ABSTRACT
One of the most valuable things readers can teach students is that history repeats itself. Consider World War I and World War II, the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, and the fall of the Greek and Roman Empires. Patterns are evident in the advancement of technology, with a new iPhone coming out each year, computers getting smaller and smarter, and self-driving cars becoming more commonplace. It is the study of these advances in technology that leads to further advancements. In the classroom, authors do not have the luxury of studying something firsthand over a long period of time. But they can run an experiment for a few weeks, chart observations over a limited period of time, run a brief investigation of what may happen, and study the past to determine how elements change overtime.
