3. Skyscrapers Taller buildings because of two factors: Invention of elevators Development of internal steel skeletons to bear the weight of buildings
4. Louis Sullivan Designed the 10-story Wainwright Building in St. Louis Skyscraper – “proud and soaring thing” Steel framework supported both floors and walls.
6. Fredrick Law Olmsted Landscape architect Spearheaded movement for planned urban parks. Hoped would soothe the city’s inhabitants and let them enjoy a “natural” setting.
7. Fredrick Law Olmsted 1857 - drew up plans for what is now Central Park, in New York. 1870s – designed landscaping for Washington DC, St. Louis, Boston park system. Video
8. Orville & Wilber Wright Brothers Bicycle manufactures in Dayton, Ohio Experimented with new engines Four-cylinder internal combustion engine
9. Orville & Wilber Wright First successful flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 120 feet and lasted 12 seconds. 1905 – flights of 24 miles 1920 – first transcontinental airmail service Video
10. George Eastman Developed flexible film, send to studio for processing. Aimed his product at the masses, not just professional photographers
11. George Eastman 1888 – Kodak camera $25 with 100-picture roll Send the camera to factory to develop the pictures for $10. Millions of amateur photographers Field of photojournalism Video
13. Booker T. Washington African American educator Believed racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their value to society. Graduated from Virginia’s Hampton Institute
14. Booker T. Washington 1881 – head of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama Equip African Americans with teaching diplomas and useful skills in agricultural, domestic, or mechanical work. Video
15. W.E.B. Du Bois 1895 - 1st African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard 1905 - Founded Niagara Movement Insisted that blacks should seek a liberal arts education so that the African American community would have well-educated leaders Video
16. Critical ThinkingComparing Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on the subject of the education of African Americans.
17. Critical ThinkingComparing Compare and contrast the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on the subject of the education of African Americans. Du Bois – liberal arts education to produce African-American leaders Washington – acquiring useful skills and teaching diploma in order for African Americans to be of economic value to society.
Notas del editor
Video – Discovery Education - Urbanization and the Rise of Public Parks (4:36 – the last half talk about Mass. Nat. Parks)
Video – History.com - Wright Brothers are First in Flight (3:06)
Video – Discovery Education - Evolution of Eastman's Photography (2:02)
Video – Discovery Education - Summer, 1881: The Birth of the Tuskegee Institute; Philosophy and Practice (2:53)
Video – History.com - W.E.B. Dubois and the Niagara Movement (3:44)
