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Smithsonian Stone Tools (click on early, middle, and late stone tools links for pictures) [|__http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/tools__] ||
 * CCPS Databases Link || [|CCPS Digital Databases] ||
 * A. Stone Age ||   ||
 * Technology ||  Research Resources  ||
 * Stone Tools || Scholastic Go!
 * Fire || Scholastic Go!

Impact of Discovering How to Control Fire [|__http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/human-ancestor-fire-120402.htm__] ||
 * Cave Painting || Gale World History In Context

Examples of Cave Paintings [|__http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/chauvet_cave_art.php__]

Tour French Caves [|__http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/02_00.xml__] ||
 * Pottery || Scholastic Go!

History [|__http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/arts/pottery/__]

[|__http://ceramics.org/learn-about-ceramics/history-of-ceramics__]

[|__http://home.howstuffworks.com/green-living/pottery1.htm__]

[|__http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ab98__] ||
 * B. Bronze Age ||   ||
 * Copper & Bronze || Scholastic Go!

Uses for Copper & Bronze [|__http://metals.about.com/od/properties/a/Copper-History-Pt-I.htm__] ||
 * Tools || Scholastic Go!

Tools Made During Bronze Age [|__http://www.softschools.com/timelines/the_bronze_age_timeline/145/__] || [|__http://www.wikihow.com/Melt-Copper__]
 * Smelting || Smelting (Copper example - scroll down for video at bottom of page)

Smelting [|__http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549533/smelting__] ||
 * Frescoes || Scholastic Go!

Examples [|__http://greekgeek.hubpages.com/hub/thera-akrotiri-the-spring-fresco__]

[|__http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/islands/en/technology/fresco/index.html__]

[|__http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/features/2011/historic-images-of-the-greek-bronze-age__] || EBSCO History
 * Writing || Gale World History In Context

Writing in Bronze Age [|__http://www.historyrocket.com/age-of-history/bronze-age/Bronze-Age-Writing-Systems.html__] || [|__http://www.paperonline.org/history-of-paper/timeline__]
 * Paper || History of Paper

All About Paper [|__http://www.hqpapermaker.com/paper-history/__]

Scholastic Go! *search “papyrus” || EBSCO History
 * Ink || Gale World History In Context

History of Ink [|__http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk/blog/a-short-history-of-ink/__] || [|__http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/254115/hand-tool/39210/Iron-and-steel-tools__]
 * C. Iron Age ||   ||
 * Iron Tools || Hand Tools

How the Iron Age Changed the World [|__http://www.livescience.com/2339-iron-age-changed-world.html__]

Iron Farming Tools [|__http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/i/iron_farming_tools.aspx__] ||
 * Furnaces || Scholastic Go!

How to Make a Furnace for Casting [|__http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Metal-Melting-Furnace-for-Casting__] ||
 * Aqueducts || Scholastic Go!

[|__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/roman-aqueducts.html__]

[|__http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31132/aqueduct__] || Gale World History Gale U.S. History
 * Body Armor || EBSCO

[|__http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/index.htm__] ||
 * Ox Drawn Plows || Scholastic Go!

Example [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNZFn3-d-N0__]

Look for “ox drawn plows” in bold print ½ way down page [|__https://sites.google.com/site/egypt2u/egyptianinventions__] ||
 * Spinning Wheel || Scholastic Go!

Wiki How [|__http://www.wikihow.com/Spin-Wool__]

[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RleG5oifdRo__] ||
 * Windmill || Gale World History In Context

Water-Pumping Windmills [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0sc6INKmmc__]

Windmill Grinding Corn [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_xdmzvCSw8__]

[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9KI2g-r8rA__] ||
 * D. Middle Ages ||   ||
 * Printing Press || Scholastic Go!

Printing [|__http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/books/printing/__]

Antique Copying Machines [|__http://www.officemuseum.com/copy_machines.htm__]

The Old Printing Shop [|__http://www.theoldprintingshop.com/default.aspx__] ||
 * Compass || Gale World History In Context

How To Make A Compass [|__http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Compass__]

Using a Compass [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61pvsQjM1A__] ||
 * Paper Money || Scholastic Go!

