cotton gins and ginning

The invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the difficult and time-consuming work of cleaning cotton. Many people became wealthy from the production of cotton, but it also led to an increase in slavery. The invention of the cotton gin led to other inventions such as the cotton picker.

Briefly explores the life of Eli Whitney and how his invention of the cotton gin changed the world.

Examines the life, legacy, and achievements of nineteenth century inventor and entrepreneur Eli Whitney, whose cotton gin revolutionized American textile manufacturing.

Eli Whitney is remembered as a great inventor. His cotton gin was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and it did much to shape the course of the American economy. This biographical title explores Whitney's entrepreneurial mind, bringing to life his inventions, innovations, and hardworking spirit. Through accessible language and detailed images, this curriculum-focused title provides an in-depth look at the Industrial Revolution, Whitney's role in it, and how together they helped shape a growing nation. A timeline and primary sources complete a comprehensive learning experience.

By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of Eli Whitney and how invention of the cotton gin had an enormous economic impact on young America and slavery.

Explores the history of cotton ginning and weaving from ancient times to the twenty-first century, explaining how cotton is made into cloth and how Eli Whitney's first gin worked, and describes Eli Whitney's life and the impact of his invention on the American South and slavery.

Presents a brief biography of inventor Eli Whitney in graphic novel format, and examines the effects his cotton gin had on the economy of the South during the nineteenth century.

Explains the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented in the late eighteenth century by Eli Whitney, and describes how it enabled, tragically, the vast expansion of the American slave trade.

Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions of Eli Whitney.

Provides a biographical sketch of Eli Whitney and a description of his most famous invention, the cotton gin, which made the harvesting of cotton easier.