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Economic Literacy. Social Studies: Grade-1

Economic literacyCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2017
Telegraph Instrument, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In the first grade, students summarize the need for money, how money is earned, and how money and credit are used in order to meet needs and wants including the costs and benefits of spending and saving.
Students define and explain the roles of consumers and producers in the American economy.
Students summarize how historic inventors and entrepreneurs contributed to the prosperity of the nation including Samuel F. B. Morse, John Deere, Alexander Graham
Bell, Orville and Wilbur Wright, and Thomas Edison.
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Bystanders help extricate the mortally wounded US Army (USA) Lieutenant (LT) Thomas Selfridge from the wreck of the Wright Brothers Flyer after its crash at Fort Myer, Virginia (VA). At right, several men attend the injuries of Orville Wright, who lies on the ground at their feet

Bystanders help extricate the mortally wounded US Army (USA) Lieutenan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Samuel F. B. Morse House, Poughkeepsie, New York (perspective and plan)

Samuel F. B. Morse House, Poughkeepsie, New York (perspective and plan...

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John Deere Blacksmith Shop, Marthasville, Warren County, MO

John Deere Blacksmith Shop, Marthasville, Warren County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167 Survey number: HABS MO-1707

Morse, Samuel - Public domain portrait engraving

Morse, Samuel - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground...

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the gr...

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground. At Fort Meyer [sic], on Sept. 17, at a height of 75 feet, on a turn, one of the new nine foot propeller blades was broken. The machine... More

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. TYPE A PLANE AT FORT MYER

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. TYPE A PLANE AT FORT MYER

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The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade field. This series of test flights resulted in the Army purchasing its first aircraft. In the first flight, Sept. 9, 1908, Orville Wright kept the plane aloft 71 seconds. The second flight resulted in a crash that left Wright severely cut and bruised and his passenger, Army LT. Thomas Selfridge dead -- the first powered-aviation fatality. (Exact date shot UNKNOWN)

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Telegraph Instrument, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Telegraph Instrument, copper alloy, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

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Morse apparatus and alphabet - Public domain book illustration

Morse apparatus and alphabet - Public domain book illustration

Print shows apparatus for sending and receiving coded telegraph messages, with the alphabet and numbers in "Morse code." Illus. in: Knight's American mechanical dictionary. New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1877, ... More

Thomas Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S.A.

Thomas Edison and his original dynamo, Edison Works, Orange, N.J., U.S...

Thomas Edison, standing, full-length portrait, in front of engine. No. 13001.

Alexander Graham Bell at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the 1876 invention of the telephone, Boston, Massachusetts., 1916 / photo by Richard W. Sears.

Alexander Graham Bell at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the 1...

Blind stamp on lower right: Photo by Richard W. Sears, Boston. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Samuel F.B. Morse, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing front, posed with a camera and glass plate negatives]

[Samuel F.B. Morse, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Copy photograph of plate published in the Philadelphia Photographer, v. 9, 1872, opp. p. 1.

Samuel F.B. Morse, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Samuel F.B. Morse, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left]

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.

Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

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Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st flight over water

Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st fligh...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Wilbur's flights over New York harbor, 1909. George Grantham Bain Collection (... More

Alexander graham bell scientist inventor.

Alexander graham bell scientist inventor.

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Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse Art print

Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse Art print

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Patent drawing - for John Deere's Improvement in Plows Public domain  image
Patent drawing - for T. A. Edison's Incandescing Electric Lamp Public domain  image

Patent drawing - for T. A. Edison's Incandescing Electric Lamp Public ...

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[Orville Wright and Edwin H. Sines, neighbor and boyhood friend, filing frames in the back of the Wright bicycle shop]

[Orville Wright and Edwin H. Sines, neighbor and boyhood friend, filin...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 135. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps making the world's record flight at Fort Myer, on July 27--The aeroplane made fifty miles at a speed of about forty miles an hour

Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps m...

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[Woman with original steel plow made by John Deere in Grand Detour, Illinois in 1838, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

[Woman with original steel plow made by John Deere in Grand Detour, Il...

