This performance task combines a computer science standard with both history and math standards. Students will "discover" an older version of a moden technology currently used. Students will collect data to determine which techonology has been most impactful on society. Students will graph and analyze that data. 

Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson! Read Aloud: Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery *Literacy Objectives: 3.2d) Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information using appropriate facts and relevant details *3.5 h) Draw conclusions using the text for support. i) Identify the conflict and resolution *Science: VA SOL 3.2: Simple machines and how they help us change the direction or size of a force. *Social Studies: VA SOL 3.1f: Relationships with multiple causes & effects. 3.1g: Making connections across time & place. 3.2: explain how the contributions of ancient Egypt have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written language. Hampton Oaks Elementary School (Kari Nugent, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, Melissa DiAscro, & Rebecca Fausett)

Compare architecture of three different civilizations by visiting the Great Wall in China, pyramids in Egypt, and the Parthenon in Greece and discuss how these visits are so different from our ability to compare them 3 decades ago when technology wasn’t as advanced.

This lesson idea is about storytelling and the African Griots who have done so since ancient times.  Students watch two videos showing Griots telling stories and then are challenged to create their own Griot-style story based on the own experiences. Students incorporate writing and oral speaking skills  with History and Social Sciences, and practice Creativity (5Cs).