The World Wide Web, The Internet, Lesson Plan

 We use the Internet everyday, so why not learn about it's history? 

First we read in the Big Fat Book of American History page 493, then go to this video: 

Then if you have more questions: https://www.ducksters.com/science/electronic_communications.php

and if you want lots of detail go here: https://webfoundation.org/about/vision/history-of-the-web/

Questions: 

What was the earliest use of computers? 

What was a problem that scientists had when they wanted to share their data? 

How did Tim Berners-Lee propose to solve the problem? 

Why is the Internet decentralized? 

Who controls the Internet? 

How often do you use the Internet? 

What do you use it for most of the time? 

Homework: 

How did the Internet change the modern world? 

Interview a person who was born before 1970. Ask that person what life was like before the Internet.