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HUMSS-TRENDS, NETWORK, AND CRITICAL THINKING

IN THE 21ST CENTURY

QUARTER 1: WEEK 5

Module 4: GADGETS, BUSINESS ENTERPRISE,

INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL, & AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS- THE ORIGIN
HUMSS – Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Week 5– Module 4: Gadgets, Business Enterprise,
Industrial/Technological & Agricultural Products-The Origin

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Quarter 1: Week 5 – Module 4

GADGETS, BUSINESS ENTERPRISE,

INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL, & AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS-
THE ORIGIN

Introduction
How’s your day dear learner? Do you have with you a gadget or any item which
you think is a product of globalization? Well, today we have to thank that these
products were made as they simplify our daily life and probably made a better living
for us. This module- “Gadgets, Business Enterprise, Industrial/Technological, &
Agricultural Products- The Origin” will give you insights about the things which we
cannot live without today. Let’s begin!

Objective
Illustrate the origin of the different components of a gadget, business
enterprise, and industrial/technological/agricultural product through a mind map
and reflection essay. HUMSS_MCT12-If-g-7

Vocabulary List
• Gadget - small tool such as a machine that has a particular function
• Pontil -punty; a metal rod used in the glassblowing process
• Gizmos –interchangeable word for gadgets
• Laissez Faire - “let alone” market policy, government’s non-intervention in
market activities
• Business – organization or entities’ activities producing or selling goods to
earn profit

Pre-Test
TRUE OR FALSE. Draw a on the spaces provided for if you think the
statement is TRUE. Draw a if you think that it is FALSE.

_______ 1. A gadget is a useful tool which makes our lives easier.

_______ 2. Businesses operate for the purpose of earning profit.
_______ 3. Business enterprises started just in the 21 st century.
_______ 4. Both gadgets and business help you to connect to people all over the world.
_______ 5. Gadgets are said to be present as early as the 18 th century

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 Learning Activities
What is a gadget? A gadget according to Merriam Webster
Dictionary is often a small mechanical or electronic device
with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty.
When you discover a new gadget in the market, you get that
feeling that you need to try it out, right? You become curious
and maybe wanting to know how it was invented and how it
can change your life. In the 21st century generation, gadgets are really helpful in our
everyday life. Computers, laptops, smart phones, and even digital cameras allow us
to work, communicate, study, and function. So how were gadgets discovered? Here
are some known facts pertaining to the revolution of gadgets.

In the 18th century, the gadget being referred to was a tool in glassmaking that
was developed as a spring pontil. A glass dictionary published by the Corning
Museum of Glass, defines a gadget as “a metal rod with a spring clip that grips
the foot of a vessel and so avoids the use of a pontil. Gadgets were first used in
the late 18th century

The earliest use in print of the word "gadget" was in 1886 thhru Robert Brown's
book Spunyarn and Spindrift A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out and home in a
China tea-clipper.

Gadget was known when Gaget, Gauthier & Cie, who were involved in
the construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1886 made a small-scale version of the
statue and named it after their firm
•This story was contradicted by the evidence that the word was already used
before in nautical circles, and the fact that it did not become popular, at least in
the USA, until after World War I.

Other sources believed that the word Gadget was a derivation from the
French gâchette which has been applied to various pieces of a firing mechanism,
or the French gagée, a small tool or accessory

In the second half of the twentieth century, the term "gadget" connotes
compactness and mobility.

In the software field, Gadget refers to computer programs that provide services
without needing an independent application to be launched for each one.

The history of gadgets began since humans began creating tools to make their lives
easier. Today, global networks have developed the creation of new gadgets. Gadgets
were taken to a new level as inventors began to discover different uses that would
make our lives easier.

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Business Enterprises, Industrial/Technological/Agricultural
Products
“Man began its existence as a beast, but soon developed social bonds and union to
form societies. These societies then went on to develop civilizations, from which grew
new social institutions. Market was one, the State another. Business evolved as
synergies were created by bringing factors of production together, resulting in the
modern economic era.”(http://vkumar.expertscolumn.com/article/brief-history-
business)

It is said that the history of business is so much alike with the history of human
society and civilization. Business affects all of us in one way or another especially
that we are now in the 21st century. Let us try to have a look to the essentials of
business enterprises, industrial/technological, and agricultural products over the
course of time. Look over the timeline below:

https://www.preceden.com/timelines/481987-evolution-of-business

• 1760 – The Industrial Revolution

At this era, Americans were able to use machinery for their work and outsources
to underdeveloped countries.
• 1877 - Laissez-Faire and the Entrepreneurial Era
"Free market" was observed by the American economy which is still in use up to this
day where economic growth was maximized.
• 1900 - The Production Era
Statistics, research, and efficiency experts called scientific management were put
into use to manage production which leads to product innovation.
• 1940 - The Marketing Era
During this era, businesses were allowed to use commercials and ads. This brings
more profit as products are now easily noticed.
• 1980- The Global Era

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 At this time, U.S. businesses increase efficiency, improve quality, and cut costs
because of cheaper competition This created outsourcing and new markets.
• 2000 -The Information Era
We are said to be in the present era were the Internet and its impact on world
economy is inevitable. Through the Internet, networking has created various new
business opportunities and more advance production both in the industrial,
technological, and the agricultural sector.

