New York State Test Prep: Social Studies 5 (Grade 4)Life in Colonial America

Let's Travel Through Time to Learn About 19th Century Invention

Wouldn't it be exciting to travel through time? Well, let's go...
You are going to meet a famous inventor!

Let's travel to New Jersey in the year 1879. There you will visit the laboratory of Thomas Edison.

            Your boss, the great inventor Thomas Edison, has instructed
            you and another assistant to go on an important errand. Can you
               succeed and help to change the future of America?

At the end of the trip, you will have a chance to "Pass the Test of Time," and see if you can remember the materials needed that helped to make the first light bulb.

Click on the time machine below to begin your journey.

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