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Meeting Edison, Tesla & Westinghouse

Have a look at the document and answer the following questions.

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Three current geniusesThree current geniuses - Questions
Geniuses at warThe Current War - VidéoThe Current War - QuestionsFrom DC power to AC power - VidéoFrom DC power to AC power - QuestionsFrom DC power to AC power - Let's play!
A few inventions by Edison, Tesla, and WestinghouseInventions of Thomas Edison - ActivitéTesla inventions we still use - ActivitéTop 5 George Westinghouse inventions - ActivitéEdison, Tesla and Westinghouse - Activité

Three current geniuses

Three current geniuses - Questions

Have a look at the document and answer the following questions.
1.What type of document is it?
2. Who are these people? What are they doing?
3.Have a look at the typeface and the way gentlemen are dressed and try to date this poster.

Geniuses at war

The Current War - Vidéo

Extrait étudié : jusqu'à 1:36.

The Current War - Questions

1.Watch the trailer with no sound. Try to guess what's going on in this movie and make hypotheses.
  • Who may be the characters in the trailer?
  • Write down in your notebook all the striking words which appear in white in the trailer. What do you think?
  • What is the historical period referred to here?
  • What were the first electrical devices that appear here?
2. Now, watch the video with the sound on and share your ideas with the help of the questions below.
  • What is the main plot in the trailer?
  • Can you talk about the music in this extract? Does it express a sort of suspense? Fear? Competition? Intelligence? Why/Why not?

From DC power to AC power - Vidéo

Extraits étudiés : de 0:48 à 3:00 (DC power) puis de 4:02 à 6:12 (AC power).

From DC power to AC power - Questions

Watch the video and answer the following questions.
Part 1: DC power
  • Find the six numbers mentioned and say what they correspond to.
  • You have quite a lot of information about Tesla and Edison: how would you qualify their personalities?
  • What do the letters DC stand for?
  • What was the problem with the DC generators?
Part 2: AC power
  • What is AC?
  • What happened in 1893?
  • How did people light their homes before this invention?
  • In 3 to 4 lines, relate the rumour spread by Edison to discredit Tesla and also relate how the story ends.

From DC power to AC power - Let's play!


A few inventions by Edison, Tesla, and Westinghouse

Inventions of Thomas Edison - Activité

Visit the webpage. Have a look at the pictures and try to name the different devices.

Tesla inventions we still use - Activité

Visit the webpage and list a few inventions by Edison that we still use today.

Top 5 George Westinghouse inventions - Activité

Visit the webpage and list the most famous inventions by Westinghouse.​​​​​​

Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse - Activité

In pairs, find out information on Britannica.com about Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse. You will write about 6 to 10 lines for each and divide this short biography into two parts:
  • personal life,
  • career.
Now, you know a bit more about the three inventors. Are you able to answer these questions? Use phrases like "I believe, from what I know, in my opinion…"
1. Who were Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse?
2.What inventions are they known for?
3.What do you know about electricity and how it's used today?