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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Telephone Goes National

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the birth of the telephone. The site also discusses AT&T, the first long distance phone call, and the people involved.
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Other

Dj Zone: What to Say When Someone Calls

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives great tips for answering the phone in the most efficient and polite manner possible. Pretty good overview of basic telephone skills.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...
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Geographyiq

Geography Iq: Argentina Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
This chart summarizes communication facts of Argentina including data on telephones, televisions, radios and internet usage.