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Kitchen

Home

Medicine

Transportation

Auditory Communication

Entertainment

Clothing

Visual Communication

Kitchen

Refrigerator

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexr.shtml
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/birefrigerator.htm
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/modern/fridge.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story057.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator.htm/printable
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm

Stove/Oven

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story034.htm
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
http://www.troynet.net/networkinnovation/innovators/stewart/
http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/stove.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/bio165.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm

Microwave Oven

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story068.htm
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html
http://www.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm
http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/how_work.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/m/microwaveoven.shtml
http://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm/printable
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/spencer.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm

Food: tea bags/iced tea, popsicles, chewing/bubble gum, potato chips, frozen food

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltea.htm
http://www.butlersguild.com/guests/table_settings/afternoon_tea.html
http://www.geocities.com/lgol27/HistoryTeaUSA.htm
http://www.hungrymonster.com/FoodFacts/Food_Facts.cfm?Phrase_vch=Candy&fid=7016
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpopsicle.htm
http://www.mirabilis.ca/archives/001002.html
http://www.icecreamusa.com/popsicle/tales.asp
http://www.gum-mints.com/conaffairs/historyofgum.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgum.htm
http://ndnd.essortment.com/chewinggumhis_rdjz.htm
http://www.ianxxi.com.ar/useless/gum.htm
http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/harmonj/atlas/potchips.htm
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/crum.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question579.htm
http://www.affi.com/factstat-history.asp
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfrfood.htm
http://www.birdseye.co.uk/frozen-to-be-fresh/history-of-freezing/index.asp
http://www.geocities.com/spamtasticus/historyofspam.html

Dishwasher

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldishwasher.htm
http://www.cbc.ca/kids/general/the-lab/history-of-invention/dishwasher.html
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1476.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishwasher
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexc.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1129451,00.html
http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/inventors/cochrane.html
http://204.228.229.171/a/classic.com/gadgets.html

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Clothing

Cotton Gin

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/e/el/eli_whitney.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcotton_gin.htm
http://sc.essortment.com/cottongin_rciv.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h1522.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_021100_cottongin.htm
http://www.eliwhitney.org/cotton.htm

Spinning Jenny

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/s/sp/spinning_jenny.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blspinningjenny.htm
http://www.fact-index.com/s/sp/spinning_jenny.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexh.shtml
http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=506

Sewing Machine

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/s/se/sewing_machine.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsewing_machine.htm
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/howe.htm
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/howe_2
http://www.innovationodyssey.com/sewing.htm

Blue Jeans

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexs.shtml
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllevi.htm
http://www.levistrauss.com/about/history/founder.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/strauss.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/strauss.htm

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Home

Thermostat

http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-thermostat.htm/printable
http://www.bizbag.com/mencken/menktherm.htm
http://www.tecsoc.org/pubs/history/2002/nov7.htm
http://www.eere.energy.gov/erec/factsheets/thermo.html
http://www.honeywell.com/retiree/news_details.html
http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-thermostat.htm

Air Conditioning

http://home.howstuffworks.com/ac.htm/printable
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/29.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/carrier.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/ai/air_conditioning.html

Incandescent Light Bulb

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight2.htm
http://www.ushistory.net/electricity.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm/printable
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/lightbulb.shtml
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/th/thomas_edison.html

Indoor Plumbing

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blplumbing.htm
http://www.pmmag.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2379,6735,00.htm l
http://theplumber.com/
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/pmamerica.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2936/phlinks.html
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/modern/toilet.htm

Battery

www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story066.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbattery.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexb.shtml
http://www.italian-american.com/volta.htm
www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/volta.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/al/alessandro_volta.html

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Medicine

X-Rays

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexx.shtml
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12_2a_x.htm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/x-ray.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=6032
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/wonderquest/2001-10-03-x-rays.htm

MRI

http://inventors.about.com
http://www.medicinenet.com/MRI_Scan/article.htm
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mri.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/36.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/damadian.html

CAT/CT Scan

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blxray.htm
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/acupuncture/g/ctscan.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/95.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/cat-scan.htm
http://www.medicinenet.com/cat_scan/article.htm

Penicillin

http://www.medicinenet.com/penicillin_v_phenoxymethyl_penicillin/article.htm
http://www.cellsalive.com/pen.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpenicillin.htm
http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1945/fleming-bio.html
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/fleming.html

