Curated OER
Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Inventions
In this inventions worksheet, students read a passage that describes the invention of the electromagnetic telegraph by Samuel Morse. Students answer 4 questions about the text.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Golden Age of Radio in the Us
This exhibition explores the development, rise, and adaptation of the radio and its impact on American culture.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Samuel F. B. Morse
An account of Samuel Morse's life and career, with links to related information. Uses popups for photos.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Samuel F. B. Morse
An account of Samuel Morse's life and career, with links to related information.
Digital History
Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
Digital History
Digital History: Roots of American Economic Growth: Speeding Communications
Find out the many reasons why communication speed increased in the early 19th century. It wasn't just because of the telegraph.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Robert Cornelius
A concise biographical sketch examining the life and contributions of early photographer and Pennsylvania native, Robert Cornelius.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Morse
Contrary to myth, Samuel Morse did not invent the telegraph, but he made key improvements to its design, and his work to deploy it would transform communications worldwide.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Morse Telegraph 1844
The man most commonly associated with the telegraph, Samuel Morse, did not invent the communications tool. But he developed it, commercialized it and invented the famous code for it that bears his name.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1840 1849
The legendary Faraday forges on with his prolific research and the telegraph reaches a milestone when a message is sent between Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Invention of the Telegraph
This site chronicles the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse (1791-1872 CE).
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: First Transcontinental Telegraph System
Jump back in time to October 24, 1861, when the first transcontinental telegraph was completed, thus hastening the end of the Pony Express.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Invention Stories
Six categories of inventions highlight the inventors in those categories and describe their sometimes world-changing inventions. Other inventions are not so critical, but nonetheless fascinating.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: Industrial Revolution in America [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that looks at the technological advances of early nineteenth-century America and the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Technology and Change
Brief historical description of the technology introduced in the U.S. after the Civil War and the changes new technology and inventions brought about.
South Carolina Educational Television
Kids Work!: History of Telecommunications
An in-depth look at inventions and developments that had an impact on telecommunication.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions 1801 1850
This site from Enchanted Learning presents several brief overviews of major early nineteenth century inventors and their inventions. The information is accessible by clicking on the corresponding link.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Samuel Morse
Learn brief information concerning Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, who was featured on the two cent postage stamp.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Samuel Morse
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Samuel Morse.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Samuel F. B. Morse
This is an Inventors Hall of Fame website on Samuel F.B. Morse. Includes a short biography and portrait.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: First Telegraph
Learn interesting details about the first electrical telegraph developed in the United States by Samuel Morse in 1837. Morse also developed the Morse Code alphabet.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Morse
(1791-1872) American inventor of the Morse code.