There are many inventions from the past few hundred years that would qualify as being the best. They include, but are not limited, to:
- antibiotics, painkillers, refrigerators, televisions, telephones, harnessing the use of electricity, light bulb, airplanes, computers, calculators, air conditioning (I think that's in my selfish top 3), duct tape (someone insisted on putting it on the board), the car, steam engine, gasoline engine, light saber, and many others.
Your job in this blog is to think of how your life and your parents' and grandparents' lives would have been amazingly different w/o the top three inventions that you have chosen. Ask your parents and / or grandparents, aunts, uncles or other family members for perspective on technology, b/c we have a hard time looking past the few years we've lived in. Right now, I don't know how I've lived w/o cell phones, but I obviously had for over 20+ years. Now, try finding a pay phone. But my personal favorite invention in the past 200 yrs (mainly b/c I'm not a huge fan of going outside in the middle of the night when ya gotta go) is the flushing toilet, right along w/ toilet paper. It has made life so much more comfortable. You can laugh, but think of having a pit toilet / outhouse in your back yard, and having to go there in the middle of the night. In the winter. I know, the girls, you would hold it, but the boys.... you're gross.
Here's an article that can get you thinking about what are your top 3 inventions of all time: http://www.londonip.co.uk/20-groundbreaking-inventions-from-the-last-100-years/
Your job: List your favorite or most significant top 3 inventions of the past 200 years and explain why. Provide a good solid paragraph explanation for each invention and why you think it's significant or your favorite.
Due Monday, Sept. 24 by class. 300 words minimum.