History of Money [|__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/history-money.html__]

[|__http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/econ/money.htm__] ||
 * Waterwheel || Scholastic Go!

Waterwheel Grist Mill [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWg53NV5ImQ__] ||
 * E. Renaissance ||   ||
 * Telescope || Scholastic Go!

History of the Telescope [|__http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/__]

[|__http://www.aip.org/history/cosmology/tools/tools-first-telescopes.htm__]

[|__http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/telescope_feature_912.html__] || [|__http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-machine-press.htm__]
 * Hydraulic Press || What Is A Machine Press?

Presses [|__https://www.forging.org/design/512-presses__]

EBSCO Student Research Center

Image of Hydaulic Press [|__http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?sort=hpichswp_nd;rgn1=hpichswp_ci;med=1;q1=MSP%20210;size=20;c=hpichswp;back=back1401099445;subview=detail;resnum=3;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;cc=hpichswp;entryid=x-msp210.b001.i02;viewid=MEST1279.TIF__]

Using a Hydraulic Press in Blacksmithing [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl_A4mRGFZk__]

Tractor for the Apocalypse [|__http://web.a.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=2&sid=8f0bd1b2-cef3-46c5-9ce9-23c72eece03d%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4206&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=sch&AN=86667201__] ||
 * Calculating Machine || Scholastic Go!

[|__http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/calculating-machines__]

[|__http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/articles/units/history-of-the-calculator.php__]

[|__http://history-computer.com/MechanicalCalculators/Pioneers/Morland.html__] || Railroad Timeline [|__http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/education/historytimeline1.shtml__] American Railroads in the 20th Century [|__http://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_42_1.html__] ||
 * F. Industrial Revolution ||   ||
 * Steam Engine || Scholastic Go!
 * Cotton Gin || Scholastic Go!

[|__http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/movies/cottonGin.html__]

[|__http://www.eliwhitney.org/7/sites/default/files/minisites/cotton/patent.html__]

[|__http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney__] ||
 * Power Loom || Scholastic Go!

[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyhDkd8Iabs__] || EBSCO History
 * Electricity || Scholastic Go!

History of Electricity [|__http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/britishenergy/14-16/index.htm__]

Thomas Edison & His Laboratory [|__http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/edison/default.asp__]

[|__http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm__] ||
 * Automobile || Scholastic Go!

American Auto Industry 1805-2010 [|__http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?collectionid=1003__] American Experimentation [|__http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?collectionid=1534__] Henry Ford Innovator [|__http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/default.asp__] Ford Motor Company Timeline [|__http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/fmc/chrono.asp__] ||
 * Airplane || Scholastic Go!

History of Flight [|__http://www.century-of-flight.net/__] Orville & Wilbur Wright [|__http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/wright/default.asp__] Heroes of the Sky [|__http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/heroes/theplanes/default.asp__] ||
 * G. Information Age ||   ||
 * Computers || EBSCO History

History of Computers [|__http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/short-history-of-computing.pdf__]

[|__http://history-computer.com/index.html__]

[|__http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/who-invented-the-computer__] ||
 * Robots || Scholastic Go!

History [|__http://www.history.com/videos/this-month-in-smart-history-robots#this-month-in-smart-history-robots__]

[|__http://live.wsj.com/video/a-brief-history-of-robotics/69417FF3-5A3C-45EE-B0DA-346CB8827BED.html#!69417FF3-5A3C-45EE-B0DA-346CB8827BED__]

Robots Today [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYo2EPYXGhU__] ||
 * Solar Energy || Gale World History In Context

How Solar Power Works [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uPVZUTLAvA__]

[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPE2pBUPjkA__] ||
 * Satellites || Gale World History In Context

History of Sattelites [|__http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/05/a-visual-history-of-satellite-launches/371394/__]

[|__http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/satellites.html__]

[|__http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jplhistory/early/firstsatellites.php__] ||