I would like you to visit Carillon Historical Park (www.daytonhistory.org/heritage-center-ofdayton-manufacturing-entrepreneurship)

at 1000 Carillon Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45409

(Make sure you attach your receipt to your assignment in order to prove you have actually

visited the open air museum: 1%) and write an essay (one-page, double-spaced, Arial 11 font

with 1.0 inch margins all around: 1%) about one of the innovations generated in Dayton area.

The report, due on February 17th, 2015, should be composed of three paragraphs (each

worth 1%):

i) Describe the innovation briefly. Was it an individual or team effort? Also, provide a

background about the time it was generated. Was there a need for this innovation at the

time or did the inventor(s) have to generate a desire for their product?

ii) Describe one firm that is currently manufacturing the most innovative products that spun

from that particular innovation.

iii) In the last paragraph, I would like you to write what struck you most when visiting such a

museum? What do you think was unique in Dayton area in the past that cultivated such

innovative endeavors?