Grade 1

Social Studies

Unit: 11

Lesson: 02

Suggested Duration: 3 days

Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 11 Exemplar Lesson 02: Inventions Bring ChangesGrade 01 Social Studies Unit 11 Exemplar Lesson 02: Inventions Bring Changes

This lesson is one approach to teaching the State Standards associated with this unit. Districts are encouraged to customize this lesson by supplementing

with district-approved resources, materials, and activities to best meet the needs of learners. The duration for this lesson is only a recommendation, and

districts may modify the time frame to meet students’ needs. To better understand how your district may be implementing CSCOPE lessons, please contactyour child’s teacher. (For your convenience, please find linked the TEA Commissioner’s List of State Board of Education Approved Instructional Resources

and Midcycle State Adopted Instructional Materials.)

Lesson Synopsis

This lesson focuses on the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. The impact of the telephone on communication and society will

also be explored.

TEKS

The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) listed below are the standards adopted by the State Board of Education, which are required by Texas

law. Any standard that has a strike-through (e.g. sample phrase) indicates that portion of the standard is taught in a previous or subsequent unit. The

TEKS are available on the Texas Education Agency website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148.

1.2 History. The student understands how historical figures, patriots, and good citizens helped shape the community, state,

and nation. The student is expected to:

1.2B Identify historical figures such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richard Allen, and other individuals who have

exhibited individualism and inventiveness.

1.3 History. The student understands the concepts of time and chronology. The student is expected to:

1.3A Distinguish among past, present, and future.

1.3B Describe and measure calendar time by days, weeks, months, and years.

1.13 Citizenship. The student understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical figures and other

individuals. The student is expected to:

1.13C Identify other individuals who exemplify good citizenship.

1.16 Science, technology, and society. The student understands how technology affects daily life, past and present. The

student is expected to:

1.16B Describe how technology changes communication, transportation, and recreation.

1.16C Describe how technology changes the way people work.

Social Studies Skills TEKS

1.17 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of

valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

1.17B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media,

maps, literature, and artifacts.

1.18 Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:

1.18B Create and interpret visual and written material.

GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION

Performance Indicators

Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 11 PI 02

Create a booklet (accordion book) with three pages showing events from Alexander Graham Bell’s life and two pages depicting the impact of the invention of the telephone.

Standard(s): 1.2B , 1.3B , 1.16B , 1.16C , 1.17B , 1.18B

ELPS ELPS.c.1E

Key Understandings

One individual’s contribution may change a society.—    How did Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions help people?—    How did Bell’s inventions impact society?—    What impact has the telephone had on our lives?

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creativity change contribution

Materials

White or yellow construction paper, 12 x 18, one sheet per group

Yarn, one 36” length for each studentMobile phone

12 x 18 construction paper, any color, enough for each student to have ½ of a sheet

Attachments

All attachments associated with this lesson are referenced in the body of the lesson. Due to considerations for grading or student assessment,

attachments that are connected with Performance Indicators or serve as answer keys are available in the district site and are not accessible on the

public website.

Handout: Telephone Pictures

Teacher Resource: PowerPoint: Alexander Graham Bell

Teacher Resource: PowerPoint Summary KEY

Handout: Bell’s Timeline

Handout: What if? Scenarios

Teacher Resource: Accordion Booklet KEY

Teacher Resource: Performance Indicator Instructions - PI

Resources

None identified

Advance Preparation

1. Become familiar with content and procedures for the lesson, including the idea that Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor whose inventions made

a profound impact on the lives of people.

2. Refer to the Instructional Focus Document for specific content to include in the lesson.

3. Select appropriate sections of the textbook and other classroom materials that support the learning for this lesson.

4. Gather teacher-selected books to read aloud.

5. Print the Handout: Telephone Pictures.

6. Prepare Teacher Resource: PowerPoint: Alexander Graham Bell for display.

7. Draw the Teacher Resource: PowerPoint Summary KEY on board or prepare to display electronically.

8. Make copies of the Handout: Bell’s Timeline, one per student. Cut yarn in 36” lengths.9. Copy the Handout: What If? Scenarios.

