Published in the Oct. 14-27, 2015 issue of Morgan Hill Life

By Ms. Rebecca Wang’s third-grade class at Crossroads Christian School

Rebecca Wang's third-grade class on field trip. Photo courtesy Ms. Wang

Rebecca Wang’s third-grade class on field trip.
Photo courtesy Ms. Wang

Our class on Oct. 6 took a field trip to the San Jose History Park and Japanese Friendship Garden and we learned about how people lived in the past.

We learned that 100 years or more ago, people had technology but it wasn’t like the technology we have today.

Today, our technology has a lot more high-tech equipment and the people in the past did not have the electronic devices that we have today, such as Wii U and X-Box One or an iPad, iPhone and computers.

If the kids in the past saw the devices we have today, they would say “Where did you get this from?” They would be astonished!

We would tell them that we bought the devices from the Apple Store. And they would ask, “What is the Apple Store? Does it sell apples?”
We would tell them that the devices are made from microchips and software coding. And they would ask “What are microchips and software coding?”

We would tell them it’s like a box and it’s green with wires in it.

We would be teaching the kids in the past that our stuff today is a little different than the stuff that they had 100 years ago.

We learned from our field trip that we should make people aware that our society has changed over time because of advances in science that leads to new technologies.

One hundred years from now, technology is going to be more advanced because people learn new things about science and that leads to new technologies.

If people in the future 100 years from now came back to our present time, they would think that we are not as advanced in our technology because they are far ahead of us.

After a Junior Journalism writing workshop by Morgan Hill Life Publisher Marty Cheek, Rebecca Wang’s third-grade class at Crossroads Christian School wrote this column. Interested in hosting a workshop? Contact Marty Cheek at [email protected].