History of Technology Timeline Activity

1. Choose something that we use in everyday life (an appliance, item of

clothing, your phone or other entertainment technology, or anything
that you are curious about).
2. Research the roots of that item. Identify all the different “players”
that contributed–those who invented earlier models (even if they
didn’t work) or pieces of the technology.
3. Using a large piece of paper, create a timeline that shows the
evolution. For the car, we would start with da Vinci and map it out to
today’s car. You could also depict this progression through a drawing
or photo collage.
We take for granted the technology that we have. It’s important to
remember that Newton was right. We must stand on the shoulders of
giants to move forward.