Module 01 – Case Assignment
Although the “First” and “Second” Industrial Revolutions led to many important advances in technology and science, there were glaring unfortunate side effects, for example, exploitation of labor for the benefit of owners of industry. The problem was most extreme in England where children and women were commonly employed in mines and textile factories.
Throughout the 19th Century, numerous Royal Commissions (similar to investigative committees of the U.S. Congress) were established by the House of Commons or the House of Lords to investigate labor conditions and propose legislation to protect the health and welfare of workers, particularly women and children. These investigations led to many changes in labor, health and welfare conditions common to most industrial nations in the late 20th Century.
Click on labor conditions to learn more about conditions in the factories and mines of England. After reviewing the several links discussing labor conditions and the use of child labor, write a two to three page paper answering the following questions:
1. Why was there such widespread use of children in the mines and factories?
2. What affect did investigations of child labor have on industry?
3. What labor reforms came out of these investigations?
Module 01 – Session Long Project
Recall that the central theme of this course is how science and technology has influenced history of the modern period. Specifically, politics and government (including the “isms,” international organizations, democracy, settlement of dispute, transportation (steamships to trains to automotives to aircraft), communications (telegraph, radio, television, computers), family and social relations (role of women, family structure, education), and economics (economic arrangements, global economy).
Modules will cover all of these above areas to some degree. However, the SLP will give you an opportunity to study in depth the history of one of the above areas. So, you need to choose an area of interest to you. You will begin your in-depth study with M2.
Your SLP assignment for M1 is to pick one of these topic areas and write a short 2-3 page paper on how it was changed due to technological advances. Also, please enclose a brief biographical sketch so I can get to know you bette
Module 02 – Case Assignment
Causes of World War II
Take a look at A Summary of the Causes of World War II. After looking through this page and other research from the Internet and the Cyber-library, write a three to five page paper answering the following question:
What do you think was the most crucial and important cause of World War II?
Module 02 – Session Long Project
By the end of World War II, democratic nations (and some not so democratic) were convinced that an international organization was needed to deal with the after effects of the War (e.g., reconstruction) as well as to provide a forum for discussion of differences between member states. The result was the United Nations. Click on United Nations to view a copy of the Charter, and check out this brief history of the founding of the U.N.
Composed of the General Assembly and the Security Council (and numerous agencies), the U.N. has a charter that member nations must agree to follow prior to being allowed to join.
Do you think the U.N. has been successful in “furthering world peace”?
Module 03 – Case Assignment
Ford’s Most Famous Failure
The Edsel was Ford Motor Company’s most famous marketing failure. Named after Henry Ford’s son, this car was introduced with great fanfare but failed to sell.
Click here to read an article about Ford’s Edsel. It is also worthwhile to go through some of these Edsel Links.
Then write a three to five page paper answering the following two questions:
1. What do you think the single biggest reason was that the Edsel failed to sell well?
2. If you were in charge of marketing for Ford at the time, what would you
have done differently about the Edse
Module 03 – Session Long Project
Although trains have been around for about 200 years, the modern high speed intercontinental and intercity train systems (including subways, trams, light rail) are 20th Century developments.
Today, rapid rail systems can be found in most countries of the world. They are becoming more important as the urbanization of the world’s population continues at a rapid pace.
For your Session Long Project, go to the TUI CYBER LIBRARY and find an article discussing a major intercity or intercontinental rail system in a country of your choice. Review the article and submit to me an essay on how that system contributes to the movement of people and goods in that country. For example, the National Indian Railway is critical to everyday life in that country. Also, what would Russia be without the Trans-Siberian Railroad? What would London be without the “tube?” Japan without its electric railroad system?
Make sure you cite the author, source and date of the article you review.
Module 04 – Case Assignment
Propaganda in the 20th Century
Governments are sometimes the most enthusiastic users of mass communications, often using mass communication for propaganda purposes.
Read the article below and do some of your own research through Proquest and Internet search engines. Then write a three to five page paper answering the following question:
Do you agree that propaganda “has had an essential, and not always dishonorable, role in the conduct of affairs in the 20th century”?
Support your answer with references to the ethical implications of propaganda. Click CourseNet to upload your paper for grading.
Please go to http://library.tuiu.edu and then to Proquest! Please search Proquest and find this article!
Module 04 – Session Long Project
In 1925, the Scottish inventor John L. Baird was able to first transmit recognizable human features by television. By 1938, there were only about 30,000 television sets in existence in the United States of which over 20,000 were in New York City (in the same year, there were almost 2 million radios in Great Britain alone!). But, by the 1950s, television was rapidly becoming a staple in most U.S. household and was gaining ground in other countries too.
Today, television can be found almost everywhere there is electricity. Television has become a major, if not the major, source of entertainment, news, and other information, for several billion people world wide.
Much has been written about this remarkable invention and the role it has played in social history of the 20th Century. Most importantly, television news has become a world wide phenomenon through news organizations such as Cable News Network (CNN), and other public and private networks.
Articles have been written about the impact of television on world affairs, elections, wars (remember the Viet Nam War?), revolutions (e.g., overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe), and other historical events. So, for the SLP, find an article in the TUI CYBER LIBRARY that discusses influence of television on world affairs, elections, wars, etc. Review the article and submit your review to me. Remember to cite the author, source and date of the article.
Module 05 – Case Assignment
History of Youth Marketing
Advertisers are targeting the youth market more and more these days. The thirteen to eighteen age bracket is perhaps the most coveted group for marketers today. Take a look at the article below in ProQuest and do some of your own research. Then write a three to five page paper answering the following question:
Why have advertisers increased their focus on younger age brackets during the last 100 years?
Module 05 – Session Long Project
For your SLP, go to the TUI CYBER LIBRARY find an article or that discusses 20th Century “youth movement, “youth rebellion,” or the youth revolution; all are terms to designate changes in the role of young people in the modern era. Historians tell us that “youth rebellions’ were most pronounced in the decade of the 1920s and the 1960s. When you find information of interest to you, submit answers the following questions:
1. Why were youth rebelling in that period, e.g., wars, cultural restrictions, etc.?
2. How was the rebellion manifested, e.g., riots, radical political action, drugs or alcohol, violation of society’s sexual mores, etc.
3. What role did science or technology play in alienation of young people during the period?
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