Garrett Morgan, Innovative Inventor

Garrett Morgan, Innovative Inventor

Author: Carole Marsh

Publisher: Gallopade International

Published: 2004-09-01

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9780635025265

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Garrett Morgan was a businessman and an inventor. He invented many practical products. One is the traffic signal! It helped by making our streets safer. Garrett also invented a gas mask! Fire departments needed these. This gas mask was also used by solders in World War I. Garrett Morgan used his innovative ideas to improve our public safety. These popular readers include easy-to-read information, fun facts and trivia, humor, activities and a whole lot more. They are great for ages 7-12 (grades 2-6), because although simple, these readers have substance and really engage kids with their stories. They are great for social studies, meeting state and national curriculum standards, individual and group reading programs, centers, library programs, and have many other terrific educational uses. Get the Answer Key for the Quizzes! Click HERE.


Oh, the Things They Invented!

Oh, the Things They Invented!

Author: Bonnie Worth

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 059312670X

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From the first printing press to the World Wide Web—the Cat looks at inventors and inventions that have changed our lives! The Cat in the Hat goes back in time to meet with the masterminds of more than a dozen inventions that made a major impact on our lives today—from famous figures like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright brothers to lesser-known ones like Garrett Morgan, Mary Anderson, and Tim Berners-Lee. Children will learn basic information about each invention, as well as fascinating facts like how Guttenberg’s famous printing machine was made from an old wine press, how a steaming teakettle may have inspired the creation of the steam engine, and how table salt changed the history of photography. Ideal for supporting the Common Core State Standards, and a natural for fans of the hit PBS Kids show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, this is a great way to introduce beginning readers to science!


100 Greatest African Americans

100 Greatest African Americans

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2010-06-28

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 161592423X

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Since 1619, when Africans first came ashore in the swampy Chesapeake region of Virginia, there have been many individuals whose achievements or strength of character in the face of monumental hardships have called attention to the genius of the African American people. This book attempts to distill from many wonderful possibilities the 100 most outstanding examples of greatness. Pioneering scholar of African American Studies Molefi Kete Asante has used four criteria in his selection: the individual''s significance in the general progress of African Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system; self-sacrifice and the demonstration of risk for the collective good; unusual will and determination in the face of the greatest danger or against the most stubborn odds; and personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people. In adopting these criteria Professor Asante has sought to steer away from the usual standards of popular culture, which often elevates the most popular, the wealthiest, or the most photogenic to the cult of celebrity. The individuals in this book - examples of lasting greatness as opposed to the ephemeral glare of celebrity fame - come from four centuries of African American history. Each entry includes brief biographical information, relevant dates, an assessment of the individual''s place in African American history with particular reference to a historical timeline, and a discussion of his or her unique impact on American society. Numerous pictures and illustrations will accompany the articles. This superb reference work will complement any library and be of special interest to students and scholars of American and African American history.


Young Trailblazers: the Book of Black Inventors and Scientists

Young Trailblazers: the Book of Black Inventors and Scientists

Author: M. J. Fievre

Publisher: Dragonfruit Designs

Published: 2023-03-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781642506068

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Learn About Amazing Black Trailblazers Who Changed the World A fun new book for children that teaches them about Black trailblazers who have impacted the world through their actions and inventions. From Black Inventors to Black Scientists. Take your child on an adventure and travel through time to meet historical black trailblazers who changed the game. Countdown to liftoff with Katherine Johnson who helped pioneer U.S. crewed space missions. Safely cross the street with Garrett Morgan who invented the traffic signal or even sing your heart out with James West's invention of the microphone. Experience an array of rich Black history. There are Black scientists and Black inventors such as George Washington Carver and Madam C.J. Walker we all know. There are also dozens of Black trailblazers that we don't, all of whom have accomplished remarkable things in literature, entertainment, education, STEM, business, military and government services, politics and law, activism, sports, spirituality, and more. Cuddle up with your child and meet the Young Trailblazers who will: * Introduce your child to Black history * Encourage the importance of dreaming big * Show your child that they can do it tooIf your child enjoyed books about Black History such as Black Heroes, 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History, or Black Women in Science, they'll love Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists .


Black Pioneers of Science and Invention

Black Pioneers of Science and Invention

Author: Louis Haber

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780152085667

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Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.


Inventing Modern America

Inventing Modern America

Author: David E. Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780585481012

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Inventing Modern America profiles 35 inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The inventors profiled include such well-known figures as George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, and Steve Wozniak.


African American Lives

African American Lives

Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-04-29

Total Pages: 1055

ISBN-13: 019988286X

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African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from over five thousand entries in the forthcoming eight-volume African American National Biography, illuminate African-American history through the immediacy of individual experience. From Esteban, the earliest known African to set foot in North America in 1528, right up to the continuing careers of Venus and Serena Williams, these stories of the renowned and the near forgotten give us a new view of American history. Our past is revealed from personal perspectives that in turn inspire, move, entertain, and even infuriate the reader. Subjects include slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, and business people, musicians and dancers, artists and athletes, victims of injustice and the lawyers, journalists, and civil rights leaders who gave them a voice. Their experiences and accomplishments combine to expose the complexity of race as an overriding issue in America's past and present. African American Lives features frequent cross-references among related entries, over 300 illustrations, and a general index, supplemented by indexes organized by chronology, occupation or area of renown, and winners of particular honors such as the Spingarn Medal, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer Prize.


They Made America

They Made America

Author: David Lefer

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Published: 2009-03-03

Total Pages: 922

ISBN-13: 0316070343

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An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.


The Boo-Boos That Changed the World

The Boo-Boos That Changed the World

Author: Barry Wittenstein

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1632895579

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Did you know Band-Aids were invented by accident?! And that they weren't mass-produced until the Boy Scouts gave their seal of approval? 1920s cotton buyer Earle Dickson worked for Johnson & Johnson and had a klutzy wife who often cut herself. The son of a doctor, Earle set out to create an easier way for her to bandage her injuries. Band-Aids were born, but Earle's bosses at the pharmaceutical giant weren't convinced, and it wasn't until the Boy Scouts of America tested Earle's prototype that this ubiquitous household staple was made available to the public. Soon Band-Aids were selling like hotcakes, and the rest is boo-boo history. "Appealingly designed and illustrated, an engaging, fun story" — Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW