Instructor: Dr. Pamela E. Mack, Department of History
Contact information: use the email system build into Canvas (if
I am available that is usually the fastest way to reach me, if
I don't reply within 24 hours please re-send)
direct email: pammack@clemson.edu
(no g.)
I'm a morning
person--I usually turn my computer off around 8:30 pm
preferred form of address: Prof. Mack or
Dr. Mack, pronouns: she/her/hers
student drop in
hours MWF 8:30-9:45 and Thurs. 3-3:30 in Hardin 014 or by Zoom
(email for link for Zoom) or by appointment
I don't have a phone in my office but you can call the history
department at 854-656-3153
Teaching assistant: Shelby Sibert <ssibert@g.clemson.edu>,
he/him, student drop in hours: Friday 11:30-12:30 in
Hardin 001
Jacob Havers <jhavers@g.clemson.edu>,
he/him, student drop in hours: Wed. 11:30-12:30 in Hardin
001
Course Goals:
This course uses examples from
history to teach you to analyze the interaction of
science and technology with society and understand
how we can better manage the challenges technology
poses for our future. The goal is to make you a
better citizen, able to make good choices (both as
a consumer and as a voter) about what technologies
we want in the future. We see in the world around
us the same themes that this course focuses on:
"Even the most effective technofixes are dependent
on the social and political environment in which
they're deployed." (source)
Learning Outcomes:
General learning outcomes |
How we will approach that
in this course |
Students will use social science concepts and evidence to explain human actions or behaviors in the past, the present, and/or the future | Students will demonstrate how
historians with a particular perspective explain the
causes and consequences of human actions |
Students will demonstrate an understanding of issues created by the complex interactions among science, technology, and society | Students will assess how
social forces shape the development of technology and how
technology can shape society |
Students
will demonstrate critical thinking through analysis of
global challenges |
Students will apply concepts
from the history of technology to analyze major challenges
in how we use new technologies with a focus on how we can
increase the benefits and reduce the harm from developing
technologies |
Students will evaluate how
varying perspectives influence global challenges |
Students will compare the
perspectives of different groups about developing
technologies to understand that we have choices about who
are the winners and losers |
Using technology in
this course:
Learning in an Uncertain World:
We learn best in
community:
Use the course structure:
|
It
is cheating to cut and paste or otherwise copy portions of a
argument paper, exam, or discussion board posting from a
book, web site, large language model, or from the online
class notes, unless you quote and give the source. Changing
a few words is not sufficient to make the material your own.
It is poor writing for more than about 20% of your paper to
consist of quotes.
In most cases when you use specific material from any source
you should paraphrase: cite the source and put the ideas into you own
words (generally no more than 5 consecutive words
should match the source but if the words are mostly the same
it could still be plagiarism even if there aren't 5
consecutive words).
Robert C. Allen, The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction | John H. Lienhard, Inventing Modern: Growing Up with X-rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins | David E. Nye, Technology Matters : Questions to Live With |
II. Class Schedule for Hist 1220:
date |
reading for class, usually
in Perusall |
in class |
work due |
Aug 23 |
syllabus |
Course Philosophy, | |
Aug 25 |
What is Technology? | ||
Aug 28 |
Allen ch. 1 | where does industrialization fit? | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Aug 30 |
Allen ch. 2 | the pre-industrial revolution | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept. 1 |
meet in classroom then go outside in groups | group assignment due 8 pm | |
Sept. 4 |
Labor Day holiday |
||
Sept 6 |
Allen ch. 3 |
work |
reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 8 |
group work |
group assignment due 8 pm | |
Sept 11 |
Allen ch. 4 |
technology |
reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 13 |
Allen ch. 5 |
energy |
reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 15 |
group work |
||
Sept 18 |
Allen ch. 6 |
impact |
reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 20 |
the
industrial revolution in the United States |
||
Sept 22 |
essay writing/help session on Zoom |
Allen assignment due |
|
Sept 25 |
Lienhard preface and ch. 1 |
Manifest Destiny | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 27 | Lienhard 3 | Forces Totally New | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Sept 29 |
Group work: World Views |
group assignment due |
|
Oct. 2 |
Lienhard 4-5 | Genius and Core and Fringe | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 4 |
Lienhard 6 |
High Rises | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 6 |
|
group work |
group assignment due 8 pm |
Oct. 9 |
Lienhard 7 | The City | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 11 |
Lienhard 8 |
Automobile | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 13 |
Group work: |
group assignment due |
|
Oct. 16 |
Fall break |
||
Oct. 18 |
Lienhard 9 |
On the Road | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 20 |
current issues/group work | ||
Oct. 23 |
Lienhard 10-11 |
Aviation | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 25 |
Lienhard 12-13 |
A Boy's Life and Invention | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Oct. 27 |
current issues/group work | ||
Oct. 30 |
Lienhard 14-15 |
War and Fifties | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 1 |
Lienhard 16 |
After Modern | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 3 |
essay workshop | Lienhard assignment due |
|
Nov. 6 |
Nye ch. 1 |
Defining Technology | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 8 |
Nye ch. 2-3 |
The argument
against determinism (lecture plus
discussion) |
reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 10 |
group work |
||
Nov. 13 |
Nye ch. 5 |
Freedom and current issues | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 15 |
Nye ch. 6 |
Technology and the environment | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 17 |
group work |
group assignment due |
|
Nov. 20 |
Nye ch. 7 |
Work | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 22-24 |
Thanksgiving Break |
||
Nov. 27 |
Nye ch. 8 | Who selects technologies? | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Nov. 29 |
Nye ch. 9 | Risk | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Dec. 1 |
paper writing workshop |
Nye paper due |
|
Dec. 4 |
Nye ch. 10 |
Knowledge | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Dec. 6 |
Nye ch. 11 |
Choosing our future | reading assignment due--Canvas/Perusall |
Dec. 8 |
Today's issues |
||
Dec. 12 |
Takehome final reflection due |
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·
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o
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o
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