Social Studies: Ancient Technology Now!
Enduring Understandings
1. Technology is continually improving on ideas that started thousands of years ago.
2. Discoveries that occurred thousands of years ago are still relevant today.
2. Discoveries that occurred thousands of years ago are still relevant today.
Essential Questions
1) How do ancient technological discoveries still have an impact on modern society?
2) What kinds of technologies from ancient times can be adopted to suit current and future needs?
2) What kinds of technologies from ancient times can be adopted to suit current and future needs?
Lessons/Activities
Day One:
Do Now: (Short Journal) What is your favorite piece of technology? Why? How does it make your life better?
Lesson: Students will be assigned a technological discovery from antiquity to research. They will need to be able to tell who discovered it, why it was important and how it still impacts us today. They will use a PowerPoint template of a newspaper to write an article about their technology to present to the class.
Day Two:
Do Now: Read the article 10 Futuristic Predictions in the World of Technology.Which possible technological advancement do you find most exciting? Why? Does it have any negative possibilities?
Lesson: Have students pick one of the technologies that fascinates them. Allow them time to do some research on it as they may not understand all of the technology. Using the same templates from the previous day have them create an article about the use of the technology they chose and why it is important that we continue to develop this technology. Also, have them draw a conclusion about how and why technology is developed.
Do Now: (Short Journal) What is your favorite piece of technology? Why? How does it make your life better?
Lesson: Students will be assigned a technological discovery from antiquity to research. They will need to be able to tell who discovered it, why it was important and how it still impacts us today. They will use a PowerPoint template of a newspaper to write an article about their technology to present to the class.
Day Two:
Do Now: Read the article 10 Futuristic Predictions in the World of Technology.Which possible technological advancement do you find most exciting? Why? Does it have any negative possibilities?
Lesson: Have students pick one of the technologies that fascinates them. Allow them time to do some research on it as they may not understand all of the technology. Using the same templates from the previous day have them create an article about the use of the technology they chose and why it is important that we continue to develop this technology. Also, have them draw a conclusion about how and why technology is developed.
Resources
newspaper_powerpoint_templates.ppt | |
File Size: | 1381 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Below is the link to the artical 10 Futuristic Predictions in the World of Technology
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/future-tech/10-futurist-predictions-in-the-world-of-technology.htm/printable
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/future-tech/10-futurist-predictions-in-the-world-of-technology.htm/printable
6th_grade_social_studies_technology_newspaper_article_rubric.xls | |
File Size: | 26 kb |
File Type: | xls |