This document--intended to help technology education teachers plan their classroom curriculum for secondary school and college students--contains units on exploring high-impact technology, microcomputers as technological tools, integrated manufacturing systems (the future of design and production), the role of robotics in integrated manufacturing systems, mass transit, communicating with light using lasers and fiber optics, automated warehousing, and new materials. The sociocultural impact of those topics and the relationship of each to the common elements of technological systems are covered in each unit. Units also typically include narrative information, line illustrations, a glossary of technical terms, an audiovisual aid, a construction activity, examples of how math and science can be used to support the students' construction activities and provide the motivation for students to make the connections between technical education and math and science, a student quiz, possible student outcomes, and references. (CML)