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Directions: Complete the following chart on innovators. Noth that one of the information field requires different information on at least three of the persons listed as innovators on the Innovator page of this lesson. When you have filled in the required feild on the innovators, answer the short essay questions that follow.
Name_________Innovation___________Why is this an innovation? Impact?
Answer the following questions using specific examples from your reading during this lesson. Note the rubric for grading these questions on the Main Page of this website.
1. What do you see as the difference between an inventor and an innovator?
2. In what general ways did American inventions and innovations lead to growth and progress in this country?
3. From your point of view, which was greater-- the rewards or the costs of technological growth and progress? Why?
4. Which came first, the can or the can opener?
"WHAT?! I'll show him! No one makes a monkey out of Hades!"
"Uh.. I believe the word was 'nincompoop', sir."