"Inventions That Shook The World - The 1920s" Video Viewing Guide (2 Segments)

"Inventions That Shook the World" is a miniseries that aired on the Discovery Channel and details the origination of some of the century's most important inventions. Each video is approximately 45-50 minutes in length and would be a great addition to any CTE or STEM class.

The 1920s episode highlights the following inventions: movie sound, the lie detector, refrigerator, television, and liquid rocket fuel. Other inventions are mentioned in short clips, such as sliced bread, folding electric car, and gyrowheels.

The video viewing guide is a resource that will keep students engaged in the video and is thorough enough to serve as a great study guide for later use. The 1920s guide has a total of 53 fill-in-the-blank, short answer, or true/false questions with 94 available points. The guide is 4 pages long (the thumbnails above may not be shown accurately), and an answer key and time indicators for each segment are included. The file is in MS Word format for easy alteration by teachers, such as removing questions for a shorter version. The actual video is not included, this is only a viewing guide. The video may be found online by searching the title. Please be sure you can find and access the video before you purchase this video viewing guide.

This free version contains just the first two segments on movie sound and the lie detector. A full episode version with all 5 segments is available.

Video viewing guides for the entire 10-episode series of “Inventions That Shook the World” are available:

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1900s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1910s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1920s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1930s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1940s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1950s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1960s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1970s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1980s

Inventions That Shook the World – The 1990s

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