TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE AGES CBA
TASK DEFINITION
A responsible citizen needs to understand
historical developments and their economic
impacts to make informed decisions about
their lives, the nation, and the world today.
 Using appropriate historical research practices,
 you will write an analysis of how a technological
change that occurred in history impacts our
lives today. (3-5 pages)
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1. STATE A POSITION
What is your position on the effects
of________________?(your topic goes here)
 Create a thesis statement that gives your
position.
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2. CHOOSE YOUR PERSPECTIVES
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Choose two of the following social science
perspectives:
 Geographic
(climate, land use, population, natural
resouces)
 Cultural (way of life, arts & leisure)
 Political (government)
 Economic (use of resources, $)
 Sociological (relationships between people, groups)
 Psychological (behaviors, mental states)
3. LOOKING FOR INFORMATION (OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS ‘SMART SEARCHING’)
Identify key words and phrases
 Set up your EasyBib project
 Print—library catalogs
 Databases—school and public libraries
 Google
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4. LOCATE AND ACCESS INFORMATION
Use EasyBib as you search, recording every
source you use (start with their research beta)
 Use EasyBib to record your notes—quotes can
be pasted right into a notecard and then
paraphrased and organized into the structure
of your paper.
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5. EVALUATE & CREATE
How well have your sources supported your
thesis? Do you need to go back a step and find
more information?
 Are you using TurnItIn.com?
 Draft your paper and revise as needed
 Create bibliography
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1. STATE A POSITION ON THE FORK
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Thesis statement: The fork has contributed to
the epidemic of obesity in the western world,
causing ballooning health care costs and a
change in the American way of life.
2. CHOOSE MY PERSPECTIVES
Economic…cost of health care and the creation
of antidotes to obesity-everything from the
weight-loss industry to the invention of the $99
Hapifork.
 Cultural…Americans are gaining the reputation
as a portly nation, obsessed with food and body
image.
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3, 4, 5 SMART SEARCHING, ACCESSING INFO
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Identify key words and phrases: fork, eating utensils,
obesity and the cost of health care, food network, diet
industry, more will occur to you the more you research!
Go to EasyBib. http://www.nkschools.org/Page/7571
Create project. Start with EasyBib’s ResearchBeta.
Create MLA 7 bibliography and check out the use of
notecards on EasyBib
Check out the databases on the websites of libraries
www.krl.org
Are there any useful print materials?
HAVE FUN AND DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION!