WARM-UP 3/28

Which of these inventions do you feel has had the strongest impact on society and why? PICK

ONE!

-Telephone

-Computer

-Refrigerator

-Camera

-Phonograph (sound recorder)

-Electric sewing machine

BATHROOM PASSES!

Put your name on each bathroom pass that you have and pass them forward

UNIT QUESTION

How do technological innovations affect the production, distribution,

and consumption of goods in a market economy?

LESSON QUESTION

What motivates people to invent

and be innovative?

VOCABULARY

PatentsCopyrights

EntrepreneurBessemer Process

So what did you come up with??

INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS!

INNOVATION

We studied innovation before…

New ideas that are accepted into a society

EXAMPLE OF INNOVATION

Moving from the idea of using a horse to the idea of using a car as means of transportation

INVENTION

Creation of a new product or process to benefit society

EXAMPLE OF INVENTION

The creation of the engine inside a car

LIFE IN THE 1860S No indoor electric lights

No refrigeration

Snail Mail: In 1860, most mail from the East Coast took

ten days to reach the Midwest and three weeks to get to the West Coast. A letter from Europe to a person on the frontier could take several months to reach its destination.

LIFE IN THE 1900S

Power stations across the country began providing electricity for lamps, fans, printing presses, and many other appliances.

PATENTS

License to make, use, or sell an invention

1790-1860, 36,000 issued

1860-1890, 500,000 issued

YOUR ASSIGNMENT…

CLOSER

What invention has had the

greatest impact on YOUR life?