Background Information

Technology – anything invented by humans to solve a problem. Technology is the application of processes, methods, or knowledge to achieve a specific purpose. Scientists and

engineers develop technology with positive outcomes in mind such as increasing production and improving communication. Products of technology including computers,

telephones, radios, and scientific equipment affect human conditions. Many believe the influences are positive, but some consider the negative ramifications of technology. For

example, citizens differ in their viewpoints of nuclear energy. Does it provide safe fuel, or do the risks of disaster override its potential?

Invention – a new device, process, or item, something new that a person makes or thinks of to solve a problem

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Born in Scotland, Bell sought a greater understanding of deafness by studying sound and the

mechanics of speech. He was influenced by his father who invented visible speech, a code of symbols used to teach deaf people to speak. The younger Bell moved to Boston,

Massachusetts, to work at the Boston School for the Deaf in 1871, but he quickly opened his own school. By 1873, he was teaching vocal physiology at Boston University. Bell

understood the concept of the telephone by 1874, but was not successful in transmitting a voice message until March 10, 1876, three days after the patent for his invention was

issued. He and partners formed Bell Telephone Company in 1877. He helped develop Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He

assisted in founding the National Geographic Society and supported experiments in aviation.

Definitions courtesy of the Social Studies Center [defunct]. (2000). Glossary. Austin: Texas Education Agency.

Biography courtesy of the Social Studies Center [defunct]. (2000). Biographies. Austin: Texas Education Agency.

GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION

Teachers are encouraged to supplement and substitute resources, materials, and activities to meet the needs of learners. These lessons are one

approach to teaching the TEKS/Specificity as well as addressing the Performance Indicators associated with each unit. District personnel may create

original lessons using the Content Creator in the Tools Tab. All originally authored lessons can be saved in the “My CSCOPE” Tab within the “My Content”area.

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INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

Instructional Procedures

ENGAGE – Telephone Pictures

Notes for Teacher

NOTE: 1 Day = 30 minutes

Suggested Day 1 – 10 minutes 

1. Divide students into five groups. Distribute a picture from the Handout: Telephone

Pictures to each group. Students talk about the picture in their groups. Instruct

students to:

Describe the picture.

Tell how they think it was used.

Compare it to a current telephone. How are they the same? How are they different?

2. Allow groups time to discuss their picture. Students think of a question they have about

the telephones. Distribute a 12” x 18” sheet of white or yellow construction paper toeach group on which to write their question. Each group shares their question and

posts them around the room.

Materials:

White or yellow construction paper, 12 x 18, one

sheet per group

Attachments:

Handout: Telephone Pictures (1 per group)

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to

introduce pictures of telephones from the past to

incite curiosity about telephones and communication

from the past.

TEKS: 1.3A, 1.3B; 1.16B; 1.17B; 1.18B

Instructional Note:

If available, show students old telephones.

EXPLORE – Teacher Resource: PowerPoint: Alexander Graham Bell Suggested Day 1 (continued) – 10 minutes

1. Read a book about the life of Alexander Graham Bell. Facilitate a discussion about the

man who invented the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (optional).

2. Display the PowerPoint: Alexander Graham Bell.

3. Facilitate a discussion during and after the PowerPoint. Focus on using chronology

words to describe events in Bell’s life.Ask these or similar questions:

Did Alexander Graham Bell live in the past or present? Past (review meaning

of past, present, and future).

Why did he become interested in speech, sound, and communication? His

father taught deaf students and his mother began losing her hearing when he was

twelve.

What was his most famous invention? The telephone.

What were some of his other inventions? A machine that would remove the

husk from wheat, a metal detector, a breathing machine, etc.

How did Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions help people? Answers may vary.

How did Bell’s inventions impact society? Answers may vary.

What impact has the telephone had on our lives? Answers may vary.

4. At the end of this discussion, focus attention on the dates on in the Teacher Resource:

PowerPoint: Alexander Graham Bell

If we want to know about the year Alexander Graham Bell was born, where

do we look on the date?

If we want to know the month he was born, where do we look?

If we want to know the day, where do we look?

If we know his family moved to Canada in 1870, how old was he? How do we

find that out?

