Era 6: Digital Age & Future Frontiers Lesson Plan
1970 – Present · Modern Expansion
The timeline reaches today — and keeps going. This lesson plan closes the historical arc while opening the era’s real question: which problems, right now, are still waiting for their inventor?
Includes:
- An overview of Jonne Johnson’s and John Applewhite’s invention and its place at the close of this timeline
- Discussion questions asking students to name a modern problem worth solving — the same audit-style prompt the full course builds on
- One classroom or take-home activity
- A connection back to the Field Guide for students who want to go deeper.
