Contested
Currents
The Race to Electrify America
Classroom Activities & Resources
Thomas
Edison
To
learn more about Thomas Edison try the following activities:
ACTIVITY – Recreate a telegraph like the ones used by Edison
Telegraph.pdf
Telegraph.doc
ACTIVITY – Recreate
Edison’s electric light bulb
Edison's Light Bulb1.pdf || Edison's Light Bulb2.pdf
Edison's Light Bulb1.doc || Edison's
Light Bulb2.doc
BACKGROUND
- Who really invented the light bulb?
Edison vs Latimer.pdf
Edison vs Latimer.doc
George
Westinghouse
To
learn more about George Westinghouse try the following activity:
ACTIVITY – Better understand Westinghouse's AC power
AC
LED Lasso.pdf
AC
LED Lasso.doc
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