The History Of The Telephone
H IS TO R Y O F
TH E TELEP H O N E
Junior Division
Documentary
HISTORY DAY
PERIOD 3
MARCH 1, 2010
HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE
I decided to do my research on the history of the telephone because it is the one thing I can’t live without. Today, having a telephone is a need that all kids must have to stay in touch with each other. We don’t talk on the phone like our parents did. We text a lot.
I conducted most of my research on the internet. I used the Library of Congress online as a primary resource for information and pictures of Alexander Graham
Bell’s original drawings and patents. I used other websites as secondary resources.
I chose to do a documentary powerpoint presentation so I could add lots of visuals and pictures to my project. Powerpoints are easy to create and allow key points and lots of graphics to be organized and keep people’s attention. I like inserting clip art and word art to make my project more fun.
This project shows how communication was forever changed throughout time.
The invention of the telephone has made human communication possible from country to country.
The Earliest Com m unication o Beating on drums
o
Sending smoke signals
o
Paint pictures on walls like a person with a bow and arrow or a bear laying on the ground
http://www.jimhopper.com/paleo.html http://lumpkin.ga.lch.schoolinsites.com http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/how_telephones_changed.htm
M ail& The Pony Express
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Special messengers delivered mail on foot
Most letters in early times were written in Latin by intelligent and educated men.
•
In the Middle Ages writing was popular
Brothers that lived in the same house would exchange letters while eating breakfast. •
Sending mail was very slow
Mail traveled by ships, on horseback, or on foot.
•
Western U.S. started a mail delivery service called the Pony Express that promised that mail delivery would go faster in between Missouri and
California.
This lasted 19 months because it didn’t work very
TH E TELEP H O N E
Junior Division
Documentary
HISTORY DAY
PERIOD 3
MARCH 1, 2010
HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE
I decided to do my research on the history of the telephone because it is the one thing I can’t live without. Today, having a telephone is a need that all kids must have to stay in touch with each other. We don’t talk on the phone like our parents did. We text a lot.
I conducted most of my research on the internet. I used the Library of Congress online as a primary resource for information and pictures of Alexander Graham
Bell’s original drawings and patents. I used other websites as secondary resources.
I chose to do a documentary powerpoint presentation so I could add lots of visuals and pictures to my project. Powerpoints are easy to create and allow key points and lots of graphics to be organized and keep people’s attention. I like inserting clip art and word art to make my project more fun.
This project shows how communication was forever changed throughout time.
The invention of the telephone has made human communication possible from country to country.
The Earliest Com m unication o Beating on drums
o
Sending smoke signals
o
Paint pictures on walls like a person with a bow and arrow or a bear laying on the ground
http://www.jimhopper.com/paleo.html http://lumpkin.ga.lch.schoolinsites.com http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/how_telephones_changed.htm
M ail& The Pony Express
•
Special messengers delivered mail on foot
Most letters in early times were written in Latin by intelligent and educated men.
•
In the Middle Ages writing was popular
Brothers that lived in the same house would exchange letters while eating breakfast. •
Sending mail was very slow
Mail traveled by ships, on horseback, or on foot.
•
Western U.S. started a mail delivery service called the Pony Express that promised that mail delivery would go faster in between Missouri and
California.
This lasted 19 months because it didn’t work very