Benchmark 3C
The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology
Grades 3-5, page 54

Technology has been part of life on the earth since the advent of the human species. Like language, ritual, commerce, and the arts, technology is an intrinsic part of human culture, and it both shapes society and is shaped by it. The technology available to people greatly influences what their lives are like.
 

NSES Content Standard E 
Science and Technology: Understanding about science and technology 
Grades K-4, page 138 
People have always had problems and invented tools and techniques (ways of doing something) to solve problems. Trying to determine the effects of solutions helps people avoid some new problems. 

NSES Content Standard F 
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in local challenges 
Grades K-4, page 141 
Science and technology have improved food quality and quantity, transportation, health, sanitation, and communication. These benefits of science and technology are not available to all of the people in the world. 

NSES Content Standard G 
History and Nature of Science: Science as a human endeavor 
Grades K-4, page 141 
Science and technology have been practiced by people for a long time. 

NSES Content Standard F 
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Science and technology in society 
Grades 5-8, page 169 
Technology influences society through its products and processes. Technology influences the quality of life and the ways people act and interact. Technological changes are often accompanied by social, political, and economic changes that can be beneficial or detrimental to individuals and to society. Social needs, attitudes, and values influence the direction of technological development.