The Biography of Thomas Edison
Questions (Use complete sentences.)
1. Give details about Thomas Edison’s birth.
2. At what age did Thomas Edison Begin inventing on his own?
Explain.
3. Where did Thomas Edison go to school? Where was the school?
4. What year did Thomas Edison stop going to school? Why did
he stop going.
Write the year each event happened!
Thomas Edison as an Inventor
Questions (Use complete sentences.)
1. What were 3 of Thomas Edison’s famous inventions? Give
details.
2. What invention was Thomas Edison working on in 1878?
And why do you think this invention is important?
3. What did Thomas Edison call his laboratory? Why was it so
important?
Write the year each event happened!
Thomas Edison’s conTribuTions
Questions (Use complete sentences.)
1. Explain how Thomas Edison’s inventions impacted people’s
lives in the late 1800’s.
2. What did Thomas Edison do in 1893? What was significant
about this accomplishment?
3. How did Thomas Edison’s invention in 1879 impact people?
What was the invention?
Write the year each event happened!