Polio Vaccine

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/salk.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmsalk.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Salk.html
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_26/b3889023_mz072.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/ontheedge/polio/indext.html

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Transportation

Airplane

http://inventors.about.com
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions2.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/156.html
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/transportation.shtml
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/Tale_of_Airplane/taleplane.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wright.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/w/wr/wright_brothers_1.html

Rocket

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/transportation.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/goddard.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgoddard.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexg.shtml
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/67.html
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/space_flight/sf0.htm
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_goddard__scientist_.html

Automobile: The Model T and the Assembly Line-Henry Ford

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btford.html
http://ks.essortment.com/movingassembly_rfjh.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsassemblya.htm
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-53436--,00.html
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/r-ford.htm
http://popularmechanics.com/automotive/sub_coll_vintage/1999/4/25_ford_modelt/
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/h/he/henry_ford.html

Steam Boat: Robert Fulton

http://www.kiac-usa.com/clermont.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsteamship.htm
http://www.robertfulton.org/
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/fulton_robert.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/l/lo/locomotive.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/s/st/steamboat.html

Steam Locomotive

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/steam.htm
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=37
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive
http://www.ohel-shem.com/subjects/english/train.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6914/stephe.htm

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Auditory Communication

Telephone

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/bell.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/a/al/alexander_graham_bell.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/peopleevents/mabell.html
http://www.alexandergrahambell.org
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm

Radio

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blradio.htm
http://www.hammondmuseumofradio.org/marconi.html
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/97.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btmarc.html

Phonograph

http://members.aol.com/allenamet/BirthRec.htm
http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/phono_technology1.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edcyldr.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/p/ph/phonograph.html

Computer

http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm?PM=ss12_inventors
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/155.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story071.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/wozniak.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm

Telegraph

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelegraph.htm
http://www.npg.si.edu/edu/brush/guide/unit2/morse.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/m/mo/morse_code.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indext.shtml
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/morse_samuel.html

Fax Machine

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfax.htm
http://www.writeonoffice.com/info/his_faxmac.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story051.htm
http://systems.webopedia.com/TERM/F/fax_machine.html
http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/FAX%5FHIST.html

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Entertainment

VCR

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blvideo.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ginsburg.html
http://www.dailycelebrations.com/072700.htm
http://www.ce.org/publications/hall_of_fame/ginsburg_c_00.asp

DVD/CD

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldvd.htm
http://azninja66.tripod.com/Anhhist/part2.html
http://www.oneoffcd.com/info/historycd.cfm
http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-21/h1.html
http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Engineering_Graphics/_EG2000/Musictogo/history.html

Toys: Silly Putty,
Slinky, Lego,
Mr. Potato Head

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexs.shtml
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsillyputty.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blslinky.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Potato_Head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_putty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego
http://www.hasbro.com/mrpotatohead/pl/page.history/dn/default.cfm
http://www.tyworld.com/content/slinky/
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000606.html
http://www.sillyputty.com/history_101/history101.htm
http://www.chem.umn.edu/outreach/Sillyputty.html
http://www.popandco.com/archive/moab/

Piano

http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/ryn/projects/inventors/baldwin/baldwin.html
http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.cantos.org/Piano/History/cristofori.html
http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/mctammany.html
http://www.cantos.org/Piano/History/cristofori.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall2003.web.dir/Daniel_Hutchinson/The%20Progress%20of%20the%20Piano.htm
http://www.vivapiano.org/?page=history.html

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Visual Communication

Camera

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blphotographytimeline.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpolaroid.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexe.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invphones.html
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/amst205.S97/vj19/Project5-2.html
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/index.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/g/ge/george_eastman.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/e/ed/edwin_h__land.html
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/ti/timeline_of_photography_technology.html

Typewriter

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/ty/typewriter.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexs.shtml
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltypewriter.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story097.htm
http://www.typewritermuseum.org/

Television

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/farnsworth.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfarnsworth.htm
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/56.html
http://philotfarnsworth.com/page2.html
http://www.adherents.com/misc/philo_farnsworth.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/wireless_interactives.htm
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/t/te/television.html

Copy Machine

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/c/ch/chester_carlson.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexc.shtml
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0907129.html

World Wide Web

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/bernerslee.html
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/berners-lee.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blinternet.htm
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/berners-lee.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/31/britain.honors.webman/
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_www.asp

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