Here is another figure for you to ponder:

(https://www.premier-business.com/Resources/Articles/evolution-and-future-
transformation-of-local-business)

Interconnections among nations of the world brought about by the development of

business enterprises & technology as well as the production of essential agricultural
products paved the way to globalization. Some people would want to improve the
things they already had by means of looking for a “greener pasture” and tried to be
out of the country. This is not difficult in today’s generation since the emergence of
these gadgets and improvements in the different sectors. What we need to do is to
embrace the “new normal” as they say and equipped ourselves with whatever
resources we may have.

Practice Task 1:D’ Possessed!

Write down 2 gadgets that you possessed today and cite its importance to you
and your daily life.

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Practice Task 2: Matcha!
Match the pictures from Column A to the words in Column B. Write only the letter
of the correct answer in your notebook.

A B

1. a. French Gachee

2. b. Robert Brown

3.
c. Gaget, Gauthier,
&Cie

4.

d. Software

5.
e. Pontil

Practice Task 3: Explain It!

After matching the items in the Previous Practice Task, now make a reflection
on how these things evolved and how it affects you and the people around you today.

Practice Task 4:
Puzzle Time! Identify which era is being referred to by the following hints.

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 Post Test
After the practice tasks, you surely understand today’s lesson. Now it’s time for you
to evaluate your learning for the day. Good luck!

MIND MAP
Directions: Create a mind map of the learned components of a business enterprise.
Be creative in making your maps.

Sample mind maps (You may also check mindmeister.com for more mind map
samples.)

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 Assignments/ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Write a reflection on the insights generated from the map that you made.

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 ANSWER KEY
Practice Task 1: Rubrics
Criteria 5 4 3 2
Focus There is one Main ideas are Main ideas are Topic and main
clear, well clear but not well somewhat clear. Ideas are not clear
focused topic supported by
detailed
information
Content Content indicates Content indicates Content indicates Shows some
synthesis of original thinking thinking and thinking and
ideas, and and develops reasoning reasoning but
evidences original ideas applied with most ideas are
thought and with sufficient original thought underdeveloped
support for the and firm evidence on a few and unoriginal
topic ideas.
organization Information is states the main Some points Writing lacks
relevant and topic and remain logical
presented in a provides an misplaced and organization
logical order overview stray from the
topic.

Practice Task 2:
1. e
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. b

Practice Task 3

CRITERIA Above Expectations Meets Expectations Approaching Expectations Below Expectations

4 3 2 1
Reflective The statements explain The statements The statements attempt to The reflection does
Thinking the student’s own explain the student’s demonstrate thinking not address the
thinking and learning thinking about about learning but is vague student’s thinking
processes as well as his/her own learning and/or unclear about the and/or learning
implications for future processes personal learning process
learning
Analysis The reflection is an in- The reflection is an The reflection The reflection does
depth analysis of the analysis of the attempts to analyze the not move beyond a
learning experience, the learning learning description of the
value of the derived experience and the experience but the value learning
learning to self or others, value of the of the experience.
and the enhancement of derived learning to learning to the
the student’s self or others student or others is vague
appreciation for the and/or
discipline unclear.
Making The reflection The reflection The reflection The reflection does
Connections Articulates multiple articulates attempts to not articulate any
connections connections articulate connection to other
between this between this connections learning or
learning experience and learning between this experiences
experience and learning

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 content from other content from other experience and
courses, past learning, life courses, past content from other
experiences and/or future learning courses, past
goals experiences, and/or learning experiences, or
future goal personal goals, but the
connection is
vague and/or
unclear

Practice Task 4

1. Production
2. Entrepreneurial
3. Information
4. Marketing
5. Industrial

Post Test Rubrics

MIND MAP RUBRIC

5 4 3 2 1

Neatness & The mind map The mind map The mind map The mind map Themind map
Presentation was well was well was mostly was not neat was not enough
presented and presented and well presented enough to to understand
all the most of the but some of understand
information are information the most concepts
easy to are easy to information
understand understand was difficult to
understand
Use of Most categories Some A few The mind map The mind map
Images/symbo are enhanced categories are categories are includes some includes a few
ls with simple enhanced with enhanced with images image
symbols or symbols or simple
diagrams diagrams symbols or
diagrams
Understanding The mind map The mind map The mind map The mind map The mind map
demonstrates a demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates does not
thorough a very good some a little demonstrate
understanding understanding understanding understanding understanding
of the lesson of the lesson of the lesson of the lesson of the lesson

Bibliography/References:
➢ https://watermark.silverchair.com/0100001.pd
➢ https://addcrazy.com/history-gadgets/
➢ mindmeister.com
➢ freepik.com
➢ https://www.premier-business.com/Resources/Articles/evolution-and-
future-transformation-of-local-business
➢ https://www.cmog.org/glass-dictionary/pontil
➢ glassmesssages.com