Inventions

What year did Samuel Morse invent the telegraph?

• 1844

• 1950s

• 1876

• 2018

How did Technology change the way people worked?

• Work became safer because people can send messages quickly.

• Electronics are more fun.

• The future is exciting.

• If a person lived far away, you could send a letter by horse.

What sentence best supports the main idea?

• Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

• Technology helps us create new things.

• As new inventions have changed, communication has become easier for people to use.

• As new inventions have changed, no one watches T.V. anymore.

Select all of the ways that life was different in the days with electronics.

• People lived by the sunlight.

• The computer was a great invention.

• Reading on paper was a luxury.

• Communication was done in person or by mail carrier.

Select all of the examples of communication technology.

• Newspaper

• Social Media

• Parks

• Cars

• Computers

What does the word Communication mean?

• To walk or run a long ways.

• To complete a math word problem.

• To listen to music on the radio.

• To tell someone something or exchange information.

Which of the following is the BEST title for this passage?

• TV and Radios

• Communication Technology

• Inventors Around the World

• Inventors are Rich!

Which sentence best supports the inference that having a book was uncommon and considered very valuable?

• Communication technology changed how people work.

• Technology is ever-changing.

• There was no TV.

• Possessing a book was a luxury!

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this text?

• To inform people how communication technology has changed and improved the lives of people over time.

• To persuade people to become inventors to make lots of money!

• To entertain people with fun information on social media.

• To inform people about the inventors in the 1800's.

Read the following sentence from the passage:

"Technology is the use of science knowledge for practical purposes."

Let’s replace the word practical to make the author’s meaning clearer.

• serious

• effective

• technology

• useless