Technological Impacts on Your Family

A technology research study

This homework assignment will allow you to discover how technology has caused lifestyles to change in the last generation. Your are to interview one or both of your parents (or any other person of your choosing as long as they are at least 20 years older than you). Play the role of a reporter and ask questions about what life was like when they were your age. You will need to record their answers on a sheet of paper.

• What year was it when you were the same age I am?
• What type of transportation did you use to get to school?
• What type of television set did you have?
• What type of telephone did you have?
• What type of video games did you play?
• What kind of fast food restaurants were there?
• What was your favorite television show?
• What was your favorite musical group?
• How much did a candy bar cost?
• What was traffic like?
• What did a skateboard look like?
• What kind of car did your parents drive?
• Approximately how many television stations could your television receive?
• What did you carry around to listen to music?
• What did you do for entertainment?
• What has changed the most since you were my age?
• Ask at least five other questions that you have come up with prior to the interview.