...
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Curated OER

The Dot and Dashy Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars examine and discuss the Morse Code. In small groups they develop messages using Morse code and take turns decipering the messages.
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Curated OER

Did You Get the Message?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of coding in everyday life from past to present in an audio activity using Morse Code. They study the mechanics of the genetic code.