Materials:

Information about Alexander Graham Bell

Attachments:

Teacher Resource: PowerPoint: Alexander Graham

Bell

Teacher Resource: PowerPoint Summary KEY

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to learn

about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and the

impact his inventions have had on technology.

TEKS: 1.2B; 1.3A, 1.3B; 1.16B; 1.17B; 1.18B

EXPLAIN – Bell’s Timeline Suggested Day 1 (continued) – 10 minutes

1. Distribute the Handout: Bell’s Timeline (1 per student). Students cut out the

telephones and the speech bubbles. Punch holes on either side of the speech bubbles

using circles for guides. Distribute yarn. Assist students in stapling the early telephone

on the left end of the yarn. Place speech bubbles in order and then thread the bubbles

onto the yarn. Staple the cell phone on the other end of the yarn.

2. With a partner, students compare their timelines and discuss any discrepancies.

Materials:

Yarn, one 36” length for each student

Attachments:

Handout: Bell’s Timeline (1 per student)

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to place

events from the PowerPoint in chronological order to

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help students assimilate the information.

TEKS: 1.2B; 1.18B

Instructional Note:

Keep the Teacher Resource: PowerPoint: Alexander

Graham Bell available to students who need to use it

as a reference.

ENGAGE – How Has the Phone Changed? Suggested Day 2 – 5 minutes

1. Display an actual mobile phone. Ask students to brainstorm different uses of cell

phones. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone the sole purpose was to

talk to others who were a distance away. Ask:

What can we do with our phones today? Answers may vary, but with today’ssmart phones, there are a wide variety of uses for phones.

Is a phone an example of technology? Yes

How do mobile phones help people work? Answers may vary.

Materials:

Mobile phone

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to

understand the many uses of the telephone and how

dependent we have become on the phone as a tool.

TEKS: 1.16B, 1.16C

Instructional Note:

Most first grade students have always had

telephones in their lives. Many have only experienced

mobile phones, cell phones, or cordless phones. It is

important for students to understand that telephones

have changed and have greatly impacted our lives.

This concept will be more fully explored in Unit 12.

EXPLORE – What If? scenarios Suggested Day 2 (continued) – 10 minutes

1. Continue the discussion by asking these or similar questions about technology:

Has technology changed the way we communicate with one another? If so,

how? Because of technology we can instantly communicate with people all over the

world using audio and video communication tools as well as written communication.

Has technology changed the way we work? Tasks that took a great deal of time

in the past can be accomplished more easily and more quickly because of

technology.

Has technology made our work easier? If so, how is it easier? It has made

work easier because we are able to communicate; we can get answers from other

people more quickly

2. Divide students into four groups.

3. Distribute the Handout: What If? Scenarios (1 per group).

4. Students read their scenario and discuss with their group. Groups answer the questions

on the cards.

Attachments:

Handout: What If? Scenarios (1 per group)

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to

understand the role of technology in the way we

communicate and the way we work. In the What If?

Scenarios, students think about how life might be

different without the technology of the telephone.

TEKS: 1.3A; 1.3B; 1.13C; 1.16B; 1.16C; 1.17B; 1.18B

EXPLAIN – Share answers with the class Suggested Day 2 (continued) – 10 minutes

1. Each group selects a speaker to share their answers. Each speaker reads the What If?

Scenario to the class.

2. Each group tells the situation on their card and what they would have done.

3. Write “Impact of the Telephone” on the board or chart paper. Students think about

how life would be if we did not have telephones. Brainstorm how telephones help us.

Write ideas on the board.

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to share

the ideas from each group’s What If? Scenarios withthe class.

TEKS: 1.2B; 1.16B; 1.16C; 1.18B

ELABORATE – Comparing Inventors Suggested Day 2 (continued) – 5 minutes

1. Remind students what they have learned about two inventors whose inventions greatly

impacted the world: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

Ask and discuss the following questions to compare the two inventors:

How were they alike?

How were they different?

What inventions or ideas did each man contribute to society?

As inventors, how did they display good citizenship?

