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What are the three most

important inventions of all time?

Which invention is mentioned the most

times? Do any items on the board
surprise you? If yes, which ones?
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The Internet

Before this invention, people didn’t have information at their fingertips. They
had to go to the library to find everything out. They used to always have to
shop in stores. They may have had less free time. What is this invention?
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the wheel the light bulb

the printing press Penicillin

the compass the car

the telephone the computer

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We have information at our

fingertips, online shipping,
and online education.

How has the invention of the

Internet influenced our lives?
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Those must be…

may
might
could
probably
will

It is likely…
It is unlikely...
What are the most popular My guess is...
websites today? I wouldn’t be surprised if...
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Think about the websites you discussed may It is likely…

as a class and discuss the following might It is unlikely...
questions with your partner. could My guess is...
  probably I wouldn’t be
1. How have these websites changed our will surprised if...
lives?
2. How may the sites change in the next
five years?
3. What new features might future websites
like these have?
4. What are some things that may be
available online that aren’t currently?
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smartphone
. • telephone
• camera
• recording device
• music player
• computer
• video games

Brainstorm as many inventions as you can think

of that are currently found in a smartphone.
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smartphone
. • telephone
• camera
• recording device
• music player
• computer
• video games

If someone had told you in 1990 that in 2015 a single electronic

device could perform all the functions of all of these separate pieces
of equipment, what might you have said?
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Discuss the question below with

your partner.

Students A and B
How would life be different if the
smartphone had not been invented?

Students C and D
How would life be different if penicillin had
not been invented?

Students E and F
How would life be different if the printing
press had not been invented?
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Read the start of the paragraph.

Then continue it with your partner.

Students A and B
Although the smartphone has many
positive features, it is interesting to imagine
if life might be better now had it not been
invented. If there were no smartphone…
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Read the start of the paragraph.

Then continue it with your partner.

Students C and D
Although penicillin has many positive
features, it is interesting to imagine if life
might be better now had it not been
invented. If there were no penicillin…
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Read the start of the paragraph.

Then continue it with your partner.

Students E and F
Although the printing press has many
positive features, it is interesting to imagine
if life might be better now had it not been
invented. If there were no printing press…
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time travel electricity smartphone

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Group A Group B

the Internet the light bulb the airplane the laptop

the refrigerator fire the television flying cars

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Getting waters from

aqueducts or wells.
Mowing the grass with
a gas or electric mower.
What are some daily tasks that have
been simplified with an invention?
Sewing clothes by
sewing machine.
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Problems that need solving

Insufficient
drinking water.
What are the biggest problems
in the environment?
Pollution .
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Problems that need solving

Mowing the
lawn .
What are the biggest problems
in the environment?
Folding laundry.
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Think of an invention that solves a specific problem or proposes a new

way of doing something. This can be a device or a smartphone app.

Name of invention:

Brief description:

Problem the invention may solve:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:
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(born)

1973 1983 1993 2003 2013 2023

You’re going to read an entry from Bob’s blog on looking back in time
technologically. Bob was born in 1973. Quite a few technological
advancements have happened in his life so far. What type of
technology do you think was available during various points of his life?
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June 29: Looking Back

 
I’m as addicted to technology as the next guy. I’m on the
computer all day at work (on the web, too. Shh, don’t tell).
I email, I chat, I video conference, I live on social networks.
I have a smartphone that keeps me connected anywhere
between work and home.
Is my life better now than in the past? I’m not convinced.
I got my first email account in 1996 in college. That means
that somehow I existed for eighteen years communicating
with friends and family—basically by phone.
And no, not a cell phone, a real phone with a wire that
attached to a wall, and a cord that attached to the phone.
No, cordless phones haven’t always been around!
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And get this, when my sister was gabbing on the phone all
afternoon, and I tried to call my mom from the library for a
ride home from a pay phone (I’ll explain in a minute what
that was), I’d get a busy signal! There was no call waiting. I’d
often just end up walking home knowing that waiting for my
sister to get off the phone was pointless.
Back to the pay phone: yes, there used to be these phones
in booths. You would throw in a couple coins and dial a
number to call someone. And somehow it worked. And we
existed.
Once cell phones took off, I was one of the last of my friends
to get on board. What did I need one for? I was either at
work (where there was a phone) or at home (where I had a
phone). No one needed to get in touch with me that badly
that they couldn’t wait for me to be at either location.
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Comments

Nice travel back in time, Bob! I have to

add this: Remember how the phone just
rang and you had to pick up and say
hello? You couldn’t screen a call and
decide whether to pick up or not.
Remember that element of surprise?
Today, people set up times to talk with
friends and family. We supposedly have
more time now with all our technology, but
somehow, before it existed, we actually
had time to pick up a ringing phone and
just talk with whoever called us. Hmmm…
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(born)

1973 1983 1993 2003 2013 2023

Do you remember the time Bob is describing?

Do your parents?

Can you imagine being without a cell phone or smartphone?

How would your life be different?
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