Grade Range: 5-12 Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media,
Reference Materials Date Posted: 7/10/2012 In this post,
students will learn about the oldest sound recordings preserved
toda, found at the Museum. These experimental phonograms were
made starting in 1881 by the Volta Laboratory Association, which
consisted of telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell, scientific
instrument maker Charles Sumner Tainter, and chemist Chichester
A. Bell. Written by Dr. Patrick Feaster, an instructor in
Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University and a
Lemelson Center Fellow, this post is published on the Museum's
"O Say Can You See?" blog. Historical Thinking Standards (Grades
K-4) Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12) Standards in
History (Grades K-4) World History Standards (Grades 5-12)