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Thomas Edison: Resource and Activity Book WorksheetThomas Edison: Resource and Activity Book Worksheet
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Thomas Edison: Resource and Activity Book

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What other inventions was Thomas Edison responsible for besides the telegraph and lightbulb? Incorporate a set of worksheets into your study of Edison and other inventors. The 48-page packet includes all types of activities from word searches, to sentence builders, parts of speech identifiers, word and number jumbles, drawing and coloring, and quite a few more. 

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thomas edison, american inventors, inventors, telegraphs, light bulbs, word construction, number puzzles, math puzzles

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social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the week leading up to or around Edison's birthday which is February 11

Classroom Considerations

  • Refer to the second page to become familiar with the difficulty scale and subject icons
  • Print the pages as needed versus all at once

Pros

  • Has a table of contents to easily find the activities you want to use
  • Includes subject icons at the top of each worksheet indicating the subjects being addressed
  • Comes with discussion topics and answer keys to all the sheets

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  • None

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