Science,+Technology,+&+Society

"Science, and its practical application, technology, have had a major influence on social and cultural change, and on the ways people interact with the world. Scientific advances and technology have influenced life over the centuries, and modern life, as we know it, would be impossible without technology and the science that supports it."

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Essential Question:
Modern United States history has been a continual advancement of one technology to the next, these technological advances have solved problems in our society and created new problems yet to be solved. What do you believe is the greatest technological advancement in modern history that had the deepest impact on the United States as a whole?

Directions
Below you will find various primary sources that I have provided for you to help you to answer the essential question. Each source is provided digitally with a link to it's original website. To complete this unit, you must individually analyze each provided source using the APPARTS Template. You must also find four (4) more primary sources on your own and analyze them on the same paper as the provided sources. There are several online depositories of primary sources, a couple I recommend are http://digitalvaults.org and http://www.archives.gov. Be sure to put a link to your chosen primary sources on your APPARTS template so you can refer back to them when you are completing your blog post. As you are analyzing your sources, be sure to pay attention to what is //explicitly stated// (stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt) and what is //implied//( suggested but not directly expressed). This will help you to reach your best conclusions and answer the essential question.

Required Sources
First Flight 

Radio

Robotics

Penicillin

Jet Engine

Color Television

Computer ran by software

Atomic Bomb

Microwave Oven

Cellular Phones

Credit Cards

Internet

Computer Games

Video Games

Supercomputer

MS-DOS

Apple Lisa