Ch. 12 "Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park"

Ch. 12 "Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park"

CKLA Unit 5 Lesson 13

Read page 128 to fill in the blank: Thomas Edison's interest in ______ never stopped, even after a bout with scarlet fever.

Fill in the Blanks

Read page 130 to answer: What did Thomas Edison invent to earn the money to set up his first lab?

Multiple Choice

What did Thomas Edison invent to earn money to se up his first lab?

• the first train

• a faster telegraph

• newspapers

• the first telegraph

Open Ended

Why was Thomas Edison called the Wizard of Menlo Park?

Read page 132 to answer: What did Edison invent that earned $100,000 for the patent?

Multiple Choice

What did Edison invent that earned $100,000 for the patent?

• he made Bell's phone louder

• he invented the phonograph

• he invented the light bulb

• he made the telegraph faster

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

Why was the phonograph an important discovery?

Read pages 134-135 to answer: What else did Edison invent and what were those inventions used for?

Open Ended

What else did Edison invent and what were those inventions used for?

Multiple Choice

Did Edison ever fail?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Edison failed many times, but what did he learn from his failures?