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Worksheet
Curated OER

Do Some Research - The Telephone

For Students 6th - 12th
In this telephone research instructional activity, students research the meaning, history and science of the telephone. Students answer four questions about the telephone, and then write an additional piece of information about telephones.
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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: From Carbons to Computers, the Changing American Office

For Students 9th - 10th
A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Today's Telephone [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th Standards
"Today's Telephone" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the history of the telephone from the telegraph to land-lines, to cell phones. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...