Benchmark 3C
The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology
Grades 6-8, page 56

Technology has strongly influenced the course of history and continues to do so. It is largely responsible for the great revolutions in agriculture, manufacturing, sanitation and medicine, warfare, transportation, information processing, and communications that have radically changed how people live.
 

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 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.