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)
or 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 am 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
Course
Goals:
An introduction to
environmental history, in the United States and
globally, with an emphasis on changing attitudes
toward the environment and the interaction between
science and public policy.
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 human use of the environment and how
choices about how we use the environment (both scientific
and technological) can shape society |
Students will demonstrate
critical thinking through analysis of global challenges |
Students will apply concepts from environmental history to analyze major environmental challenges today |
Students will evaluate how
varying perspectives influence global challenges |
Students will compare the
perspectives of different groups about environmental
issues to understand that we have choices about who are
the winners and losers |
Interpretation and
Relationship to Text |
Students will develop skills
in reading closely and personally |
Curiosity and Innovative Thinking | Students will be able to
explain the perspectives of different times and cultures
and propose alternatives |
Communication in Community | Students will compare their
own perspectives to their classmates in ways that develop
community |
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, 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).
Henry David Thoreau, Walden:
150th Anniversary Edition, edited by Shanley &
Updike (Princeton University
Press) Buy through Perusall |
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass:
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching
of Plants Available free online from the library |
Aldo
Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on
Conservation from Round River (Oxford University Press) Buy through Perusall |
Bruce
Usher, Renewable Energy: A Primer
for the Twenty-First Century Buy through Perusall |
II. Class Schedule for Hist 1240:
Wed., Jan. 11 Syllabus
Fri., Jan. 13 Themes and tools
Mon., Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Holiday
Wed., Jan. 18 reading in Perusall on the human/nature relationship
Fri., Jan. 20 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Jan. 23 Read Thoreau
Wed., Jan. 25 Read Thoreau
Fri., Jan. 27 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Jan. 30 Read Thoreau
Wed., Feb. 1 Read Thoreau
Fri., Feb. 3 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Feb. 6 Read Thoreau
Wed., Feb. 8 Perspectives
Fri., Feb. 10 discussion of essay writing, Walden assignment due
Mon., Feb. 13 Reading in Leopold
Wed., Feb. 15 Reading in Leopold
Fri., Feb. 17 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Feb. 20 Reading in Leopold
Wed., Feb. 22 Reading in Leopold
Fri., Feb. 24 assignment workshop, Leopold assignment due
Mon., Feb. 27 Transition
Wed., Mar. 1 Reading in Kimmerer
Fri., Mar. 3 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Mar. 6 Reading in Kimmerer
Wed., Mar. 8 Reading in Kimmerer
Fri., Mar. 10 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Mar. 13 Reading in Kimmerer
Wed., Mar. 15 Perspectives
Fri., Mar. 17 Kimmerer assignment due, assignment workshop
Mon., Mar. 20-24 Spring Break
Mon., Mar. 27 Usher chs. 1-3
Wed., Mar. 29 Joint class with class in Germany
Fri., Mar. 31 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Apr. 3 Usher chs. 4-6
Wed., Apr. 5 Joint class with class in Germany
Fri., Apr. 7 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Apr. 10 Usher chs. 7-9
Wed., Apr. 12 Joint class with class in Germany
Fri., Apr. 14 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Apr. 17 Usher chs. 10-12
Wed., Apr. 19 Joint class with class in Germany
Fri., Apr. 21 Discussion/group assignment
Mon., Apr. 24 Discussion/current issues, Individual reflections on German project due
Wed., Apr. 26 Joint class with class in Germany
Fri., Apr. 28 Review
Tues., May 2 take home final reflection due
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Student support, syllabus part two 2022-23
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