LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 7

The learner will recognize how technology influences change within North Carolina.

Objective 7.03

Explain how technology changed and influenced the movement of people, goods,and ideas over time.

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Artifacts in Context
Students will explore an archaeological mystery that demonstrates the importance of context in learning from artifacts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
An entreduction
This lesson illustrates the differences between inventions and innovations. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
How crowded are our states?
In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students combine information from statistics and maps to find out about world and national population characteristics. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade )
Provider: National Geographic
Technology and Inequality
In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students study briefly the history, evolution, and social benefits of the automobile (as a general model for the kinds of technologies that were once enjoyed only by those who could afford them). (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Uplink outpost: To the future class of...
In this Xpeditions lesson, students use the interactive feature in Xpedition Hall called Uplink Outpost to discover ways to interpret geography in their community. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
What Can We Learn From Artifacts?
In this lesson on archaeology, students will learn about artifacts – what they are, how they are initially buried, and then excavated. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science