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In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

​What details from the text support the idea that the Game Boy was a popular invention?

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What details from the text support the idea that the Game Boy was a popular invention?

In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

What does the author mean when they use the phrase "picking up speed" in paragraph one?

​What details from the text support the idea that the Game Boy was a popular invention?

Multiple Choice

What does the author mean when they use the phrase "picking up speed" in paragraph one?

• Becoming Popular

• Getting faster and faster

• Becoming more fun

• Getting a new game

In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

​Besides the Game Boy, what other games are mentioned in the text?

What does the author mean when they use the phrase "picking up speed" in paragraph one?

Multiple Select

Besides the Game Boy, what other games are mentioned in the text? Select all correct answers.

• Pac Man

• Pong

• Tetris

• Playstation

• Xbox

In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

How did the invention of the Game Boy impact the way children played video games?

​Besides the Game Boy, what other games are mentioned in the text?

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The invention of the Game Boy impacted the way children played video games by ​

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In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

​When the author used "credited with its start" in paragraph two, the author meant Gunpei Yokoi...​

How did the invention of the Game Boy impact the way children played video games?

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When the author used "credited with its start" in paragraph two, the author meant Gunpei Yokoi...​

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was the person who invented the product.

was the one who made money from the product.

was the person who invented Nintendo.

In the 1980s, kids loved putting money into large video game machines to play Pac-Man and Pong. The Nintendo was just picking up speed, landing in living rooms across the world, giving kids the opportunity to play video games on their couch and not in restaurants or arcades. However, an invention in the late 1980s led to kids leaving their couches and taking their video games in their cars and backpacks.

The Nintendo Game Boy revolutionized the way that kids

played video games and essentially led the way for any handheld gaming device that you might use today. While the Game Boy was developed by a team at Nintendo headquarters in Japan, a man named Gunpei Yokoi is credited with its start.

The original Game Boy only had 4 buttons and a directional

pad. It arrived under many Christmas trees, and in the hands of kids, bundled with the game Tetris. When the Game Boy was first released in 1989 to America, it sold one million within just a few weeks. In fact, 40,000 Game Boys were sold in the first day!

Gunpei Yokoi led the charge for many of Nintendo's game advances. However, his greatest contribution was the development of the Game Boy. Kids across the world loved being able to take their games to go.

Who Invented the Game Boy?

​When the author used "credited with its start" in paragraph two, the author meant Gunpei Yokoi...​

When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

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Who Invented Google?

​What does the phrase, "revolutionized the way that we look for information" mean as used in paragraph 1?

Multiple Choice

What does the phrase, "revolutionized the way that we look for information" mean as used in paragraph 1?

• Google made a website

• Google changed the way the internet worked.

• Google made people really angry.

• Google changed the way we look for information.

When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

​

Who Invented Google?

​What does the phrase, "revolutionized the way that we look for information" mean as used in paragraph 1?

​What evidence from the text supports the idea that Larry Page is a modern inventor?

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What evidence from the text supports the idea that Larry Page is a modern inventor?

When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

​

Who Invented Google?

​What evidence from the text supports the idea that Larry Page is a modern inventor?

​What are some ways the text mentions that people may have obtained information prior to or without Google?

Multiple Select

What are some ways the text mentions that people may have obtained information prior to or without Google? Select ALL correct answers.

• Parents

• Book

• Bing

• Teacher

When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

​

Who Invented Google?

​What are some ways the text mentions that people may have obtained information prior to or without Google?

​What details from the text support the idea that Page and Brin's friends and family supported their invention?

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What details from the text support the idea that Page and Brin's friends and family supported their invention?

When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

​

Who Invented Google?

​What details from the text support the idea that Page and Brin's friends and family supported their invention?

​What is the meaning of multitude as used in paragraph three of the article?

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When you need to know something, what do you do? You might first peruse a book, or ask your very smart (and very awesome) teacher. But, what do you do if you don't have a book or teacher handy, and your parents have no idea? I bet that you sit down on your computer and ask Google. However, it wasn't always that simple. If you can believe it, there was a time when Google wasn't around and internet search engines were not very good at harnessing all the information on the world wide web. But then two men named Larry Page and Sergey Brin revolutionized the way that we look for information.

Larry Page is considered a modern inventor. He is still alive, and

a relatively young man. Born in 1973, he is only in his 40s now. Page always

loved computers and studied computer engineering at Stanford University.

He met his Google partner, Sergey Brin, at college. Together, the two found

a way to have their search engine list the results by post popularity.

Google was born.

Google started in 1998 after Page and Brin raised $1 million dollars from family and friends who wanted to invest in the company and idea. It was an investment that paid off - a lot. By 2013, the site averages 6 billion searches every day from users worldwide. 6 billion. That is quite a multitude of searches.

​

Who Invented Google?

​What is the meaning of multitude as used in paragraph three of the article?

​Now, we are going to analyze BOTH passages!

​Which details from BOTH texts show that each invention was innovative and creative?

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Which details from BOTH texts show that each invention was innovative and creative?

​How did each invention impact society?

Reorder

Reorder the following from MOST impactful to LEAST impactful change to society. Use information from BOTH articles to support your answer.

• People can easily find important information on the internet with Google.

• People can take their games with them on the go with the Gameboy.

• People can access Google for free.

• People have to buy the Game Boy to be able to play games when not at home.

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

​Which invention is more important?

Open Ended

Which invention is more important and why? Use the information found in BOTH articles to support your answer.