INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED AMERICA
Chuckwagon – Charles Goodnight
Paper Clip – Samuel B Fay
Tape Measure - Alvin J. Fellows
Barbed Wire – Joseph Glidden
Refrigerator Car - J.B. Sutherland
Paper Bag – Margaret Knight
Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell
Medal Detector – Alexander Graham Bell
Cowboy Hat - John Batterson Stetson
Dynamite – Alfred Nobel
Moving Picture Camera - Etienne Marey
American Football - Walter Chauncey Camp
Railway Air Brake - George Westinghouse
Earmuffs – Chester Greenwood
Revolving Door - Theophilus Van Kannel
Jeans - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis
Ice Cream Soda - Robert M. Green
Rotary Can Opener - William W. Lyman
Quadruplex Telegraph – Thomas Alva Edison
QWERTY - Christopher Sholes
Phonograph – Thomas Alva Edison
Maxim Gun - Hiram Stevens Maxim
Cash Register – James Ritty
Skyscrapper - William Le Baron Jenney
Ballpoint Pen - John J. Loud
Mimeograph – Thomas Alva Edison
Payphone - William Gray
Flexible Flyer - Samuel Leeds Allen
Dishwasher - Josephine Cochrane
Coca Cola - John Pemberton
Electric Power Plant – Thomas Alva Edison
Once you have selected your invention, get a computer and begin your research. Take notes on a
sheet of notebook paper. After finding all of the required information, select a piece of
construction paper on which to make your visual.
Carton - Robert Gair
REQUIRED INFORMATION
description of the invention and how it was invented
Why is this invention important?
How did it change the country?
VISUAL REQUIREMENTS
picture of the inventor (if available)
picture of the invention
contain all required information
all words must be large enough to be easily seen from across the room