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Social Studies — Grade 5

Goal 6, Objective 6.01

Goal 6

The learner will recognize how technology has influenced change within the United States and other countries in North America.

Objective 6.01

Explore the meaning of technology as it encompasses discoveries from the first primitive tools to today's personal computer.

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Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four
In this activity for grades 3–6, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.

Lesson plans on the web

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
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
US history: Inventors & entrepreneurs
Students will learn the difference between inventors and entrepreneurs. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
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