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DO NOW. Answer the following question in bullet/outline format: What are humanity’s needs? Translate the curriculum unit question into its simplest form.
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DO NOW • Answer the following question in bullet/outline format: • What are humanity’s needs? • Translate the curriculum unit question into its simplest form. • Does technological advancement represent a fundamental need to control all aspects of life or is it a byproduct of the human need to satisfy a natural curiosity about the world?
Unit Question • Is technological advancement motivated/caused by curiosity or an effort control a human need?
Social Context • Americans cautiously optimistic • Afraid of atomic/nuclear war with Soviet Union (Russia) • Fear of spies- McCarthyism • Happy to win World War II • “Cold War”- not characterized by actual fighting- only a threat of fighting • More of a competition for allies
Political Context • Get allies: act tougher, be “better” than Russia • 1st World: all countries allied with US • 2nd World: all countries allied with Soviet Union • 3rd World: countries not yet allied with anyone • Flash points: Korea, Vietnam • Arrest the spies: don’t let US secrets out
Economic Context • Arms Race- who can get the biggest and most weapons • Hydrogen and Atomic Bombs eventually nuclear weapons • Defense Systems • America’s economy is booming in the 1950s
What are the needs of the US? • Security • Weapons systems, roads, military • Food and water- better transportation for booming population • Shelter- lots of soldiers coming back from WWII
Space Race • 1957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik- first satellite • 1967 Yuri Gagarin 1st person in space • America gets scared, SU has rockets that can get bombs to US • Congress pours money into Math and Science • SAT tests, AP classes • NASA
NASA • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • Explore space • 1961: Kennedy demands US go to the moon: lots of failure leads to success • July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 lands on the moon • Neil Armstrong first man on the moon • Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin accompanied Armstrong
Results • Employed 400,000 Americans • Cost 25 billion dollars
The Final Tally • Curiosity: • 1: NASA’s mission statement doesn’t mention moon • 3: no economic advantage • 4: illusion of social benefits • 6: serves no practical purpose • Control: • 2: improves methods of investigating space • 5: compatible with telescope etc.