1. 9/15/2011 Answer the following questions by clicking on the picture to visit the appropriate link. What did Louis Braille invent? Why did he invent this ? Explain what this invention is used for. How did this invention benefit people in the 19th century? Does this invention still benefit people in the 21st century? How? 9/15/2011

2. 9/15/2011 Answer the following questions by clicking on the picture to visit the appropriate link. List three other uses of this invention. Describe how each of the above items are used with this invention. What technologies have been created from this invention? Each group member will choose a technology and With your group members, decide if this invention is useful and give reasoning. Allow each group member to jusify their opinion. 9/15/2011

3. 9/15/2011 Supplementary links: Story of Louis Braille http://uacoe.arizona.edu/viliteracy/Louis%20Braille.htm The boy who invented books for the blind Use this site to view how Braille works. http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/braille/ Visit this site to view the Braille alphabet, words, and symbols. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/braille.htm Worksheet http://www.firstschoolyears.com/history/people/Braille/worksheets/Braille%20Cloze%20(1).pdf 9/15/2011