Inventions That Changed the World
This fascinating series explores the world’s most
important and successful inventions in technology. From the steam engine and
printing press to Facebook, Twitter, and the internet, each book focuses on a
different invention. Each text highlights an invention’s successes and
challenges, including the technology that it displaced as well as the
opportunities it made possible, while also exploring the people who made the
invention a reality and the historical context in which the inventors worked.
Through vivid photographs, quick and informative Did You Know boxes, fun
sidebars, and engaging text, this series explores each invention in a new and
engaging way, seeking to answer exactly how the invention changed the
world.
Each Book Contains:
• Sidebars featuring topics such as other
technologies the invention inspired, inventions that were challenged and
eventually beat out by the main invention, and modern innovators and their
technological improvements related to the invention
• Informative biographies
about the people behind the invention
• Did You Know boxes that provide
further insight into key events and facts about the invention
Curriculum
Connections:
• Students will be able to explore, identify, and define the
social era in which the invention was created
• Students will be able to
analyze why the invention was created and express what need it filled in society
through the use of primary and secondary sources, article excerpts, photographs,
and biographies
• Students will be able to understand the evolution of
technological advancements and their impact on society due to social, economic,
and geographical factors
