1. BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2009 Chepping View School

2. Black History Month November 2009 Welcome to our assembly on Black History Month where we will share information, creative writing and research on Black Inventors and Scientists.

3. “The Caribbean is a TRUE MELTING POT where many different people have been poured together”

4. Our FOCUS assembly will be on…………..

6. Black Scientists and Inventors Lewis Latimer made developments to the first practical LIGHT BULB.

7. Lewis Latimer Although Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan were credited with the INVENTION of the light bulb Latimer made good contributions to it.

8. Black Scientists and Inventors Garrett Morgan was an African American inventor who originated the MODERN GAS MASK and also a TYPE of TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

9. Garrett Morgan THE MORGAN Traffic signal

10. The T-shaped pole The Morgan Traffic Signal was a T-shaped pole and it featured three positions: 1. STOP 2. GO 3. AN ALL DIRECTIONAL STOP POSITION.

11. Garrett Morgan MODERN GAS MASK

12. George Washington Carver George Washington Carver invented 300 uses for PEANUTS and HUNDREDS MORE OTHER USES.

13. George Washington Carver He also invented PEANUT BUTTER!!

14. George Washington Carver also went on to make improvements to: INSTANT COFFEE, MAYONNAISE, PAPER, PLASTIC, SHOE POLISH AND TALCUM POWDER. INSTANT COFFEE, MAYONNAISE, PAPER, PLASTIC, SHOE POLISH AND TALCUM POWDER.

15. ‘ He could have added fortune to fame, but he found happiness and honour in being helpful to the world’ George Carver