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=Thomas Edison= Links http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/a/Edison_Bio.htm

1) When was Edison born? He was born on February 11,1847 in Milan, Ohio. 2) Describe what Edison’s education was like. How does Edison’s education compare to your education? Edison was taught by his mother, but in a way taught himself to read. 3) How did Edison spend his free time? Edison spent his free time reading so many scientific and technical books. 4) What opportunities did Edison have as a telegraph operator? His opportunities were that because that he read so many books he fit the job. 5) What was Edison’s first successful invention? His first invention was the electric light bulb. 6) Edison’s second major invention was the tin foil phonograph. What did it do? The tin foil phonograph was used for recording stuff like a radio. 7) What contributions did Edison make to the electric lighting industry? Edison helped the industry by inventing the lamp with a filament of carbonized sewing thread burned for thirteen and a half hours. 8) What was Edison’s third invention? How can its impact be seen on the world today? Edison's third invention was the alkaline battery used for the gas situation. The cars were used for delivering stuff since it got so expensive. 9) Describe one challenge that Edison had to face. A difficult thing that Edison had to face was his wife's death. He had 3 children and no mother so the children must be really sad. Edison loved her very much to. 10) What do you think Edison will be remembered for the most? Why? I think he would be most remembered of the electric light bulb because it is really helpful today. It is helpful by helping us see when it really, really dark. 1- How do you think Thomas Edison improved the quality of people’s lives in the 1900’s though technology. I think he improved the lives by letting them see when its dark because of the light bulb. the alkaline battery really helped by letting cars see and telling them when to stop. 2- How have Thomas Edison’s inventions improved the quality of your life today? They have improved my life by letting me see when its dark out side or inside.

Louis Braille
//Louis Braille was born on January 4 1809 in Courpvray,Paris. He got blind at the age of three by using an awl to punch holes threw leather ,but the leather was slippery so he accidentally threw the awl in the air and it went straight for the eye. At the age of 15 Louis invented braille. He worked on it day and night. He showed it to the principal and the principal liked it ,but no one else did so they couldn't gather up money to make them. Louis secretly taught the children braille. He died of a sickness that is unknown. He died January 6, 1852.In Paris,London

Braille impacted his life by helping him read and other blind people. He invented it by thinking uh oh when it gets to reading time I'm dead. So at the age of 15 Louis Braille had invented braille for everyone and himself to read.

The invention that Louis Braille invented was the alphabet Braille. It was used for helping the blind read when it got to reading time in the institute for the blind.

Braille came to be invented when Louis Braille thought at his institute that when it came to reading time he was going to get into big trouble. So at the age of 15 Louis had thought of making the Braille alphabet for the blind. He got the idea from Charles Barbier who used a raised alphabet to read threw the dark in the army. So Louis got the idea from Charles but instead made the alphabet made out of 6 dots and each letter had their own raised dots.'//

The invention affected society at the time because alot of people were blind and they couldn't read especially Louis Braille. So braille affected society alot because it helped them read when it got to reading time in the institute. It also helped people write at the time to.This invention was very helpful to society. We still use Braille now a days and now we have auttotory crossing gaurd just because of braille. Louis Braille and his invention has really helped blind people and thier lives.

The invention is still used today because there are still blind people in our world and they need to read and write. The invention is unchanged because it would be harder to read because alot of people now it fluently. It is taught in schools for the blind and have been passed on from grandparents to teach. There are some other people that are not blind and they research braille and then teache it to the blind.

I think that Braille could impact our world because it hasn't changed for over 200 years. So I don't think it is going to change because it is so popular and it has been passed on for decades and decades and decades and so on

My own developed Question
How did the principal in the institute help Louis with bublishing braille books?

The prinicpal helped Louis with publishing braille books by asking people if they would want to donate money to help make braille books. In the institute they didn't have many braille books ,but Braille wasd bieng passed on threw the school. Soon the whole school knew braille.