Purpose:

The purpose for this section of the lesson is to

compare and contrast the contributions and lives of

Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

TEKS: 1.2B; 1.13C; 1.16B; 1.16C

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EVALUATE – Performance Indicator Suggested Day 3 - 30 minutes

Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 11 PI 02

Create a booklet (accordion book) with three pages showing events from Alexander Graham Bell’s life

and two pages depicting the impact of the invention of the telephone.

Standard(s): 1.2B , 1.3B , 1.16B , 1.16C , 1.17B , 1.18B

ELPS ELPS.c.1E

1. Use Teacher Resource: Performance Indicator Instructions - PI to help students

achieve the Performance Indicator.

Materials:

12 x 18 construction paper, any color, enough for

each student to have ½ of a sheet

Attachments:

Teacher Resource: Accordion Booklet KEY

Teacher Resource:Performance Indicator

Instructions - PI

TEKS: 1.2B; 1.3B; 1.16B, 1.16C; 1.17B; 1.18B

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Telephone Pictures

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(2013). A 1951 model 500 telephone. (2013). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Model500Telephone1951.jpg

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(2008). Telephone wood case. (2008). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TelephoneWoodCase.JPG

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(2007). Picture of old nortel pay phone. (2007). [Print Photo]. Retrieved from

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N233H-2.JPG

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PowerPoint Summary KEY Draw on board or make a transparency

1847 1870 1873

1876 1886 1922

Alexander Graham Bell is born in Scotland. He is interested in sound and speech.

The Bell family moves to Canada. Alexander becomes a teacher of the deaf.

Alexander begins working full time on his experiments.

Bell and Watson test the first telephone.

Over 150,000 people have telephones in their homes.

Alexander Graham Bell dies on August 2.

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Alexander Graham Bell

was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

He was a talented musician.

Bell’s Timeline

Bell is interested in sound and speech. With his brother, he builds an automated head

that talks.

The family moves to Canada. Alexander becomes a teacher for the deaf. He tries inventing a machine that would help his

students “talk.”

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Bell quit teaching and worked on experiments full time. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell says, “Watson, come here. I want to see you” into a telephone. Watson, in the next room, hears him and comes in.

Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates his telephone across the country. He also gets married and starts his family. By 1886, 150,000 people have telephones in their homes.

Bell also invents a metal detector, breathing machine, and a photophone. He also helps to start Science magazine and the National Geographic Society. He dies on August 2, 1922.

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Timeline Pictures

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What If? Scenarios

There are no telephones. You need to make a doctor’s appointment. 1. How are you going to make the doctor’s appointment?

2. What could you do?

3. What if you can’t keep the doctor’s appointment?

4. How will you let them know you will not be there?

There are no telephones. You want to invite your friend to your house. 1. How are you going to invite your friend to your house?

2. What could you do?

3. What if something happens and your friend can’t come to your house?

4. How would they let you know?

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There are no telephones. Your grandparents live far away and you want to tell them what you are doing. 1. How are you going tell them what you have been doing?

2. What could you do?

3. What if your grandparents were coming to visit?

4. How would they let you know?

There are no telephones. You are in the nurse’s office at school because you are sick? 1. How will the nurse let your parents know you are sick?

2. What could the nurse do?

3. What if there was an emergency?

4. What might happen?

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Accordion Booklet Cut 12” x 18” sheet of construction paper in half lengthwise. Fold in half. Fold each end into the middle.

Inside

Life Event 1 Life Event 2 Life Event 3

Impact of Invention

Cover on the other side of this flap.

List another impact on the other side of this flap.

Cover

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Performance Indicator Instructions - PI

1. To prepare students for the Performance Indicator, review and summarize Alexander Graham Bell’s life and the impact of the invention of the telephone.

2. Distribute ½ sheet of 12” x 18” construction paper to each student. Instruct students to fold it in half and then fold each end into the middle. This will make an accordion booklet. Refer to the Teacher Resource: Accordion Booklet KEY.

3. Students draw a picture of Alexander Graham Bell on the front cover and write his name. On the inside of the first, second, and third pages students draw three events from his life. Students label these three events. On the inside of the last page and on the back page, students draw two ways the invention of the telephone has impacted people’s lives. Students label these to describe how technology has changed the way people “work” and “communicate”.