This collection uses primary sources to explore the invention of the telephone.

This site provides information about the birth of the telephone. The site also discusses AT&T, the first long distance phone call, and the people involved.

This resource contains an article about using the telephone to its maximum potential. It gives basic advice on improving your communication over the phone.

The Great Idea Finder provides information on the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell and its history throughout the years. Links to other sites with information are provided.

Students gain a basic understanding of the engineering components behind telecommunications, in particular, the way telephone communication works to link one phone to another for conventional landline and cellular telephones. During this...

This resources features an overview of the history behind the technological development of the telephone today and a timeline showing the important dates.

This biographical site includes a link to a United States House of Representatives resolution recognizing Antonio Meucci as the inventor of the telephone. It also includes information on Bell's (1847-1922) later scientific work.

This collection provides maps dating back to 1500 up to the present. The collection includes: cities, towns, discovery and exploration, conservation and environment, military battles, cultural landscapes, transportation, communication,...

Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...

This chart summarizes communication facts of Argentina including data on telephones, televisions, radios and internet usage.

Federal Communications Commission provides a chart to show how the FCC is organized.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore how "closely connected" a network structure is. Framed in the context of a terrorist cell, students must find which setups would allow organizations to still...

Students learn the connections between the science of sound waves and engineering design for sound environments. Through three lessons, students come to better understand sound waves, including how they change with distance, travel...

An in-depth look at inventions and developments that had an impact on telecommunication.

This site presents a pictorial timeline of technology developments.