Carol L. Cook
History of the Computer
Objective The student will be able to:
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1. Identify the machines that led up to the computer of today.
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2. Realize the great strides that have been made in the 1900’s.
Material Needed Drawing paper, color pencil, model construction material.
Vocabulary As learned in previous lesson.
Brainstorming Questions
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1. Do you know what the abacus locked like?
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2 Do you know what Pascal’s calculating machine looked like?
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3. What about the spiral slide rule?
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4. What about Sir Charles Babbage’s machine for calculation?
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5. What about the Gem Calculator?
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6. What about the Comptograph ?
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7. What about the early computers?
Procedure
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1. Take a field trip to a computer museum
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2. Go to the library and look at pictures of the different machine
Related Activity
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1. Go to the library and choose the machine you are the most interested in
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2. Make a model of this machine
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3. Display the model so that all the students can see them
