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Morse code is a system for sending messages using on-off tones, lights, or clicks to represent letters. Each letter corresponds to a unique sequence of short dots and longer dashes. Samuel Morse developed the code in 1837 after seeing a telegraph in Europe. During WWI, Morse code was used extensively for military communication between trenches and nations.

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Morse Code Booklet Final 1

Morse code is a system for sending messages using on-off tones, lights, or clicks to represent letters. Each letter corresponds to a unique sequence of short dots and longer dashes. Samuel Morse developed the code in 1837 after seeing a telegraph in Europe. During WWI, Morse code was used extensively for military communication between trenches and nations.

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Morse Code

Materials:
Morse code is a system of sending messages by
a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks. Each let- • Morse code instruction and
ter is represented by a unique series of short dots answer sheet
(dits) and longer dashes (dahs). The duration of a • Morse code listening station
dash is three times the length of a dot. Each word YouTube video
is separated by silence in the equivalent of one • Morse code alphabet sheet
dash. Samuel Morse developed his code in 1837
after seeing the optical, or semaphore telegraph,
in Europe. Morse code transmitted through tele-
graph stations occurred almost instantly.

During WWI, electric telegraphs using Morse


code were used throughout the war, on both sides.
They were used to communicate from the front
line trenches to the officers, and from nation to
nation via telegraph lines throughout Europe and
underwater cables across the Atlantic.

Directions:
1. Familiarize yourself with the two different types of sounds used in the Morse code alphabet, dits
(shorter sounds) and dahs (longer sounds). They are represented by dots and long dashes respectively.

2. Listen to the series of (dits) and (dahs) on our “listening station” video on YouTube HERE. Write
down the missing pieces on your answer sheet. Use the Morse code alphabet sheet on the following
page to finish the translation and provide the answer.

Answers:
Message 1:

Morse code:

Message: • • • • • – •

Message 2:

Morse code: •

Message:

Try Your Own!

Morse code:

Message:

MORSE CODE ACTIVITY | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS | USMCMUSEUM.COM
Morse Code Alphabet

MORSE CODE ACTIVITY | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS | USMCMUSEUM.COM

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