Life at Home in the 21st Century Questions

What type of text structure is Life at Home in the 21st Century?

• Description

• Chronological / Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Which of the text features can be found in Life at Home in the 21st Century? Check ALL that apply.

• title

• sub-heading

• graphic aid

• caption

• footnote

How was information shared prior to the age of television?

• letters

• radio

• word of mouth

• all of the above

What did the author mean when she said television is "an agentive participant in the daily production of social lives?"

• TV affects our lives in many ways.

• The invention of the TV was made for secret agents.

• TV production was changed a lot since it was invented.

• TV allows us to participate in others' lives.

Which vocab word means "steep, like a cliff?"

• observation

• proliferation

• municipal

• taper

• precipitous

Which of the following is an example of the negative effects of watching too much TV?

• Family's TV viewing is usually a social experience.

• Common areas are typically oriented around TVs.

• TV viewing can be associated with reduced social interaction.

• TVs are everywhere now, even labor and delivery rooms.

Which two statements show how TV ownership has changed from 1947 to the 2000s?

• "During the early 2000s, people purchased about 31 million TVs annually in the U.S., or one new TV for every nine Americans each year" (225).

• "In 1947, U.S. households owned 44,000 TVs, just one set per 3,275 people" (225).

• "Of course, sales figures do not reflect the number of sets already found in what archaeologists regard as the systemic context" (225).

• "The life history of each individual television is entangled in the changing ways that families use them, the availability of similar artifacts in the home, and the desire for newer forms of visual media technologies" (225).

Which vocab word means "to gradually get thinner?"

• observation

• proliferation

• municipal

• taper

• precipitous

Which of the following is a negative effect that purchasing new TVs has on the environment?

• Americans throw old TVs into the ocean and pollute the waters.

• Old TVs are often burned and the smoke pollutes the air.

• Broken glass from TVs that are thrown away hurt animals.

• Americans fill landfills with an average of 1.5 billion pounds of TVs each year.

What type of graph is shown on page 227?

• bar graph

• battleship curve

• pie chart

• line graph