PBL Project: Power of Change
Technology Then and Now: Graphic Organizer or Brochure
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students use critical thinking and research skills to determine how a specific form of technology evolved. Working with a partner or small group, students start with where there chosen
technology was prior to 1900 and then take it through 5 more steps of evolution to the present day. Students use the Internet for research to determine what had to happen between each step to move
their technology to the next iteration.
Lesson extension field trip: We visited the computer museum which showcases the technology of our past, present and near future.