The triumph of technology: gains and losses by HUB Scuola https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw en-us 2021-03-19 14:08:40 UTC 2025-09-24 16:37:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png The Machine Age: when was it and who were some of the key people from that era? mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329887862 The Machine Age is an era that is considered to span from 1880 to 1945, and was considered to be at its peak in the time between the First and Second World Wars. Significant events, art and literature came from this era including works by Virginia Woolf, technology such as the radio, and historic records such as land speed records on Daytona Beach, Florida.

]]> 2021-03-19 14:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329887862 Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941): a famous writer from the turn of the past century mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329890641 Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th century authors and also a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Her works capture the changing times of the Modern Era. 

Watch this documentary about Virginia Woolf’s life and discuss what you hear about her life and work in small groups:
]]> 2021-03-19 14:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329890641 Radio technology: how did it impact communication and society as a whole mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329899874 Technological advances during the Machine Age such as the radio, transformed how people communicated and how messages were spread across the nation. After World War I, some radio enthusiasts tried to establish an informal network across the UK until Peter Eckersley (cousin of Aldous Huxley [5]) took a more strategic approach and eventually became the first Chief Engineer of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC).

Watch this short video and make notes about radio technology during this time: 
]]> 2021-03-19 14:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329899874 Daytona Beach, Florida: the setting for speed records in this age of technology and speed mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329903193 In 1927, Henry Seagrave set a world land speed record on the Daytona Beach Road Course 203.79 mph. This fascination with speed during this time drove people to break these speed records.

Some famous speed record cars which raced at Daytona Beach]]> 2021-03-19 14:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329903193 Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963): a philosopher and writer who worked to make sense of the changing times mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329910916 Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed.  Brave New World is set in 2540 CE, which the novel identifies as the year AF 632. AF stands for “after Ford,” as Henry Ford’s assembly line is revered as god-like; this era began when Ford introduced his Model T.

Aldous Huxley’s home with an English Heritage blue plaque ]]> 2021-03-19 14:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329910916 The Model T: Henry Ford: the car that changed the way we move around for ever mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329918737 During the Machine Age, travel by car was booming, largely in part to Henry Ford’s Model T. Watch this short video to find out more about the key effects this car had on technology and transport at the time.

Watch this video:]]> 2021-03-19 14:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329918737 Umberto Boccioni: The City Rises: a powerful image representative of these times mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329933035 This painting is considered the first true futurist work by Umberto Boccioni and portrays the construction of a new city with developments and technology. 

Watch this short video to learn more about his life, work and the futurist [8] movement: 
]]> 2021-03-19 14:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329933035 Futurism: what was it and who was involved? mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329940297 Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. Some of its key figures included Tommaso Marinetti [8], Umberto Boccioni [7] and Giacomo Balla. 

Watch this video to find out more about futurism and make notes about its key features: 
]]> 2021-03-19 14:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329940297 Tommaso Marinetti: a leading figure in the Futurist movement mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329944058 Futurism had its official beginning with the publication of Marinetti’s “Manifeste de Futurisme” in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro (February 20, 1909).

The ‘Manifeste de Futurisme’ in Le Figaro, 1909 ]]> 2021-03-19 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329944058 Nuclear power: the quest for clean, green energy mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329952740 Nuclear power is seen by many as part of the solution to low-carbon energy production in the fight against climate change. Watch this video to find out more about the technology and to hear people’s opinions on this source of energy. 

Nuclear power plant]]> 2021-03-19 14:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329952740 Nuclear bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the impact of Einstein’s letter mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329958549 The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. "Woe is me."—Albert Einstein, upon hearing the news of the Hiroshima bombing. On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, three days after bombing Hiroshima. By the end of 1945, an estimated 200,000 people had died in the two cities.
 
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]]> 2021-03-19 14:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329958549 Einstein and Roosevelt: a pivotal correspondence between two key voices at the time mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/iqpepbgl37hw0yuw/wish/1329963688 In August 1939, Einstein wrote to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to warn him that the Nazis were working on a new and powerful weapon: an atomic bomb. Fellow physicist Leo Szilard urged Einstein to send the letter and helped him draft it. Although he never worked directly on the atomic bomb, Einstein is often incorrectly associated with the advent of nuclear weapons.  He repeatedly reminded people, "I do not consider myself the father of the release of atomic energy. My part in it was quite indirect." 

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