1. The History of Technology
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The History of Technology
DRILL
Answer the following in a complete sentence:
Your homework assignment this weekend was on a computer screen. You ed your answers to your teacher. What do you think will be some of the impacts of such technology on students in the near future?

2. The History of Technology
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The History of Technology
Knowledge of the history of technology helps people understand the world around them by seeing how people of all times and places have increased their capability by using their unique skills to innovate, improvise, and invent.
BIG IDEA

3. The History of Technology
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The History of Technology
Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.
Students will develop abilities to assess the impacts of products and systems.
Students will develop an understanding of the designed world.
OBJECTIVES

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Technology
The application of knowledge, tools and skills to solve problems and extend human capabilities.
Human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities.

5. What have the impacts been?
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What have the impacts been?
How did the item influence the lives of the people who first used it?

6. What have the impacts been?
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What have the impacts been?
How did the item influence the lives of the people who first used it?

7. What have the impacts been?
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What have the impacts been?
How did the item influence the lives of the people who first used it?

8. COOPERATIVE LEARNING (see handout)
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COOPERATIVE LEARNING (see handout)
Positive Interdependence
Speak positively to each other
Rely on each other to fulfill objective
Face-to-Face Interactions
Speak to each other
Individual Accountability
Be responsible for participating
Interpersonal and Small-Group Skills
Group Processing
Work with each other to accomplishment

9. EXPLORATION In small groups (teacher assigned):
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EXPLORATION
In small groups (teacher assigned):
Brainstorm how a technological advancement influenced history.
Irrigation system, Gun, Bicycle, Radar, Computer, Telephone, Rubber, Airplane, Printing Press, Calculator, Automobile.
Write, think, and answer the following….
What did people do before the advancement?
Why is the advancement important?
How did it change history?
What were the benefits to people?

10. HOMEWORK Define the following vocabulary on your worksheet:
Technology
History
Innovation
Artifact
Timeline
Explore another technological advancement by answering the four questions.
What did people do before the advancement?
Why is the advancement important?
How did it change history?
What were the benefits to people?