Upper Elementary
Biography
July 10 reading ideas
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July 10 brings together Telstar 1 and satellite communication, Nikola Tesla birthday / AC electricity, Mary McLeod Bethune and education. Read “Telstar and the First Live Pictures Across the Sea” and “Powering the Grid: Nikola Tesla and the Alternating Current Revolution” to find details that explain what happened, how it worked, or why it matters.
On this date in history
Mary McLeod Bethune was born near Mayesville, South Carolina, on July 10, 1875. The National Park Service records her work as an educator and civil-rights activist; the linked passage provides a reading about her educational legacy.
Selected public reading for Mary McLeod Bethune and education.
On this date in history
NASA's history account records Telstar 1's launch on July 10, 1962. The selected public passage introduces the satellite and its role in communications.
Selected public reading for Telstar 1 and satellite communication.
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The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia records Nikola Tesla's birth on July 10, 1856. The selected passage discusses Tesla's work with alternating-current electricity.
Selected public reading for Nikola Tesla birthday / AC electricity.
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July 10 features Telstar 1 and satellite communication, Nikola Tesla birthday / AC electricity, Mary McLeod Bethune and education. The linked readings “Telstar and the First Live Pictures Across the Sea”, “Powering the Grid: Nikola Tesla and the Alternating Current Revolution”, “Mary McLeod Bethune: Building Doors of Opportunity”. Ask readers to locate a detail that helps explain telstar 1 and satellite communication, then compare that detail with another passage where useful.
Telstar and the First Live Pictures Across the Sea
Powering the Grid: Nikola Tesla and the Alternating Current Revolution
Mary McLeod Bethune: Building Doors of Opportunity
What did Telstar 1 make possible for television viewers?
