DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
HIST 1210 Technology and Civilization II

Dr. Angela Lakwete
Phone: 334 844 6635; E-mail: lakwete@auburn.edu
Office: 319 Thach Hall; Hours: Thurs. 10-12, drop-ins and by appointment.

Required Text.
Bulliet, Richard W., et. al. The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, 5th edition. publisher Wadsworth Cengage Learning, copyright 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0-538-74438-6.

Course Description.
This is a lecture course on global history that examines the interactions of individuals, societies, and technologies. The second of a two-course sequence. It begins with the British Industrial Revolution in the seventeenth century and ends in the twenty-first century with examination of current issues and trends. It uses technology as a lens through which to study humans' increasing control of the environment and interactions with the world around them.

Course Objectives.
There are several course objectives. You will learn how to think historically about the role of technology in your lives and the lives of others past and present and in global comparative contexts. You will develop critical thinking, analytical reading and writing, and discussion skills and use them to understand the historical process. You will learn the difference between evidence and interpretation and learn why it matters.

Student Learning Outcomes
The Technology and Civilization program fulfills two SLOs: SLO 8 that students will be engaged and informed citizens of the United States and the world and SLO 9 that students will understand and appreciate the diversity of and within societies of the United States and the world.

Course Requirements.
You must attend the laboratory and classroom components of the course. The laboratory consists of a plenary lecture delivered on Monday at 11 a.m. in Haley Center 2370. Always complete the week's reading and other assignments BEFORE the Monday plenary lecture.

Attendance Policy.
You must attend every class. Here is the university's attendance policy.

Laptop/Cell Phone Use.
If you want to use a laptop computer or other electronic device to take notes in the Monday plenary you must sit in the first two rows of the lecture hall. HOWEVER you may never use a laptop or cell phone in the classroom. If I see you using your cellphone or other electronic device for anything other than a dire emergency, you will have to put it on the front desk for the duration of the class. There will be no grace period for this policy.

Quizzes, Tests, and a Project.
Quizzes: Nearly every class will begin with a written assignment. I might ask you to write down the thesis of Monday's lecture or something about the assigned reading. I will always require you to write complete formal sentences. I will collect, grade, and return them. They constitute 40% of your overall grade. Here is the rubric or rule I use to grade your quizzes.

Tests: There will be two tests, a mid-term and a final. They will combine short answer questions with longer essay questions. I will post a study guide but you will rely on your lecture, class, and reading notes to review. Each test is worth 20% for a combined 40% of your overall grade.

Project: The project consists of a three-page paper that you will write on a technology listed on the syllabus or one of your own choice that you clear with me first. In the paper you will describe the technology, explain how it came to be invented and by whom, and how it affected the society for better or worse. You will bring the technology up to the present and talk about its relevance to today or how it affects the present-day culture in some specific way.

You will use three references and cite them correctly (See the format sheet below): the Bulliet textbook, an article on the technology, and any source, online or otherwise, of your choice.

You will present a brief - five to ten minute - oral summary to the class for up to five bonus points. The paper and oral presentation constitute 20% of the overall grade. I will ask students to begin presenting papers within the first month of the class.
Here are details on format, footnoting, and using illustrations.
Here is the rubric or rule I will use to grade your project.

Grading
Your grade is determined by your performance on the quizzes, tests, and the project, weighted as above. A=100-90%; B=89-80%; C=79-70%; D=69-60%; F=59-0%.

Make-up Policy.
There are no quiz makeups, no project makeup and no final makeup. If you miss the midterm, you must bring me an authorized excuse with the date, time, and verifiable signature. I will accept no excuses written after the class period. You must give me your excuse within five days of the absence. I will schedule a make up within the next week, barring unforeseen circumstances. All makeups must be completed on or before the last day of class.

Academic Honesty. I pursue plagiarists according to the University's Academic Honesty Code.

Deportment Policy. Read Tiger Cub on appropriate classroom behavior.

Email Policy. Be sure to set your messaging systems to receive my auburn.edu emails.

Students with Disabilities Policy.
Please follow these guidelines: Program for Students with Disabilities. REMEMBER: It will always be your responsibility to remind me at the beginning of a class if there is a particular condition about which I must be aware during that class session.

Withdrawal Policy.
Remember that you may withdraw from this class without penalty until midsemester although you will receive a "W" on your transcript.

Week 01: Course Introduction and Industrial Revolution.
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Spinning Jenny, Frame, and Mule.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Lucsko, Lecture; Bulliet, ch 23.
QUESTION: How does industrialization add evidence to the "process not progress" theme of the textbook authors?

Week 02: Impact and Globalization of the Industrial Revolution
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Steam Engine
INTERPRETATIONS: Holiday, No Lecture; Bulliet, ch. 27.
QUESTION: What was the impact of the globalization of the Industrial Revolution?

Week 03: Technology and the New Imperialism
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Maxim.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Lakwete, Lecture; Bulliet, ch. 26, 28.
QUESTION: What was the relationship of technology and the "New Imperialism"?

Week 04: Urbanization
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: Street Lights.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Kozuh, Lecture; Bulliet, ch. 27; ARTICLE/DOC.
QUESTION: What is urbanization and what are its advantages and disadvantages?

Week 05: Mass Production and Consumption
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: Assembly Lines.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Kozuh, Lecture; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: Is materialism the inevitable outcome of mass production and consumption?

Week 06: New Communications / Mass Media
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Radio.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Beckwith, Lecture; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: What was Dr. Beckwith's thesis and is it inevitable?

Week 07: Car Culture
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Ford Model-T
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Lucsko, Lecture;
QUESTION: What viable alternatives are there to the car for personal transportation? Why has mass transportation failed its promise?

Week 08: Aviation
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: Airplanes.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Meyer, Lecture; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: What was Dr. Meyer's thesis? Do you agree?

Week 09: Military Technologies: The World Wars
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Tank
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Meyer, Lecture; Bulliet, chs. 29-30.
QUESTION: Was mass destruction the inevitable outcome of a mass-consumption/production driven society? Explain your answer.

Week 10: SPRING BREAK!

Week 11: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The GI Bill
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Meyer; Bulliet, ch. 32.
QUESTION: What were the two ideologies at war in the Cold War?

Week 12: The Space Age
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: Rocketry.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Beckwith; Bulliet, ch. 32; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: What was Dr. Beckwith's thesis? What is yours on space exploration?

Week 13: The Computer Age
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Personal Computer
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Lakwete; Bulliet, ch. 32; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: Explain the attraction of social networking sites like Facebook.

Week 14: Garbage (Waste Management and Recycling)
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: The Junk Yard.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Lucsko, Lecture; Bulliet Ch. 33.
QUESTION: Offer a solution of your own to the problems that Dr. Lucsko raised.

Week 15: Oil Politics; *NO CLASS THURSDAY*
PRIMARY EVIDENCE: Shaduf and Oil Wells.
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Kozuh; ARTICLE/DOC
QUESTION: What was Dr. Kozuh's thesis? Do you agree?

Week 16: The Global Economy
INTERPRETATIONS: Dr. Beckwith, Lecture; Bulliet, ch. 34.
QUESTION: How has the course helped you understand your world?

FINAL
May 4, 2011; 4:00-6:30 p.m.; in the regular classroom.