WHS.SS.27.D

Explain the role of telecommunication technology, computer technology, transportation technology, and medical advancements in developing the modern global economy and society.

World History Studies · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

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Vocabulary
telecommunication technologycomputer technologytransportation technologymedical advancementsmodern global economymodern global society
Skills
  • explain (the role of telecommunication technology in developing the modern global economy and society) #dok2
  • explain (the role of computer technology in developing the modern global economy and society) #dok2
  • explain (the role of transportation technology in developing the modern global economy and society) #dok2
  • explain (the role of medical advancements in developing the modern global economy and society) #dok2
  • analyze (the interconnected impacts of multiple technologies on global change) #dok3
Learning Targets
  • I can identify examples of major telecommunication, computer, and transportation technologies, and medical advancements. #dok1
  • I can describe ways telecommunication, computer, transportation, and medical technologies changed society. #dok1
  • I can explain the role of telecommunication technology in developing the modern global economy and society. #dok2
  • I can explain the role of computer technology in developing the modern global economy and society. #dok2
  • I can explain the role of transportation technology in developing the modern global economy and society. #dok2
  • I can explain the role of medical advancements in developing the modern global economy and society. #dok2
  • I can analyze the combined impact of advanced technologies on economic and social globalization. #dok3
  • I can evaluate which technological advancement has had the greatest impact on the modern global economy or society and support my reasoning with evidence. #dok4
Big Ideas
  • Advances in technology have greatly accelerated the integration of the global economy and reshaped societies around the world.
  • Technological innovations in communication, computation, transportation, and medicine are interrelated drivers of globalization and change.
Essential Questions
  • How have advancements in telecommunication, computer, and transportation technology changed how people and economies interact globally?
  • In what ways have medical advancements contributed to shaping the modern global society and economy?
  • Which technological developments have most significantly influenced globalization, and why?
  • How do technological changes in one area, such as communication, impact other aspects of society and the global economy?
  • What challenges or inequalities have arisen due to the rapid technological changes in the modern world?