Analyze the relationship between war and technological advancements.
Analysis should include
- identifying technologies that might include
- automatic rifles
- machine guns
- airplanes
- tanks
- submarines
- trinitrotoluene (TNT)/explosives
- missiles/rocketry
- atom bomb/nuclear weapons
- targeting systems
- Global Positioning System (GPS)/Geographic Information System (GIS)
- communications systems
- sonar
- radar
- military events that led to the use of specific technologies
- the impact of technologies on military outcomes
- the continuing impact of military technologies on society (e.g., communications, transportation).
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does history apply to the present day?
- Why is it important to understand the relationship between war and technology?