The inventors' units for nonfiction Edison and The Boy Who Invented TV will light up your classroom and inspire creative thinking!

The activities for Edison include: 

• pre-reading activities,
• vocabulary,
• drawing the inventions,
• comprehension check-up,
• visualizing young Edison's jobs,
• historical newspapers,
• dreaming/doing,
• math teasers,
• multiple choice math, and
• Edison's Six I's, plus
• A Jeopardy-type.

The activities for The Boy Who Invented TV (Philo Farnsworth) by Kathleen Krull include:

• Discussion Cards,
• An Anticipation Guide,
• Vocabulary Puzzle,
• Five in a Row Vocabulary Game,
• Math Study,
• Multiple Choice Comprehension,
• Visualizing the Story,
• Television Research,
• Simple Electricity, and
• Answer Keys