My Speech
Bonjour Madam e` Mercier. Hello my name is Louis Braille. I come from Courpvray Paris. I live there and study in an institute for the blind because I am blind as you can see. I was born on January 4, 1809. I was three years old when I blinded myself. Here is the story. I was bored so I went to my mommy to see if I could help with the gardening. She said “Can you pull some weeds out?” I said yes, but instead I pulled out three carrots, so my mom said “Why don’t you go help someone else?” So I went to my dad and I asked, “Can I help with engineering?” He said, “No you are too young.” So I went inside. When I was inside I found an awl (a sharp tool for punching holes in leather.) and leather so I went to work. The leather was quite slippery. So I accidentally let go of the awl and it flew in the air and headed straight for my eye. The awl hit my eye and I screamed. My mom and dad came running in and called the doctor as soon as they saw me with the awl in my eye. When the doctor came he explained to my parents that I was blind in one eye. I kept on rubbing my eye so the disease spread to my other eye. I could still do a lot of things like getting water from the well, but I had to use my cane. When I grew up I went to an institute in Paris, France. Our new priest at the church told us that he could teach me some things. After that the priest recommended an institute for the blind. My parents told me that it was a good idea and I could be helped. So they sent me there. At the age of 15 I invented Braille. I got the idea from Charles Barbier. Charles Barbier was a soldier and he used raised print from the alphabet to send notes in the dark during a war. When I was at the institute I asked the principal if my Braille was good. The principal said yes and asked a lot of people for money to make books, but a lot of them said no. I taught Braille throughout the institute in secret. Soon the whole institute knew and it became popular threw out the institute. I went home for 1 vacation a year. On that break I made my Braille more perfect. When the break was over I had to go to the institute again. I stayed there a very long time because I had an unknown sickness. When I was 43 I died. My invention is Braille. When I was young I couldn’t read .So when it got to reading time I was not very happy because I couldn’t read like normal people. So I decided to invent Braille because I felt bad. After I invented my invention I was very happy because I could read. I made the invention by thinking of what Charles Barbier did. The alphabet in raised print, but I made mine made out of 6 main dots. Each letter in the alphabet had its own dots out of the 6 main dots. I used this method because blind people can’t see, but they can feel. So That’s why I used raised print. This invention is very, very important because if there was no Braille none of the blind could read or write. They would never be able to read a fantastic book that everyone is talking about. This invention I think is very successful because it gave access to the rest of the world! How I feel being blind would be one of the world’s hardest questions. Part of the time I feel bad because I can’t see. I can’t see if my new house would be sky blue or I wouldn’t be able to cook a meal unless I have a helper help me. Being blind can have a few advantages: by not sieeng a frown or not sieeng that you have a bad hair day or see the look on your mothers face when you break something. So now I will show you how it feels to be blind by passing out a piece of tissue e paper. Put the tissue over you head and try to read or see. You will not be able to. That is how I feel. My invention is Braille. When I was young I couldn’t read .So when it got to reading time I was not very happy because I couldn’t read like normal people. So I decided to invent Braille because I felt bad. After I invented my invention I was very happy because I could read. I made the invention by thinking of what Charles Barbier did. The alphabet in raised print, but I made mine made out of 6 main dots. Each letter in the alphabet had its own dots out of the 6 main dots. I used this method because blind people can’t see, but they can feel. So That’s why I used raised print. This invention is very, very important because if there was no Braille none of the blind could read or write. They would never be able to read a fantastic book that everyone is talking about. This invention I think is very successful because it gave access to the rest of the world! How I feel being blind would be one of the world’s hardest questions. Part of the time I feel bad because I can’t see. I can’t see if my new house would be sky blue or I wouldn’t be able to cook a meal unless I have a helper help me. Being blind can have a few advantages: by not sieeng a frown or not sieeng that you have a bad hair day or see the look on your mothers face when you break something. So now I will show you how it feels to be blind by passing out a piece of tissue e paper. Put the tissue over you head and try to read or see. You will not be able to. That is how I feel.

//Annotated Bibliography//
Keeler, Stephen. "Louis Braille." __Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia__. <[|http://gme.grolier.com]>. This site is sort of useful because it tells you some of the information that you need to know.

Freedman, Russel. __Out of the darkness__. This book talks about Louis being at the institute. So you could say it is helpful.

"Louis Braille." [|Wikipedia]. . This site is useful because it tells about Louis when he was at the institute and so on.

Shapiro, Phil. __Louis Braille__. <[|http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/braille.html]>. This site is useful because it tells about his whole life except when he dies.