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The History of Communication in North Carolina

The History of Communication in North Carolina. By: Leighann Atkins. Social Studies Standards. 4.G.1.1 4.H.1 4.E.1 Students will learn about main means of communication in North Carolina today and in history. . What is Communication?. Communication is the movement of ideas and information.

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The History of Communication in North Carolina

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  1. The History of Communication in North Carolina By: Leighann Atkins

  2. Social Studies Standards • 4.G.1.1 • 4.H.1 • 4.E.1 • Students will learn about main means of communication in North Carolina today and in history.

  3. What is Communication? • Communication is the movement of ideas and information. • How is communication like transportation? How is it different?

  4. Are you communicating now? • Yes, you are! You are communicating just by reading the ideas and information on this presentation. • Name some of the ways you have communicated today.

  5. Think! How do these pictures symbolize communication?

  6. Communication is an Endangered Species! • 3, 500 Languages could become extinct by the end of the century. • Almost 80% of the world’s population now speaks only 1% of the world’s 7,000 languages. • Why do you think this has happened?

  7. Answer: Globalization • Globalization means countrie are more connected through trade, money and workers. • When countries work together, people must be able to communicate. • That means many people have to learn another language. • English is the main language used through out the world for business and the Internet.

  8. Why is this a problem? • When the last person that speaks a particular language dies, some of the knowledge that is found within that language dies with them.

  9. What happens when a language dies? • The history of people dies. • The history of how the people used their environment dies. • The people’s beliefs and ideas die.

  10. How can we save communication? • Technology • YouTube • Facebook • Other forms of Social Media

  11. How can technology save communcation? • By using technology, languages spoken by only a few people can be taught to other people around the world? • Have you ever tried to learn another language? Tell your classmates about your experiences.

  12. How has informational technology influenced the economy? • Informational Technology (IT) is the use of technology to move ideas from one place or person to another. • IT has changed the way people around the world do business. • Today, people can order almost anything they need online; about $3 trillion is spent online each year.

  13. How has IT impacted North Carolina? • For example, in western North Carolina, craftspeople are selling the things they make on a Web site called the Mountain Area Information Network. • Computer networks connect many North Carolina companies. • This means lower cost for companies, which keeps prices down for customers.

  14. Communication Hall of Fame Activity • Directoins: Use your Studies Weekly to gather information on the Communication Hall of Fame members. • Focus Question: How did your member contribute to the advancement of communication? • Hall of Fame Members: Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, William Sydney Porter, and Luis Braille.

  15. Lesson Review • 1. What is communication? Give 3 examples of ways to communicate. • 2. Explain why some forms of communication are endangered. • 3. How can technology save endangered languages. • How has IT impacted North Carolina’s economy?

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