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Unit 2, Lesson 2, The Bronze Age
The Big Idea
Technology is in a constant state of
Technology, Engineering, and
change as humans continuously
Design
improve and innovate
The Bronze Age
“old” technologies
into “new” applications.
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Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/ Technology, Engineering, and Design
Need to Know
Technology
Technology is
 When did technology begin?
• human innovation
 What were the first inventions?
• that involves the generation of knowledge
and processes to develop systems
 How does technology impact humans?
• that solve problems and extend human
capabilities.
History
History is the ordering of significant
events or the chronological record
and often includes an explanation of
the events and their causes.
Bronze Age
2,300 – 700 BC
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Unit 2, Lesson 2, The Bronze Age
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
2,300 - 700 BC
The Bronze Age is characterized with the
2,300 - 700 BC
Bronze is an alloy of cooper and tin.
• Alloy is the combination of
two or more metal elements.
earliest civilizations developing metallurgy,
the study of metals.
• Elements are a pure chemical
substance.
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Bronze Age
Bronze Age
2,300 - 700 BC
Bronze Age Artifacts
Weapons
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Tools and Vessels
Jewelry
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2,300 - 700 BC
Bronze Age Artifacts
The Egyptian Pyramids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids#mediaviewer/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids.jpg
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
2,300 - 700 BC
Bronze Age Artifacts
Potter’s Wheel
2,300 - 700 BC
Bronze Age Artifacts
The Chariot
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The Spooked Wheel
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pedia/commons/c/cc/Ramses_II
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Unit 2, Lesson 2, The Bronze Age
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
Summary - Impact on History
Questio ns ?? before we leave
2,300 - 700 BC
Human’s in the Bronze Age discovered that
mixing copper and tin
produced a stronger metal,
bronze. Bronze tools
2,300 - 700 BC
• What is bronze?
• What inventions existed that enabled the
making of bronze?
• Name some of the bronze age artifacts.
replaced stone tools and
enabled humans to do more.
Resources
Text information taken from Foundations of
Thank you for your time.
Technology draft document, International
Technology and Engineering Educators
Association (formerly ITEA), CATTS
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