U.S. History Bell Ringer

Respond to the following questions in your journal:

1. Imagine what it would be like to live in a world without change.

2. Describe an important change that occurred at some point in your life.

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What remained the same throughout the change you described?

Can you identify what caused the change?

How did you react to the change? What were some long term consequences of the change?

True or False

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.

How has America changed or stayed the same over the last 150 years.

Topics to consider:-- Government -- Economy-- Technology -- Democracy-- Work -- Family-- Where people live -- Values-- Beliefs -- Environment

U.S. History Theme #2

Why Do Things Change?

U.S. History Theme #2

Why Do Things Change?

◦Technology◦Ideas

“Technology is the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs and wants”

National Academy of Sciences

True or FalseRespond True or False in your Journal• Technological innovation is created in a great leap by

one person having a “Eureka (Aha!)” moment. • Technological innovation is created gradually as

people build upon each other’s work over time.• Technological innovation can change not just how

people live, but how they think.• Technological innovation is making our world and

human life better.

True or FalseRespond True or False in your Journal• One individual can change the direction of

history • Individuals are just products of their times.• History is mainly the story of great individuals.• It is the unseen current of the masses of a

society that steer the ship of history, not the leaders or thinkers who think they are at the helm.

Great Man Theory

"The history of the world is but the biography of great men," Thomas Carlyle

- Buddha - Newton- Shakespeare - Napoleon- Abraham Lincoln - Einstein- George Washington - Karl Marx- Muhammad - FDR

Structural Theories

“You must admit that the genesis of a great man depends on the long series of complex influences which has produced the [society] in which he appears, ….Before he can remake his society, his society must make him.” Herbert Spencer

Closing Question

Please respond in your journal to the following closing question:

1. What is culture?2. What did you learn about how

cultures change? Identify at least two things.

BibliographySlide 6 – National Academy of Sciences (2010). What is Technology? Retrieved from

http://www.members.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf/weblinks/KGRG-55A3ER?OpenDocument Slide 10 – Washington Photography -- VisitingDC (2010). George Washington Picture. Retrieved from

http://www.visitingdc.com/president/george-washington-picture.htm Slide 10 – Lincoln Photography -- VisitingDC (2010). Abraham Lincoln Picture. Retrieved from

http://www.visitingdc.com/president/abraham-lincoln-picture.htm Slide 12 – FDR Photo – Encyclopedia Britannica Blog (2009). How Obama can be another FDR. Retrieved

from http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/11/how-obama-can-be-another-fdr-4-simple-rules Slide 12 -- Great Depression Protestors -- National Post Inc. (2010). Great Depression of small “D”?.

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Slide 13 – MLK – B Town Blog (2010). A few minutes with Dr. Martin Luther King. Retrieved from http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/01/19/re-post-a-few-minutes-with-dr-martin-luther-king/

Slide 13 - Civil Rights Protesters -- History Cooperative (2005). The long Civil Rights Movement and the political uses of the past. Retrieved from http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/91.4/hall.html

Slide 15 - Hamilton Township Schools. Pleasanton School 1900. Retrieved from http://iagenweb.org/decatur/Schools/HamiltonTwpSchools.html