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[Samuel F.B. Morse, half-length portrait, posing with left hand on a telegraph apparatus, facing slightly left]

[Samuel F.B. Morse, half-length portrait, posing with left hand on a t...

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[Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop]

[Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Wilbur Wright in flight from Governor's Island

Wilbur Wright in flight from Governor's Island

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Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, shows the old and the new in telephones. That in his right hand is a model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone through which sounds were first electronically transmitted in 1875. The larger apparatus near his right hand is the artificial lung and larynx, which enables people with paralyzed vocal cords to talk again. 12/30

Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President...

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Laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell, Boston, Massachusetts

Laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell, Boston, Massachusetts

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A house under construction with a blue sky in the background. New home construction build building.

A house under construction with a blue sky in the background. New home...

A house under construction with a blue sky in the background

Photo of The Telegraph, bronze, Italian - Public domain dedication

Photo of The Telegraph, bronze, Italian - Public domain dedication

Antonio Rosetti (born 1819) Public domain photograph of figurine, small sculpture, archaeology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel F. B. Morse, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Samuel F. B. Morse, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souveni...

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Credit card college student, people.

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A man sitting at a desk using a computer. Typing computer desk, computer communication.

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Unity community union.

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[Orville Wright, about three years old, half-length portrait, in oval, facing front]

[Orville Wright, about three years old, half-length portrait, in oval,...

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[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him]

[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the ear...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 11. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Copy photograph ... More

O. Wright flying [in his airplane, crowd on field]

O. Wright flying [in his airplane, crowd on field]

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Postcard from Alexander Graham Bell, June 23, 1890

Postcard from Alexander Graham Bell, June 23, 1890

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[Wilbur Wright, age 30, seated facing right, half-length side view]

[Wilbur Wright, age 30, seated facing right, half-length side view]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 11. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Historical reenactment activities marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Historical reenactment activities marking the centennial of the first ...

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WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, CHARLIE TAYLOR; PUTTING PLANE ON LAUNCHING RAIL

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; WI...

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Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

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Historical reenactment activities marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Historical reenactment activities marking the centennial of the first ...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

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Ec-cash paymentsatm money, business finance.

Ec-cash paymentsatm money, business finance.

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Samuel F. B. Morse from "Gately's World's Progress. A general history of the earth's construction and of the advancement of mankind ... Edited by C. E. Beale. Édition de luxe"

Samuel F. B. Morse from "Gately's World's Progress. A general history ...

This image has been taken from scan 000350 from volume 01 of "Gately's World's Progress. A general history of the earth's construction and of the advancement of mankind ... Edited by C. E. Beale. Édition de lu... More

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman ...

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[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him]

[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the ear...

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A man in a welding helmet working on a piece of metal. Construction worker torch, work.

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A man in a welding helmet working on a piece of metal

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[Samuel F. B. Morse, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Samuel F. B. Morse, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Case: scroll motif. Plate mark: Six pointed star with the word "DOUBLE" under which appears "J," an animal figure and the letter "W" in a lozenge. Copy daguerreotype. Written in ink on back of plate: S.F.B. Mor... More

Portrait photo of [Childhood portraits of Wilbur Wright]

Portrait photo of [Childhood portraits of Wilbur Wright]

Title based on reference print. No film copy neg. Copy negative of portrait photographs. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers o... More

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

A Deere pulling machine, two horses. These merely loosen the soil, leaving the final pull to be exerted by the workers. Hine. Oct. 1915.  Location: Colorado.

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[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

[Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone walking together]

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Communicate telephone vintage, computer communication.

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An old fashioned payphone is on display at a store

Office startup business, business finance.

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The Wright airplane of 1909 at Ft. Myer, Virginia

The Wright airplane of 1909 at Ft. Myer, Virginia

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WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HANGAR, ORVILLE WRIGHT, RIGHT

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HA...

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Events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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Mural backdrop on stage at ceremonies marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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Meeting conference business, business finance.

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Orville, Wilbur, and Katherine Wright, with others

Orville, Wilbur, and Katherine Wright, with others

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[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane]

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Money bills calculator, business finance.

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