Rewind to the late nineteenth century where the United States was far from an economic superpower and an afterthought in the technological industry. A nation that was still recovering from the horrors of the Civil War saw the majority of its citizens living a relatively outdated lifestyle. The United States did not become a world leader for innovation and prosperity overnight‚ but it received a huge jump start in the late 1870s. One large scale event that generated widespread attention and recognition
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Since the beginning of time‚ people have had the need to communicate with one and other. The most common type of communication is speech‚ but you could not talk to someone who lived 20 miles away. Then written language was developed‚ people marked symbols on paper‚ stone‚ or whatever was available. Then hundreds of years passed‚ and people who wanted to share their ideas with people had to do allot of writing‚ until someone thought to make a writing machine. This machine is called the printing
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able to understand helen because of her disability‚ as a result of this she was known as the “Wild Child”. In 1886 Helen’s mother‚ Katherine‚ heard about the Perkins school for the blind which was located in boston which she had heard from Alexander Graham Bell. She wrote to
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etc.) are moving to better and newer suburbs by themselves. (Gerges‚ 2006) One other issue adding to the peoples fears is that they are afraid that foreigners are going to take credit for what Canadians did‚ just like what happened with Alexander Graham Bell‚ where he conducted most of research and work on the telephone in Canada‚ and now the United States of America is taking credit that the telephone has been made there. (Gerges‚ 2006) As David Kilgour‚ (2000)‚ says in his website that globalization
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Timeline Project- History of Communication Drawings: Cave paintings are paintings found on cave walls and ceilings‚ and especially refer to those of prehistoric origin. The earliest such art in Europe dates back to the Aurignacian period‚ approximately 40‚000 years ago. Evidence suggests that they were not merely decorations; they speak of stories and things that may have happened in their life. Also surprisingly nearly 340 caves have now been discovered in France and Spain that contain art from
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situation. Socrates‚ Anne sullivan‚ The Cat in the Hat‚ and former convicts are some simple examples that this ancient proverb is still relevant today. Socrates was known as the great teacher‚ through his pupils‚ many people were educated‚ such as Alexander the Great. Socrates method of teaching has been time tested‚ however in early greece it was a very different form of educating the common people that anyone had ever seen. “In this time honored technique‚ the teacher
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and important. In 1837‚ a new medium of communication was introduced – the telegraph‚ which was invented by Samuel F.B. Morse. This new technology enabled people to send message to distant places and receive it within the same day. In 1876‚ Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone‚ which triggered a revolution in communication technology. For the first time‚ people can communicate with other people in real time‚ regardless of their location. In the 1990s the internet was introduced‚ which made
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provided efficiently by a monopoly provider. In the U.S.‚ this pattern started many years ago when the American Bell Telephone purchased the Western Electric Company of Chicago. Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876 and formed Bell Telephone. AT&T‚ which is today one of the leading company in the wireless telecommunication industry‚ was formed in 1885 to connect the Bell Companies. In 1913‚ AT&T agreed to become a regulated monopoly. Although their monopoly was allowed‚ they were
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Life & Works of Helen Keller The life of Helen Keller is brilliantly presented in The Story of My Life‚ which is authored by an optimistic Helen who is full of flowery language about all that is good in the world. . Keller has become an icon of perseverance‚ respected and honored by readers‚ historians‚ and activists. When she was a child‚ Keller received a letter from a writer that she quoted in her autobiography: ‘‘some day you will write a great story out of your own head that will be a comfort
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sight and hearing and at 6 months old she was speaking. When she was only 18 months old Keller contracted “brain fever” producing a high body temperature. After a few days after the fever broke‚ her mother noticed she didn’t react when the dinner bell was rung or when someone waved there hand in her face. She had lost both her sight and hearing. In her childhood she developed a limited method of communication with Martha Washington‚ the daughter of the family cook. But eventually Keller became wild
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