Lesson 1: Technological Innovation and Global Interdependence
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Students will explain how technological innovations after 1900 increased global interdependence and transformed communication, transportation, and economic systems
How did technology accelerate globalization?
Why did increased connectivity reshape global relationships?
globalization, digital communication, containerization, multinational corporation
APWH Unit 9 Topic 9.1
Skill 4.A
Reasoning Process: Continuity and Change
Analyzing trends and patterns in informational texts and data.
This lesson establishes the technological foundations of modern globalization.
Purpose: Analyze drivers of global interconnectedness
DOK: 3
Social media, global supply chains, and instant communication.
Students may assume globalization began only in the late twentieth century.
Timeline analysis; guided comparison with earlier periods.
Formative multiple-choice questions focused on continuity and change.
AP World History textbook, technology timelines