Civilization and progress. Grade 10 презентация

Civilization and Progress

The aims of the lesson:
To think critically about the values of the progress.
To develop students’ attitude to the role of computers in people’s lives.
To practice giving opinions and arguments.
To practice speaking, reading and listening for gist and specific information.

The First Humans.

Ancient Civilization. Egypt.

The Mayan Civilization of Central America.

The Chinese Civilization flourished along the Yellow River Valley at least 5,000years ago.

Technological Civilization.

The Contemporary World.

Robots of the Future.

Inventions that shook the world

Which was the most important invention in the last century?

What gadgets and machines do people use?
Why do people use them?
A microwave oven
A mobile phone
A TV set
A vacuum cleaner
A car
A computer
A TV remote-control
A dishwasher
A fridge
A fax machine
A camera
A talking alarm clock
To keep food fresh for a long time
To wash the dishes
To send and receive urgent messages
To cook, defrost, reheat prepared food
To move wherever you want by yourself
To operate the TV set from a distance
To take photographs
To write programs, play games, find and use information, etc.
To have fun and entertain
To wake up people and to tell the time
To perform everyday cleaning tasks
To receive or make calls, to send SMS
Do You Use Modern Inventions in Everyday Life?

Which things are the most or least useful in the home from your point of view?
1. I think that ….. is the most important thing.
2. Some of the inventions, for example …. is less important.
3. We do not often use a …

It’s Difficult to Imagine it as an Invention.
At the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance the German ,Johan Gutenberg
(1394-1467) invented printing with movable type.
So began the first revolution in information technology.

It’s Difficult to Imagine It as an Invention.
In 1876,Alexander Graham Bell,
an American engineer, invented telephone.
In 1908 Henry Ford created the world’s first
car assembly line. He was the man
who transformed the world.

It’s Difficult to Imagine it as an Invention.
The Wright brothers invented,
built and flew the first airplane
in 1903. (USA)
The first television was invented
by John Baird from Scotland in 1926.

It’s difficult to Imagine it as an Invention.
Sergey Korolyev (Russia) designed
the first artificial satellite in 1957.
In 1981 Bill Gates (USA) created
Microsoft- DOS ( Disk Operating
System) .

Computers: friends or foes.
“Computers aren’t intelligent, they only think they are.”
Civilisation won’t collapse without computers.
People depend on technology in all aspects of life.
Computers are only additional tools in the workplace.
People are forgetting how to survive in the real world.
Computers are more reliable than people.
Computers allow us to access the latest
information really quickly.
Computers will replace printed books.
Interaction with the world is the great
advantage of a computer.

Match these words and phrases to make pairs with similar meaning.
Evolve
Aid
Reliant on
Happen
Disaster
Collapse
Fall apart
Develop gradually
Catastrophe
Occur
Help
Dependent on

Translate the following sentences into Russian.
One day a catastrophe may occur.
Computers are machines that should assist you in your work.
Computers are a sign of progress.
Modern technology will help people become more advanced in all spheres.
Our world won’t end without all of our modern technology.
Our world is not easy to destroy.
People depend on radio, TV and computers for most of their entertainment.
My life would be a disaster without all these things.

Discuss the following questions.
Why computers have become an important part of our everyday life?
Do you think people depend on computers too much?
Why are some people against computers?
What do you think the world would be like without computers?
On a desert island ,would you prefer a human or a computer for a company?

Conclusion.
It’s impossible to separate technology from our everyday life.
Technology helps people become more advanced in all spheres of life.

Homework.
Prepare to write an opinion essay on the topic:
“Has technology become such a big part of your life t
hat existing without it now seems impossible?”
A good opinion essay should contain the following:
1. An introduction in which you state the problem.
2.Your personal opinion and your reason for it.
3.Other people’s arguments and an explanation of why they are wrong
4. A conclusion.