technology

Tools in the past

100

• What were the first tools humans ever made that were small and useful?

• Ancient tools

200

• What machine was used 2,000 years ago to count and track money?

• Abacus

300

• Who invented the Pascaline, an adding machine, in the 1600s?

• Blaise Pascal

Early Computers

100

• What was the first planned programmable computer, designed by Charles Babbage in 1837?

• Analytical Engine

200

• What was the first electronic programmable computer made in 1945?

• ENIAC

300

• In what year did the first home computers appear?

• 1976

Modern Computers

100

• Computers became small and light enough to do what?

For people to carry them/ for people to take them in their bags 

200

• What made computers very powerful in the 1990s?

• The Internet

300

• What did people use early personal computers at home for fun?

• Play video games

Technology Changes

100

• What did ancient tools help humans do?

• Survive

200

• Over time, computers became faster and what?

• Smaller

300

• What does the text ask about technology in the future?

• What new technologies might appear