Primary Source Activities: Ritty Dial Cash Register Patent
Drawings Author: Karen Baker Allow students, in groups or
individually, to examine the primary source linked under
Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in
order. The questions are designed to guide students into a
deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive
skills. Level I: Description 1. What do you see in the image? 2.
What is a patent and why is a patent important? Level II:
Interpretation 1. Why might a store or restaurant owner want a
cash register? 2. What impact might the cash register have had
on the economy? Level III: Analysis 1. In what ways have
transactions at stores changed since James Ritty invented this
cash register? 2. What do you think some future inventions might
be for store transactions? - History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain
the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of
industrialization in the United States in the 19t