ALEX | Alabama Learning Exchange

Internet 101/National Geographic

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Internet 101/National Geographic

URL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31TcSo3Unk

Content Source:

Other
National Geographic

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

Few technological innovations in history have made as much of an impact as the Internet. Learn about the predecessor of the Internet, called ARPANET; how text, audio, and video messages are transmitted through the Internet; and how this transmission of information has changed the lives of billions around the world.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 4
Alabama Studies

16 ) Determine the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

• Describing how technological advancements brought change to Alabamians, including the telephone; refrigerator; automobile; television; and wireless, Internet, and space technologies

• Relating Alabama's economy to the influence of foreign-based industry, including the automobile industry

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History

Course Title: Alabama Studies (Alabama)

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Assess the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Assess how technological advancements brought change to Alabamians, including the telephone; refrigerator; automobile; television; and wireless, Internet, and space technologies.
Assess the cause and effect of foreign based industry on Alabama's economy including the automobile industry.

Teacher Vocabulary:

assess
technological advancements
population growth
demographics
natural resources
foreign-based
economy

Knowledge:

Students know:

The causes of population growth in cities includes natural resources, advancements in technology, and placement of foreign based industries.
Key technology inventions that have changed the lives of Alabamians.
Key technology inventions that have changed the power of the media's influence over Alabamians.
Location of major waterways and road systems in Alabama impacts the population density of an area.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Identify major road systems, natural resources, and areas of population growth.
Relate Alabama's economy to the influence of technology and foreign based industry.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Technological advancements that have occurred in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have greatly impacted the lives of Alabamians socially, economically, and globally.
The natural resources available in Alabama in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries led to the growth of Alabama's population.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.4.16- Identify reasons for population growth and identify challenges of population growth.
SS.AAS.4.16a- Describing how technological advancements brought change to Alabamians, including the telephone; refrigerator; automobile; television; and wireless, Internet, and space technologies.
SS.AAS.4.16b- Discuss the foreign-based automobile industry in Alabama.

Tags:

internet, technology history

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://disneytermsofuse.com/english/
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

Comments

This resource provided by:

Author:

Ginger Boyd

ALEX Classroom Resource

Internet 101/National Geographic