Project: Technology's Impact Report
Intro to Python Programming Grades 9–12 3-day lesson 24 deliverables Broaden students' Python studies with a project about how technology changes people's lives and work. Students choose a topic, read sources and take notes in their own words with references for each fact. They weigh helpful and harmful effects, explain a change for an organization and create a report or poster using their evidence.
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Print + digitalPDF, PowerPoint, Word & Google
Answer keysA key for every page
Built-in assessmentExit tickets + project rubric
45-minute daysEvery day planned and timed
What does this lesson cover?
Students can make broad claims about technology without facts to back them up. This project guides them from notes to a claim. A partner checks the evidence before they finish the work.
Read Your Sources
Students pick one of four technologies, read its sources in the pack and fill in a notes table: each fact in their own words, its slot, good or bad, and its reference, on paper with computers closed.
Everything that's included
00 Start Here
- READ FIRST: every file in the lesson and when you use it
- Teacher Guide and Pacing: the plan for each day, what to print and how to grade
- Skills map: which standards each day teaches
01 Present
- One editable PowerPoint deck for all three days, 19 slides, with speaker notes
- Slide script: the speaker notes, printed
- Bell ringers: a short warm-up for each day
02 Student Handouts
- Guided notes: one packet for all three days, in PDF and editable Word. Students fill in the blanks during the slides, with the word bank on the page
- Vocab slip: the lesson's words and what they mean, on one page
04 Activities
- Read Your Sources: students pick one of four technologies, read its sources in the pack and fill in a notes table: each fact in their own words, its slot, good or bad, and its reference, on paper with computers closed
- Plan Your Report: students sort their evidence with source letters and write a claim. Partners check the evidence, then each student revises or explains keeping the claim
- Report or Poster: students make a short report or a poster page that tells good effects, bad effects and one organization's change with evidence and references, then check it with the rubric, on paper with computers closed
05 Assessment
- Exit tickets: quick questions that show who needs more help
- Project rubric: what the whole project is graded on, row by row
06 Answer Keys
- 4 answer key files: a key for each day (its bell ringer, notes and exit ticket) and the activity keys
Digital: Google Forms™ + Google Slides™
- 3 Google Forms™ of the exit tickets, ready to copy into your Drive
- The multiple choice grades itself, and you grade the written answers
- A Google Slides™ copy of the deck, with the same slides and speaker notes, for Google Classroom™
Why teachers love this lesson
Students build claims from source evidenceThey sort facts by effect and note where each fact came from. A partner checks the evidence that supports their claim.
The report includes benefits and drawbacksStudents explain good and bad effects of their chosen technology. They also show how it changes the way an organization works.
Print and digitalEvery page is a print-ready PDF, and the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ let you teach the same lesson in Google Classroom™.
A key for every pageEvery day has its own answer key, and every written question has a sample answer and what to look for.
Written for your studentsEvery student page is checked for reading level, with plain words and complete sentences.
Every day fits a 45-minute classEach day's plan is timed activity by activity against real reading and writing speeds.
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How do I get the files after I buy?
Instant download right after checkout: PowerPoint and Word files you can edit, print-ready PDFs, and links that copy the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ into your Drive.
Can I buy the whole unit or course instead?
Yes. This lesson is part of the Unit 6 bundle and the complete Intro to Python Programming course. Both cost less than buying the lessons one at a time.
Is this AP Computer Science?
No. It is a full-year, non-AP intro to Python course for grades 9 to 12. For AP, see our AP Computer Science A and AP CSP courses.
What should students know before this lesson?
Students know how to paraphrase and give credit.
What formats are the files in?
Every page is a print-ready PDF. The slides are an editable PowerPoint and the guided notes an editable Word file. The exit tickets also come as Google Forms™, and the deck as Google Slides™.
Which standards does it cover?
Written for Florida's Foundations of Programming course (9007210). The skills map in the lesson shows which standards each day teaches.