Grade 4 ICT - Theme 1 Lesson 2 2024 - PDF
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2024
Mr. Ahmed ElBasha
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This document is a lesson plan for primary school students on the evolution of technology. It outlines different time periods in history and the significant technologies invented during each era, from the pre-mechanical age to the electronic age. The lesson plan also contains key concepts about computer and communication technologies.
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# ICT - Primary 4 - First Term - Theme One - Lesson Two **Mr. Ahmed ElBasha** **Mob.: 01153233911** **Name:** ## The Evolution of Technology ### 1. The Pre-Mechanical Age: (3000 BCE - 1450 CE) * People started to communicate through pictures like hieroglyphics and later by words and numbers. * P...
# ICT - Primary 4 - First Term - Theme One - Lesson Two **Mr. Ahmed ElBasha** **Mob.: 01153233911** **Name:** ## The Evolution of Technology ### 1. The Pre-Mechanical Age: (3000 BCE - 1450 CE) * People started to communicate through pictures like hieroglyphics and later by words and numbers. * People would record lots of information about their life. * These documents are key to understand history. * Many of them are now available online, such as on the Egyptian Knowledge Bank **Inventions of this age:** * Pens and pencils * Paper * Parchment * Abacus ### 2. The Mechanical Age (1450-1840) * People recorded a large amount of information in this age. * This led to a desire to make it easier to record and share. * One invention was a printing process which made it easier to make books and another was the Pascaline which was an early calculator. **Inventions of this age:** * Printing process (make books) * Pascaline (an early calculator) * Typewriter * Printing Machine ### 3. The Electro-Mechanical Age (1840-1940) * It was the beginning of communication as we know it today. * During this age, electricity was first used. **Inventions of this age:** * Telephone * Record Player * First digital computer The first digital computer was 8 feet high, 50 feet long, 2 feet wide, and weighed 50 tons! ### 4. The Electronic Age (From 1940 to the present): * This is considered the information explosion age. * Inventions and improvements are happening very fast. **Inventions of this age:** * **Inventions help us locate things.** * Satellites * GPS * Online maps * **Inventions help us to communicate with people around the world instantly using emails and instant messages.** * Smartphone * Computer * Laptop
