GROUP ASSIGNMENT: INVENTIONS/TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
Directions: Explore the assigned resources on your topic and try to imagine life before and after the key moments in history. List at least five (5) adjectives to describe how life must have been within the context of your topic and answer the following questions. Consider your topic with the context of how an individual would respond to these social, cultural, technological, and historical changes. Be prepared to share your information with the class.
Answer the following questions:
Directions: Explore the assigned resources on your topic and try to imagine life before and after the key moments in history. List at least five (5) adjectives to describe how life must have been within the context of your topic and answer the following questions. Consider your topic with the context of how an individual would respond to these social, cultural, technological, and historical changes. Be prepared to share your information with the class.
- Explore the Interactive Timeline: Inventions 1868-1898, from the EDSITEment-reviewed resource Learner.org. The group should assign a person to take notes, jotting down 4-5 inventions for discussion.
- Students should explore the following sites as well: “Inventing Entertainment,” from the Library of Congress American Memory Project. Point students to the following videos in particular:
Answer the following questions:
- What were some of the primary effects/ramifications of each invention/technological breakthrough?
- How do you think individuals responded to the inventions/technological advancements? What became easier? What became harder in one's daily life?
- What are some of the effects of the invention of motion pictures (both in terms of the technology itself and the ability to capture moving images of various content/subject matters)?