Standard 5
Technology
Education

Students will: Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

History & Evolution
of Technology


Key Idea: Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an industrial to an information base.

 
Performance Indicators--Students will:

Elementary

Intermediate

Commencement
• identify technological developments that have significantly accelerated human progress • describe how the evolution of technology led to the shift in society from an agricultural base to an industrial base to an information base

• understand the contributions of people of different genders, races, and ethnic groups to technological development

• describe how new technologies have evolved as a result of combining existing technologies (e.g., photography combined optics and chemistry; the airplane combined kite and glider technology with a light-weight gasoline engine)

 

 • explain how technological inventions and innovations have caused global growth and interdependence, stimulated economic competitiveness, created new jobs, and made other jobs obsolete