Fire Breather

Which line shows that Garrett Morgan was determined?

• "Long tubes came out of it's front. It looked like elephant trunks"

• "He was going to prove it or die trying."

• "In the early 1900s fires were a deadly problem in the USA."

• "Morgan soon found a job fixing up people's homes."

What problem did Morgan face as an inventor in the late 1800s?

• He couldn't afford college.

• His family wasn't very supportive.

• There was racism in America.

• He didn't know how to sell his prototype.

Why were his inventions so important?

• They helped heal the sick.

• They opened up new schools for inventors.

• They have saved millions of lives.

• They are very expensive.

What character traits did Garrett Morgan demonstrate?

• curiosity

• Bravery

• determination

• ALL of these

What was Morgan's most famous invention?

• A better way to fix sewing machines

• a gas mask

• a traffic light for pedestrians (people walking across streets)

• an ice cream cone maker

What is poverty?

• the state of being poor

• smart, or clever

• a case to carry papers

• a brand new way to do something

What does tinkering mean?

• She is Peter Pan's friend.

• the sound of a bell

• making small changes to fix something

• passing something through a device to clean it

Morgan was innovative. What does that mean?

• able to stand up for his rights

• He was willing to risk his life to help people.

• He thought of new ideas that no one else thought of.

• willing to carry things to another country

What is a prototype?

• The final product of an invention

• A first model of an invention

• A typewriter from the 1900s

• A robot

In what way is racism wrong?

• people suffer cruel treatment because of their race

• some races falsely believe they are better than others

• some people don't have equal rights because of it

• ALL of these