Computer Revolution

17 lessons, Fully Resourced
16 Guided Reading Worksheets

The Computer Revolution -

Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below).

Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments.

The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy

The lessons are as follows:

1. Enigma and Turing (free)
2. The History of Women in Computing (free)
3. The Microchip and Moore’s Law
4. The PC, GUI and Microsoft
5. How Video Games Shaped Our World
6. Mid-Unit Test and Revision
7. Impact of the Internet
8. Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free)
9. Covid Track and Trace
10. Quantum Computing (free)
11. Artemis and Space X
12. Facial Recognition
13. Digital Divide
14. DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free)
15. Emerging Technologies and their impact
16. Cybersecurity case studies
17. Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment.

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