History of Your Life
The Future
Essential Question: Are we repeating the same cycles of human events over and over again?
The Future of Wearable Technology - PBSBooks
Short video about the changes in wearable technology
Books
Articles and On-line Resources
• Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation by Neil Howe, William Strauss and R.J. Matson (2000)
• The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation by Rebecca Huntley (2006)
• The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw (2004)
• Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 by Neil Howe, William Strauss (1992)
•The 1990s by Marc Oxoby (2003)
•The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded) by Stephen Jay Gould (1996)
• "Bill would give control of deceased's social media to family" (WMUR, 1/15/03)
- "Whatever Happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess? Young Adult Pathways Linked to Adolescent Activity Involvement and Social Identity" by Barber, Eccles, and Stone (2001)
- "Are Americans Getting Smarter?" Yahoo News story (2013)
"The Tone of Life on Social Networking Sites" from Pew Research Center (2012)
"TV Personality vs. Twitter Trolls" Story out of Australia about exposing Trolls using Twitter (2013)
"Post-Mortem Photography: A History" by A. Paul Myers (2012)
"Why Teachers Use Digital Games and Why Schools Teach Gaming" by Christine Cupiauolo (2012)
Summative Assessment
In-Class Resources
This is a selection of course Power Points and presentations. Students are encouraged to share their work for the unit here as the unit progresses.
Will 3D Printing Change the World- PBSBooks
Short video about the new market (financially and creative) brought about by 3D printing. (http://www.shapeways.com/)
The Future of Art
This video was shot, edited and screened at the Transmediale festival 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future
TedTalk about crime in a changing society.
Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
TedTalk about city-planning
Documentaries
Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government
TedTalk about the increasing role of the Internet on our political process.