Inventions by Beulah Louise Henry.
Characters:
Theme: Women inventors.
Competencies
Competence in Linguistic Communication
Personal, social and learning to learn competence
Entrepreneurial Competence
Competence in cultural awareness and expressions
Subjects and year by Educational System
Spain > English > 2nd ESO > Communication
Spain > English > 2nd ESO > Interculturalism
Enunciation
ACTIVITY 1
Watch the video about Beulah Louise Henry and do the following activities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-WS_IOZkSo&t=13s (15/05/2022)
1. Make a list of some of the other important inventions and when they were developed.
2. Tick the inventions you listen to in the video:
- Vacuum ice cream freezer
- Umbrella with covers that can be changed to coordinate with one’s outfit
- Dolly Dips, soap-filled sponges for children
- Can opener
- Miss Illusion, a doll with eyes that could change color and close
- A protograph, a typewriter accessory that could make four copies of a document (1932)
- A bobbin-less sewing machine
- Linked envelopes to simplify mass mailings
3. Can you write down her famous quotation?
Observations and context
Although other inventors such as the American chemists Ruth Benerito (1916-2013) and Giuliana Tesoro (1921-2002) achieved a more numerous record of patents (50 and 125 each), Beulah Henry's merit is even greater, being a self-taught woman.
We also highlight the following inventors:
1. Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) to whom we owe the technology that has made wi-fi or Bluetooth networks possible.
2. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) The Countess of Lovelace created the first algorithm that would process the analytical machine (considered the first computer in history). She is considered the first computer programmer in history.
3. Alice H. Parker (1895-1920) designed a central heating system using natural gas as a combustion source. She became the creator of the first boiler, the forerunner of central heating and hot water systems.
4. Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898-1979), the first woman to work at General Electric Company. We can thank her, among other things, for the effectiveness of our sunglasses. His best-known invention, anti-reflective glass, is used to manufacture computer screens, car windshields and camera lenses.
5. Ángela Ruiz-Robles (1895-1975), Spanish professor who devised and patented a system of "mechanical, electrical and air pressure procedure for reading books" in 1949. It is what we know today as e-book.
Description
From a video about Beulah Louise's inventions, students will answer some questions.
Comprehension, production and co-production of oral, written and multimodal texts, short and simple, literary and non-literary.