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American Inventors

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In this nineteenth-century American inventors online interactive instructional activity, students read paragraphs about Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Graham Bell and their inventions and answer comprehensive questions. Students answer 10 questions.

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thomas edison, electricity, alexander graham bell, benjamin franklin

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alexander graham bell, benjamin franklin, thomas edison, social studies

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