Story of Inventions: Schedule
A 36-week schedule you can print out and stick in the book.
Week 1
Ch.1: James Watt & the Invention of the Steam Engine - Captured by Steam (pgs 1-10)
Week 2
Ch.1 cont: Finding the Trouble - end of chapter (pgs 11-24)
Week 3
Ch.2: Robert Fulton & the Invention of the Steamboat - Fulton's Early Life pgs 25-36)
Week 4
Ch.2 cont: Studying Art in London - Experimenting with Steamboats (pgs 37-45)
Week 5
Ch.2 cont: Building the Clermont - end of chapter (pgs 46-54)
Week 6
- Nothing scheduled this week
Week 7
Ch.3: George Stephenson & the Invention of the Locomotive - The First Railroads & Locomotives (pgs 55-68)
Week 8
Ch.3 cont: Stephenson's First Locomotive - end of chapter 69-82)
Week 9
Ch.4: Invention of the Electric Engine & Electric Locomotive - The Electromagnet (pgs 83-92)
Week 10
Ch.4 cont: The First Dynamo - end of chapter (pgs 93-100)
Week 11
Ch.5: Invention of the Spinning Machines - James Hargreaves & the Spinning Jenny (pgs 101-106)
Week 12
Ch.5 cont: Richard Arkwright & the Water Frame - end of chapter (pgs 107-120)
Week 13
Ch.6: Eli Whitney and the Invention of the Cotton Gin - A Visit to the South (pgs 121-128)
Week 14
Ch.6 cont: Inventing the Cotton Gin - end of chapter (pgs 129-140)
Week 15
Ch.7: Elias Howe and the Invention of the Sewing Machine - The First Sewing Machines (pgs 141-148)
Week 16
Ch.7 cont: Making His First Sewing Machine - Exhibiting the Machine (pgs 149-154)
Week 17
Ch.7 cont: Offering the Machine to England - end of chapter (pgs 155-168)
Week 18
Ch.8: Cyrus H. McCormick and the Invention of the Reaper - McCormick's First Reaper (pgs 169-179)
Week 19
Ch.8 cont: Selling Reapers in the East - end of chapter (pgs 180-192)
Week 20
Ch.9: Henry Bessemer and the Making of Steel - Preparing for Work (pgs 193-201)
Week 21
Ch.9 cont: Making Art Castings and Stamping Dies - Making Bronze Powder (pgs 202-210)
Week 22
Ch.9 cont: His Master Invention - end of chapter (pgs 211-222)
Week 23
Ch.10: John Gutenberg and the Invention of Printing - The Discovery of Type Metal (pgs 223-234)
Week 24
Ch.10 cont: Inventing the Printing Press - end of chapter (pgs 235-246)
Week 25
Ch.11: Samuel F.B. Morse and the Invention of the Telegraph - Planning the Electric Telegraph (pgs 247-258)
Week 26
Ch.11 cont: Making the First Instrument - end of chapter (pgs 259-270)
Week 27
Ch.12: Alexander Graham Bell and the Invention of the Telephone - Teacher of the Deaf and Dumb (pgs 271-280)
Week 28
Ch.12 cont: Birth of the Telephone - end of chapter (pgs 281-294)
Week 29
Ch.13: Thomas A. Edison (pgs 295-304)
Week 30
Ch.14: Orville and Wilbur Wright (pgs 305-314)
Week 31
Ch.15: Guglielmo Marconi (pgs 315-320)
Week 32
Ch.16: John L. Baird and the Invention of the Television (pgs 321-326)
Week 33
Ch.17: John P. Holland and the Submarine (pgs 327-334)
Week 34
Ch.18: Wernher Von Braun and the Rockets to the Moon (pgs 335-345) (if you're using the online text, you might find another book or online article about the history of space travel.)
Week 35
Ch.19: The Invention of the Computer (pgs 346-353) (if you're using the online text, you might find another book or online article about the history of computers.)
Week 36
None this week