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Eli Whitney/cotton Gin

For Students 9th - 10th

A collection of websites on Eli Whitney and his invention, the cotton gin.

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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Eli Whitney: Cotton Gin

For Students 9th - 10th

Read about Eli Whitney's cotton gin and its importance to the cotton industry.

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Eli Whitney Museum: Eli Whitney

For Students 9th - 10th

This is the Eli Whitney Museum online. Provides information on the inventor, his product, his factory, and much more. Also provides information on the museum itself. Flashpoint not needed, but recommended.

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PBS

Pbs: Africans in America: Part 3: Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

For Students 9th - 10th

History of Eli Whitney and his cotton gin. Other links to sites with information on this topic.

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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Eli Whitney in Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th

Although Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts, it was in Georgia that he invented the cotton gin in 1793.

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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides information on American inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Singer, Wilbur Wright, Thomas Alva Edison, Elias Howe, and Alexander Graham Bell. It offers pictures from and...

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Eli Whitney

For Students 3rd - 8th

This site from the MIT Invention Dimension provides the history of Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Important part of the Industrial Revolution.

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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions From the 1700s

For Students 3rd - 6th

Use this site to learn more about early inventors and inventions from the 18th century. This web page offers text and images on various inventors and their inventions. You can also access information about inventors and inventions from...

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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Eli Whitney

For Students 9th - 10th

This Wikipedia online encyclopedia site offers a brief biography of Eli Whitney (1765-1825 CE), inventor of the cotton gin and many other things. The encyclopedia entry provides many hyperlinks to terms as well as an illustration of...

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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Inventors and Inventions

For Students 5th - 8th

The industrial revolution in America spawned the inventions of many inventors, who improved technology in many different areas. See how transportation, agriculture, and communications were transformed because of these inventions.

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A&E Television

History.com: Inventions & Science

For Students 9th - 10th

Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Cotton Gin

For Students K - 1st

Illustrated article discusses Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, and how the cotton gin works.

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OpenStax

Open Stax: A Vibrant Capitalist Republic

For Students 11th - 12th

By reading this section of a chapter on "Industrial Transformation in the North," students will be able to explain the process of selling western land, discuss the causes of the Panic of 1819, and identify key American innovators and...

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