BiographyLaTImeRLewisPAIREDREADTheNatureofLightTheLaTImeRINVeNTIVeLewisbyMariaGillASTRATEGIES&SKILLSPhotographyCredit:QueensBoroughLibrary,LongIslandDivision,LatimerFamilyPapers**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:SummarizeSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyGreekRootsVocabularydizzying,experiments,genuine,hilarious,mischief,nowadays,politicians,procedureELLVocabularyapplied,demonstrate,determinedContentStandardsSciencePhysicalScienceWordCount:957**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119179-6MHID:0-02-119179-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110LaTImeRLewisTheLaTImeRINVeNTIVeLewisbyMariaGillPAIREDREADChapter1ADifficultStart............................2Chapter2DrawingHisWay..........................6Chapter3ABrightLight............................10RespondtoReading.......................15TheNatureofLight.............16Glossary/Index............................19FocusonScience..................20EssentialQuestionHowcaninventionssolveproblems?aDiFFicuLTsTaRTLewisLatimerwasborninthenineteenthcentury.Hegrewupatatimewhenblackpeoplewereenslavedandtheyhadfewrights.However,thingswerechanging.Manypoliticiansandotherpeoplewantedtooutlawslavery.TheythoughteveryAmericanshouldlivefree.TheCivilWar(1861–1865)endedslaveryintheUnitedStates.LewisLatimerdidn’tletthedifficulttimesstophimfromworkingwiththreeoftheUnitedStates’greatestinventors.Andhebecameanimportantinventor,too.LewisLatimerbecameanimportantinventor.aDiFFicuLTsTaRTCHAPTER12QueensBoroughLibrary,LongIslandDivision,Latime...
