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:2. Read the National Park Service review of Edison. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-gifted-men-who-worked-for-edison.htm</ref> {{ct| web article }}
:2. Read the National Park Service review of Edison. <ref>https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-gifted-men-who-worked-for-edison.htm</ref> {{ct| web article }}
:2.1. {{discuss | }} There are two sides to the 'Edison story'. What motivation did the ones telling the story have?  
:2.1. {{discuss | }} There are two sides to the 'Edison story'. What motivation did the ones telling the story have?  
:2.2. Choose a Utah government personality. Gov. Bangerter. <ref>https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/395</ref> Half write a press statement and half a Park service obituary.
:2.2. {{analyse| evaluate }} What are the motives of the author who wrote about the Bangerter pumps? <ref>https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/395</ref>  
:2.2.1. {{research| }} When were the pumps finished?
:2.2.2. {{research| }} When did the water in the lake start going down?
:2.2.3. {{analyze| the article again with your new information.
:2.3. {{analyze| evaluate }} Would you prefer that your life be reviewed by the press or the park service? Which has the larger audience? Which is more fair/forgiving?
:2.3. {{analyze| evaluate }} Would you prefer that your life be reviewed by the press or the park service? Which has the larger audience? Which is more fair/forgiving?
:2.4. {{discuss| }} Compare the quotes on doing good selflessly <ref>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless/</ref> with the attitudes of Edison. Is a legacy still a legacy if no one knows about it?
:2.4. {{discuss| }} Compare the quotes on doing good selflessly <ref>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless/</ref> with the attitudes of Edison. Is a legacy still a legacy if no one knows about it?

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