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 Phase 1

1. What do you already know about this figure?

Alexander Graham Bell is a widely recognized American inventor and a scientist. Much of Alexander Graham Bell's inventions had been influenced by his deaf wife and the mother. He studied acoustics and researched on speech and audibility that led to many of his inventions. Some of his most famous inventions include the telephone, photophone, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. Alexander Graham Bell is also associated with the National Geographic Society. He became one of the first founders of the National Geographic Society, succeeding his father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

2. What more do I want to learn?

1) how his famous invention of the telephone came to be, 2) his work with Hellen Keller 3) other inventions 4) controversy around his inventions 5) national geographic with Bell as the president 6) work with the deaf

3. Where can I go find out more information?

I can go find more about Alexander Graham Bell at some of the online resources such as: http://www.alexandergrahambell.org/ http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/bell.html http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bell_alexander.shtml and other offline resources like some of the books or encyclopedias in the library

**Famous Americans Alexander Graham Bell (brief)**

1. **Date of Birth**: March 3, 1847

2. **Where the person was born:** Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  3. **Parents:** Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell  **Children:** Two sons who died in infancy and two daughters 4. **Early childhood:** Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 3 March 1847. As a child, Bell had an interest in experimenting and botanical specimens. He was also talented in art and music, also mastering piano by his own. He was greatly influenced by his wife and his mother in the invention of the telephone and his studies of acoustics. 5. **Education:** Alexander Graham Bell attended the Royal High School in Edinburgh, England. Bell received low grades and was frequently absent. He mainly had his interest in Biology while he was almost careless about other subjects. He later attended the University of Edinburgh after graduating from high school. When he moved to London, he attended the University College London, preparing for his degree. 6. **Adult life**: At his age of 23, he moved to Canada with his parents and his brother’s widow. After landing in Quebec City, they purchased a 10 and a half acre farm at Tutelo Heights. 7. **Important events or stories:** Alexander Graham Bell had many works with the deaf. He opened a school called "Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech" which attracted many of the deaf. He taught them to sign. 8. **Why is this person remembered/known?** Alexander Graham Bell is very well known for his invention of the first telephone. 9. **What is the most interesting thing you found out about this person?** The most interesting thing about Alexander Graham Bell is that he is one of the founders of National Geographic, and worked with Helen Keller 10. **What are the two most important lessons you or any other young person might learn from the way this person lived or lives? His work began from the love of his family and he did not stop until he achieved making the inventions, such as the telephone. ** Phase 2
 * Relatives:** Gardiner Green Hubbard (father-in-law), Gilbert Hovey Grosvernor(Son-in-law), and Melville Bell Grosvenor (grandson)

**Historical Question**

"Who was the true first inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell or Antonio Meucci?"

I expect to find information about the different dates on the invention, as well as some arguments on the basic function of the telephone. But most of the information will be about the two different inventors: Bell and Gray. I will use some primary resources in the beginning on some real documents, sketchings, or letters of Bell, and if possible, Meucci as well. I will have to search on some secondary documents and background of Meucci, from http://www.italianhistorical.org/MeucciStory.htm and read basic areas of Meucci on Wikipedia.
 * 2. What information do you expect to find during your research?**
 * 3. What resources will you use first to find the question?**


 * List at least 2 primary sources that you used to your research question:**

1. http://www.chezbasilio.it/immagini/eco_1880.gif 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bell-gray-smoking-gun.png

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jun/17/humanities.internationaleducationnews http://inventors.about.com/b/2003/10/14/antonio-meucci-vs-alexander-graham-bell.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone   Phase 3  **Primary Sources **  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bell-gray-smoking-gun.png  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=magbell&fileName=253/25300201/bellpage.db&recNum=21 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellsp.html
 * List at least 4 secondary resources that you used to your research questio**n:

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Secondary Sources

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15979/1095/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=5F1A8F35-C6A1-6742-6DCB11D92DAE6D09 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/02/26/was-alexander-graham-bell-an-idea-thief-this-afternoons-a-good-time-to-find-out/ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/010308-bell-patent-fraud.html