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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All Media: Nasa: The Invention Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive timeline of notable inventions and inventors from the 19th century to the present.
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: The Victorians: Inventions Timeline

For Students 3rd - 6th
An organized timeline featuring major developments and inventions that made travel, communications, and trade easier for many people during Queen Victoria's reign.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Asia for Educators: Timeline of Chinese Inventions

For Students 9th - 10th
This printable timeline details the ancient inventions that dramatically changed Chinese society and the world. Topics include early books, printing techniques, tea, silk, gunpowder, playing cards and paper.
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Other

The Food Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
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Other

Children's British History Encyclopedia: Victorian Discoveries and Inventions

For Students 4th - 7th
An organized timeline featuring many important inventions and discoveries made in Britain during the Victorian period.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Timeline of Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress exhibit presents this timeline with photos and images as part of a special commemoration of the centennial of flight.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Technology Timeline 1750 1990

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you ever wonder who invented something, and when it was invented? Go to this interactive timeline that highlights inventors/inventions from 1750-1990. Click on the topic to read a brief paragraph about that invention.
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PBS

Pbs Who Made America? Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
A timeline of who made America- inventors and inventions.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Benjamin Franklin Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a timeline of Benjamin Franklin's life. Each flipchart page highlights a high point in Franklin's life.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
American Experience offers a comprehensive look at George Eastman and his development of photography. Included are a timeline, biographies of important people in Eastman's personal and professional life, discussions in the history of...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: A Piano Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed chronology of the piano, beginning with Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of the pianoforte in Florence, Italy, in 1700.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Timeline of the Daguerreian Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource has a timeline of events that occurred during the time of the Daguerreotype, invented by Louis-Jacques-Mande' Daguerre.
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Other

Who What When: Interactive Historical Timelines

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about specific dates in history at this interactive timeline. Enter dates and years to retrieve charts showing famous births, deaths, and inventions. Here, you can also create graphic timelines of events and...
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University of Missouri

Sociology Timeline: The Agricultural Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A sociology timeline showing the evolution of societies from hunter-gatherer societies to the information revolution.
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Other

Global Polio Eradication Initiative: History of Polio

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline from Global Polio Eradication Initiative of pictures, descriptions, and events -- all of which describe the history of polio and its vaccine -- is organized into three large sections: "Endemic Polio 1580BC-1953," "Vaccine...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Get Going!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
By doing this lesson the students will have the opportunity to explore transportation firsts. By exporing this information, the students will make a timeline charting the year when the forms of transportation were invented.This lesson...
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National Academy of Engineering

Greatest Achievements: Telephone

For Students 9th - 10th
This resources features an overview of the history behind the technological development of the telephone today and a timeline showing the important dates.
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National Academy of Engineering

Greatest Achievements: Airplane

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides an overview of the history behind one of the greatest engineering innovations of all time:the airplane. There is also a timeline showing its development.
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Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum: Microprocessors

For Students 9th - 10th
The invention of the microprocessor is a very important milestone in the digital age. This site presents a timeline that illustrates the history of the microprocessor from 1971 through 1996.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Cyrus Mc Cormick 1809 1884

For Students 3rd - 8th
Easy to read brief biography of the man who invented the mechanical reaper, Cyrus McCormick (1808-1884). View a timeline and see pictures of the reaper and other harvesting machines.
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Other

High Tech Productions: History of Film & Television

For Students 9th - 10th
High Tech Productions provides a timeline history of television. It starts at the invention of the motion picture camera and goes all the way through television's greatest moments.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Edison's Miracle of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the various challenges Edison faced upon attempting to produce electric power. It contains a historical essay, a complete list of Edison's patents, information on the AC and DC currents, recordings produced by the...
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Practical Action

Practical Action: Small Is Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
In this activity, students are challenged to look at technologies from the last 100 years and invent a product that could help us all lead a more sustainable future. Includes downloadable activity sheets, a PowerPoint, and a colorful...
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Other

Net History: General History of the Internet Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Substantial list of Internet history resources for the beginner to the techy. The descriptive list includes links to EBooks, timelines, video clips and reference material. The referenced sites come from a variety of organizations and...

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