Unit

Topic

Empowering Global Citizens

TIG.2
Technological Developments and Society

Themes ICC: intrapersonal (curiosity about global affairs); ethics:

Region
Length

common values; work and mind habits: innovation and cre—
ativity; knowledge: politics (global risks); investigative and
analytical skills; assessing global affairs: evaluate sources,
the use of evidence, and creative communication; and global
problem solving: future studies, scenario building, and the
use of technology

Not applicable

Three weeks

Goals and Objectives

1.

3.

Learn to recognize invention as a force that shapes life and human
history, to understand the relationship between scientific and tech—
nological development and innovation, and to understand innova—
tion as a global process that often builds on previous inventions and
flawed attempts at invention.

Inspire student to contribute to the evolution of existing technolo—
gies and to the application of those technologies to social problems
that are meaningful to them.

Act: by demonstrating understanding of the historical evolution of
one of the major technologies of the twentieth century.

Skills and Knowledge

Students will recognize the major technological developments of
the twentieth century.
Students will identify the ways in which those developments built

on previous innovations.

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