EDU 360 STS REVIEW

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY &
SOCIETY
LESSON 1
SCIENCE
– learning new facts & solving problem

TECHNOLOGY
– creating or inventing things that fulfill our
needs
ANCIENT TIMES (through 599 BCE)

1. Stone Age
(Paleolithic, Mesolithic, & Neolithic)
2. Bronze Age
3. Iron Age
STONE AGE
STONE AGE

PALEOLITHIC PERIOD

humans lived in caves

hunters and gatherers
used basic stone and bone tools
STONE AGE

MESOLITHIC PERIOD

humans used small stone tools

bone or wood to serve as
spears and arrows.
STONE AGE

NEOLITHIC PERIOD

agriculture and food production

domesticated animals
cultivated cereal grains
polished hand axes & adzes
2. BRONZE AGE

metalworking advances were made

invention of the potter’s wheel & textiles
beginnings of religion
built the pyramid
3. IRON AGE

metal was more precious than gold

wrought iron easier to manufacture than bronze
advances in architecture
MIDDLE AGES (530 through 1452)

decline of science in Europe

Use of currency replaced by barter
Poverty was endemic
Vast improvements in communication and
transportation
MODERN AGE

greatest changes in technology and science

Scientists, inventors, and engineers built upon the great
inventions
modern technology