FREE Printables and Resources About Alexander Graham Bell
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July 8, 2020
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Sarah Shelton
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Alexander Graham Bell was an American scientist, inventor and engineer. You may know him as the inventor of the telephone, but he did much more than that. He also refined the phonograph, created the metal detector and early forms of the hydrofoil and other machines.
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He also established a school for the deaf in Boston, Massachusetts and was a professor of speech and vocal physiology at Boston University. This is where he taught and experimented with telegraph messages and devices to help the deaf learn to speak. This is what sparked the idea for his most famous invention: the practical telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell Biography:
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He emigrated to Canada, then to the United States. He is known for creating the first practical telephone and founding the Bell Telephone Company in 1877. Bell also refined the phonograph in 1886. In October 1872, Bell opened his own School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech in Boston. This school helped to train teachers of the deaf. This is where he met the now famous, Helen Keller who was a student of his.
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FREE Printables and Resources About Alexander Graham Bell:
Facts About Alexander Graham Bell – Science Kids
Alexander Graham Bell Facts – Kids Brittanica
Alexander Graham Bell Reading Comprehension and Questions Worksheet – TPT
Telephone and Alexander Graham Bell Coloring Page – Patriotic Coloring Pages
Alexander Graham Bell Coloring Page – Patriotic Coloring Pages
Educator Resources for Alexander Graham Bell – Brain Pop Educators
Alexander Graham Bell Homeschool Lesson Plans – The Homeschool Mom
25 Interesting Facts About Alexander Graham Bell – A1 Facts
FREE Inventors Notebooking Unit – Learn about 75 inventors from around the world, including Alexander Graham Bell in this free research journal instant download.
5 Fascinating Facts About Alexander Graham Bell that Aren’t About the Telephone – Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Alexander Graham Bell Social Studies Unit Study – TPT
This day in History: Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone – History.com
Alexander Graham Bell Fold and Learn Book – TPT
Lesson Plan and Power Point on Alexander Graham Bell – TES
Alexander Graham Bell Online Quiz – Primary Leap
This Day in History: First Speech Transmitted by Telephone – History.com
Alexander Graham Bell Notebooking Page Printable – Homeschool Helper Online
Alexander Graham Bell and the Deaf Community:
Bell’s interest in deafness came from his family connections and history. His mother was almost completely deaf. His father and his grandfather also experimented with sound and research on voice. He married a deaf woman who was deaf from a child hood illness. These connections to the deaf community inspired him to work as a teacher and private tutor for the hearing impaired.
He also met and began a lifelong friendship with Helen Keller through his school. Working with the deaf is what pushed him further in learning about sound and communication. You can learn more about his work with the deaf in these articles:
Alexander Graham Bell Lectures – Oralism in the Deaf Community
Through Deaf Eyes: Signing, Alexander Graham Bell and the NAD – PBS
Working with the Deaf – AGB Foundation
How Alexander Graham Bell Helped Helen Keller Defy the Odds – Biography.com
Oralism and the Deaf Community: Alexander Graham Bell – Life Print
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