Assignment:
Take an example of one specific medieval technology.  Find other sources on that technology and explain its development in more detail than the book does for about half your paper. In the other half of your paper, discuss the interaction of the technology you have chosen with society.  You must give specific historical examples, not just speculation. It will probably be easier to focus on the impact of technology on society, but if you prefer you can focus on the impact of society on technology.
practical details: http://pammack.sites.clemson.edu/lec3220/paperinstructions.html

Your paper must focus on historical details on a specific topic, not vague generalizations
how specific?  one kind of water wheel or or one use for water power or one region

take the example of the mechanical clock

• impact of society on technology: what created a demand for mechanical clocks
• impact of technology on society: clocks led to capitalism by making it possible to see time as money
• different historians draw different conclusions--discuss this
  

• scholar.google.com
• search for articles using library data bases http://www.clemson.edu/library/allsubjects/index.html
  
• look for books as well as articles
• think about the strengths and limitations of your sources--a blog on the history of the spinning wheel by someone who spins is likely to be reliable on the technical details but weaker on the historical context
• go to Prof. Mack's office hours or email her if you get stuck (before the last minute)