End Four Minutes First Four Chart Date & label your work 2/24/16 - Technology Identify a new technology & explain how it has changed American life. What downside could there be from this new technology? In other words, have we lost something in gaining the technology? Keep this with all of your other First Four work. Four Minutes To change the timings of this timer, you need to enter the animation settings, and change the timings for the Isosceles Triangles. There will be 2 that need changing (to the same amount) – one animates the top triangle emptying, whilst the other animates the bottom triangle filling. When you change the timings these have to entered as a number of seconds. End

Questions for Discussion Read your question with your group. Think of the impacts, not just on individuals, but on society as a whole. Discuss your thoughts & see if you can agree on a conclusion or a response. Be prepared to share with the class.

Group Discussion Questions Can some people be too rich? Can a business be too big? What role should the government play in regulating the economy, if any? Should the US limit immigration? What are the benefits of technological progress? What might be some of the costs? Should the US government regulate moral behavior – alcohol, obscenity, movies, sexual conduct, gambling, etc. What should the government do, if anything, to maximize our freedom but also to protect equality?

Group Discussion Questions Why are these questions so hard to answer? What core values of “America” do they challenge? Freedom? Equality? Order?

The Gilded Age & The Progressive Era Unit Questions: What is the cost of progress? What do we value?

What do you see? What is the message?

Documents Read the poem, “The New Colossus.” What is this about? What values does it represent? Read the Chinse Exclusion Act How does it compare to the poem?