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World History I Research Final: Technology & Innovation

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Technology & Innovation: Why do people make the effort to change?

Station 2: Directions

Technology & Innovation

  • Use the resources on this page to think about the question: Why do people make the effort to change?
  • Use the GID Immersion Stations worksheet to record your ideas, observations and questions
  • You will have 15 minutes at each station

Completing the assignment at home? 

You will need the database passwords to access many of the documents

DATABASE PASSWORDS

Video

Brief history of numerical systems (Ted Ed)

Citation:

A Brief History of Numerical Systems. Narrated by Alessandra King, directed by Michael Kalopedis. TEDEd, Ted Conferences, ed.ted.com/lessons/a-brief-history-of-numerical-systems-alessandra-king. Accessed 23 Feb. 2019.

Resource 1: Image

Tenochtitlan, Aztecs

Manuscript, Mexico, 16th century. Construction of the city of Tenochtitlan, Aztecs strengthening the land using chinampas method. (print)

Citation: 

Manuscript, Mexico, 16th century. Construction of the city of Tenochtitlan, Aztecs strengthening the land using chinampas method. Copy.. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
quest.eb.com/search/126_3733172/1/126_3733172/cite. Accessed 22 Feb 2019.

Resource 2: Image

Xochimilco, Mexico

The gardens of Xochimilco, to the south of Mexico City. These gardens are all that remain of the Chinampas, the Aztec 'floating gardens'. The land was constantly replenished with soil dredged from the bottom of the lake and is extremely fertile. Country of Origin: Mexico. Culture: Aztec. Place of Origin: Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). (Print)

Citation: 

The Gardens of Xochimilco, to the South of Mexico City.  Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 25.. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/300_3420117/1/300_3420117/cite. Accessed 22 Feb 2019.

Resource 3: Primary source

Reconstruction of a Han Era Spoon Compass (print)

Citation: 

Reconstruction of a Han Era Spoon Compass. online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=106894&itemid=WE49&iid=118841. Accessed 23 Feb. 2019.

Resource 4: Secondary source

Gokstad ship -article

Citation: 

English, Edward D. “Gokstad Ship.” Encyclopedia of the Medieval World, Vol. 1, Facts On File, 2005. Ancient and Medieval History Online, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=106894&itemid=WE49&articleId=214096. Accessed 23 Feb. 2019.

Gokstad ship  - Model

Image citation:

Viking Ship. - Model of the Gokstad.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

quest.eb.com/search/140_1631933/1/140_1631933/cite. Accessed 4 Feb 2020.

Resource 5: Secondary source

“Cosmic Controversy: The Revolutionary Ideas of Copernicus”

National Geographic, History Magazine March/April 2019 (print)