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An Eye on our Natural and Technological
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I Say and So Descriptive Narrative
Memoir Oral debates Electronic
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Representation Interview TRIMS Interview
powerpoint Oral presentation
considering the importance of technology in our
past, present and future
by exploring
by analyzing
Changes
Impact on the environment and society
by predicting
by evaluating
by defining
Technology and its role
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Future Technological trends
The advantages/disadvantages of technology.

• How have technical inventions of the past
  affected your life?
• How does technology impact society in positive
  and negative ways?
• How will technology change your life as you grow
  older?
• What are some potential benefits and risks
  related to present and future technological
  developments?
• How can various texts keep us aware of the
  effects of technology on society?

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UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
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RELATIONSHIPS
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NAME
The Unit Organizer
An Eye on our Natural and Technological
Environment
DATE
Expanded Unit Map
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is about...
considering the importance of technology in our
past, present and future
by exploring
Changes
Impact on the environment and society
by analyzing
by predicting
by evaluating
by defining
Technology and its role
.
Future Technological trends
The advantages/disadvantages of technology.
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NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
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NAME
The Unit Organizer
An Eye on our Natural and Technological
Environment
DATE
Expanded Unit Map
9
is about...
considering the importance of technology in our
past, present and future
by exploring
Changes
Impact on the environment and society
by analyzing
Preserving a Culture Writing FRAME Newspaper
Article The View form Here Responding to
visuals Our Elders are Watching Imagery Intervi
ews Power point presentations Oral presentations
Industrial Revolution Video clip Compare/Contrast
life Writing FRAME Expository Paragraphs A Desk
for My Daughter Memoir writing
by predicting
by evaluating
by defining
Technology and its role
.
Future Technological trends
The advantages/disadvantages of technology.
Learn with BOOK Satire Acronyms Oral
debate Instant Messaging Colons Parenthesis Quot
ation Marks
On the Trail to a Greener Future Reading
Non-fiction Leaflet design A Mysterious
Contraption A Close Match Foreshadowing Dialogu
e in stories
The Path of Our Sorrow Ride Forever Poem theme,
setting Rhythm, Rhyme
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NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS