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What do Sarah Boone, Alexander Miles, Garrett Morgan, Robert F. Flemmings, and John Standard all have in common? They were all African-American inventors! As part of History Black September, have your children learn about them and their inventions.

African-American inventors and their inventions

1. Sarah Boone - ironing ironing
2. Alexander Miles - Elevator
3. Garrett Morgan - traffic signal
4. Robert F. Flemmings - guitar
5. John Standard - Fridge
6. George T. Dryer Sampson - Clothes
7. D. Johnson - lawn mower
8. Bessie Blount - a device that allows amputees to feed themselves
9. Otis Boykin - a variable resistor used in guided missile parts
10. George Grant - the world's first patent for a golf tee
11. John Lee Love - Pencil Sharpener rotated by hand
12. Richard Spikes - Signs of automobile directional
13. William Purvis - stamped self-brushing
14. Kevin Woolfolk - hamster wheel training
15. Patricia Bath - first African-American woman doctor to receive a patent for a doctor, a method for removing cataract lenses using a laser device
16. WA Martin - block
17. GW Murray - planter
18. BH Taylor - rotary engine
23. Donald Cotton - fuel for nuclear reactors
24. Norbert Rillieux -- a method for refining sugar
25. Emmett W. Chappelle - Techniques for detecting bacteria in urine, blood, water and food
26. JW Smith - lawn sprinkler
27. WU Moody - design board
28. AL Cradle - so cold

Activities

1. Research other inventions African Americans.
2. Find the dates of these inventions and make a schedule them.
3. Discuss how life would be very different without these inventions.
4. Discuss the process of inventing something and have your students come up with their own inventions. They must make their inventions a name and write a description.
5. Sort these inventions in categories such as around the house and things for Security.
6. Alphabetize inventors' names.
7. Do you have any children cut out pictures of inventions and paste them on the left side of index cards. Have other children use stickers to write or type of invention and paste them scissors that come in a variety of patterns.
8. Create a criss-cross puzzle or a word-find puzzle with the names of inventors past.

I hope these ideas are useful and inspire your own creative thinking!

About the Author:

Freda J. Glatt, MS, is a retired K-6 teacher. Helping others reinforce reading comprehension through FUNdamental Reading Activities, including games and worksheets, is her new educational goal. Visit her site at http://www.sandralreading.com.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Celebrating Black History Month

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