social studies week 5

2002 wheelman

 

1976.

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2017

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-inventions-of-the-20th-century.php

Nuclear power was to the twentieth century what steam power had been to the nineteenth :a game changer.

State why Nuclear power was better than steam power?it doesnt pollute and practically unlimited

What are the downsides to nuclear power?it can be used to to make the most destructive weapons in history

Give an example where there has been a chemical plant explosion and when? Chernobyl 1986

Find a picture of it and put it here….

Who invented the Apple and when?Steve Wozniak Stephen Jobs 1976

Name some of the many things that computers so for us to make our lives easier?we use them to keep track of our finances, write books, design logos and sell real estate

What is the computer replacing?the stereo the television

Find a picture of the first apple computer and the latest apple computer/laptop now.

What ways do we use planes other than for travel?

from crop dusting and fighting forest fires to overnight delivery of packages and chasing hurricanes

Find a picture of the first air NZ passenger plane and the latest air NZ passenger plane. What technologies have improved in that time...what has improved?

What did cars replace?

Henry assembly-line production style made the automobile affordable and accsessible to the average person (before Ford’s Model T was introduced in 1908, only the fabulously wealthy could afford a car). The automobile gave everyone a degree of mobility and personal freedom our forefathers could only dream of, and turned entire generations of teenagers into raging revheads.

Find an image of Henry Ford’s first automobile and an image of the latest electric car, and explain how we have come with cars.

Fill in the table using the website and others

Positives of Rockets	Negatives of rockets
moon	war
satellites	terror weapons
visited every planet in the solar system
predicts the weather

Who invented the first submarine and when. Find an example where submarines were usd in WWII. Find an image and put it here….

Who invented Antibiotics and when? How did this change health care forever?Alexander Fleming

TV’s - include an image of the first TV and a TV today. How has the tv had a positive effect on our lives and a negative effect?

What did people do before the invention of the internet?

Explain 10 ways in which you use the internet for your education and learning.

List here…

How was the radio crucial during WWII?

How does the radio work - find an image or diagram and put it here….

How has the internet impacted the radio?

social studies week 3

Technology and Change

Fill in the table below about the technology used during Roman times in the Movie Gladiator

Name:

Army/Weapons	swords,bows
Clothing	toga,gold forearm bracelet
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius
Entertainment	gladiators
Buildings	Colosseum
Food	bread
Jobs	slave
Transport	horse

Write down five changes that happen to Maximus Decimus Meridius over the movie

The Roman Legion

Go to the following websites and answer the questions below - http://www.caerleon.net/history/army/page4.html

1. How many units (cohorts) made up the Roman Legion?=10
2. What were cohorts divided into?=centuries
3. What was a commander of these groups called?=centurion
4. Who was the top commander?=primus pilus

Roman Legionary Soldiers  http://www.caerleon.net/history/army/page2.html

Who could be a Roman Legionary?

Were they allowed to marry?

How far did they march most days?

Using the information on the webpage label the

weapons and battle dress below

Once you have complete this sheet – go to the following

Website, read and complete the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/army.shtml

Roman Baths –

Go to the following website to answer the following questions http://www.crystalinks.com/romebaths.html

1. What is the name of the English city where an original roman bath house still exists.

2. Why did Romans go to the baths?

3. What type of rooms would you find in a roman bath house

4. What was the first room a bather would go to?  
5. What would happen?

6. What was the name for the

1. warm room
2. hot bath
3. cold bath

7. What was a strigil?

8. How did the hypocaust system work (how did they heat the floor, so it was nice and warm to walk on) draw a diagram as well.

9. How many people could a typical bathhouse hold?

10. Describe the scene of the Roman Bath House?  What could you see, smell, hear.   Write down some adjectives (describing words)

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