These assignments present engaging 500-word informational articles divided into clear, manageable sections. Four comprehension questions are placed throughout the reading, allowing readers to demonstrate understanding as they progress. Bold vocabulary words are introduced naturally within the text with simple definitions. A vocabulary section provides additional practice defining each term in complete sentences.
- Read Article
- Answer Comprehension questions
- Define Vocabulary
Assignments included:
Thomas Edison (filament, phonograph, incandescent, kinetoscope)
Nikola Tesla (alternating current, transformer, induction motor, resonance)
Alexander Graham Bell (transmitter, receiver, vibration, telephony)
Benjamin Franklin (conductor, electricity, lightning rod, experiment)
Johannes Gutenberg (movable type, presswork, typography, ink)
Eli Whitney (cotton gin, fiber separation, plantation, mechanization)
James Watt (steam engine, piston, condenser, horsepower)
Guglielmo Marconi (radio waves, transmitter, antenna, signal)
Tim Berners-Lee (hypertext, browser, server, protocol)
Garrett Morgan (traffic signal, safety hood, invention, roadway)
George Washington Carver (agriculture, crop rotation, botany, soil enrichment)
Lewis Latimer (carbon filament, drafting, patent, illumination)
Madam C. J. Walker (entrepreneurship, cosmetics, pomade, distribution)
Granville T. Woods (railway telegraph, electrical circuit, communication, railway control)
Marie Curie (radioactivity, radium, laboratory research, radiation)
Hedy Lamarr (frequency hopping, encryption, wireless signal, spread spectrum)
Stephanie Kwolek (polymer, Kevlar fiber, tensile strength, synthetic material)
Mary Anderson (windshield wiper, lever mechanism, visibility, automobile)
Grace Hopper (compiler, programming language, debugging, code translation)
Cai Lun (papermaking, pulp, fiber slurry, parchment alternative)
Shuji Nakamura (blue LED, semiconductor, gallium nitride, diode)
Tu Youyou (artemisinin, malaria parasite, medicinal extraction, herbal compound)
Chien-Shiung Wu (beta decay, particle experiment, nuclear physics, parity)
Radia Perlman (spanning tree protocol, network bridge, topology, packet switching)
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