汽车专业毕业设计 翻译 中英文全the automobile in america.docx

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汽车专业毕业设计翻译中英文全theautomobileinamerica

TheAutomobileintheUnitedStates

History389,section3.GeorgeMasonUniversity.Spring2010

ScienceandTechnologyI,room224.TuesdaysandThursdays,12–1:

15pm.

CourseBlackboardsite:

courses.gmu.edu

Generaladvice:

www.schrag.info/teaching

ProfessorZacharyM.Schrag

E-mail:

zschrag@gmu.edu（pleaseinclude“389”insubjectheader）.

Office:

RobinsonB357A.Tel.703/594-1844.http:

//www.schrag.info

OfficeHours:

Mondays,2-4pm.

WhileIgreatlyenjoymeetingstudentsindividually,departmentmeetingsandothercommitmentsoccasionallyforcemetocancelscheduledofficehours,sopleaseletmeknowinadvanceifyouarecomingtoofficehours.Ifyouwouldliketomeetsomeothertime,pleasesendmeane-mailwithtwoorthreeproposedtimes.

CourseDescription

Thiscourseexaminesthebiographyofoneofthemostimportantcharactersintwentieth-centuryU.S.history:

theautomobile.Embracingthehistoriesofbusiness,policy,labor,theenvironment,technology,andculture,thiscourseseeksaholisticunderstandingoftheroleofthecarinAmericanlife.Itwillexaminetheinventionandadoptionoftheautomobile,theriseofassembly-linemanufacturing,theevolutionofroadsidearchitecture,andthechallengesposedbyoilshortages.Itseekstodrawavarietyofstudentsandencouragethemtothinkaboutoneofthefundamentalinteractionsbetweenhumansandmachinesinthehistoryofthenationandintheirownlives.

Goals

Inthiscourse,studentswill:

∙ReflectonthesignificanceoftheautomobileinshapingtheAmericaweknowtoday,includingtheirowndailylives.

∙Usetheautomobiletounderstandtheinterconnectionsamongtechnology,business,labor,culture,andpolitics.

∙Practicecriticalreadingofprimaryandsecondarysources,includingtexts,images,music,andmotionpictures.

∙Practiceresearchskillsusingsourcesinelectronicdatabases,onpaper,andintheworldaroundus.

∙Practiceskillsofwriting,editing,andrevision.

Administrativeinformation

AllassignmentsaregovernedbytheGeorgeMasonUniversityhonorcode,onlineathttp:

//www.gmu.edu/departments/unilife/honorcode.html.Youareexpectedtoworkindependentlyandtoacknowledgeallsources,includingassignedtextsandmaterialsfoundonline.

GordonHarvey’sWritingwithSourcesisrequiredreadingandshouldanswermostquestionsaboutcitation,butaskmeifyouneedclarification.Ingeneral,anysentenceinyourworkthatcanbetracedtoasinglesentenceinsomeoneelse’sworkshouldbearafootnote.Anycollaboration,suchasconsultationwiththeWritingCenter,shouldalsobeacknowledged.Violationsofacademicintegritywillbereportedtotheadministrationandmayresultingradepenalties,includingfailureofthecourse.

Allworkforthiscoursemustbeoriginal.Youmaynotsubmitworkbasedwholeorinpartonworkyouhavedoneforcreditinothercourseswithoutwrittenpermissionoftheinstructor.

Incaseofinclementweather,pleasecallthemainswitchboardat703-993-1000orconsultthemainwebpageathttp:

//www.gmu.edu/toseeifclassesarecancelled.Iexpecttocancelclassonlywhentheuniversitycancelsallclasses.

Ifyouareastudentwithadisabilityandyouneedacademicaccommodations,pleaseseemeandcontacttheDisabilityResourceCenter（DRC）at703-993-2474.AllacademicaccommodationsmustbearrangedthroughtheDRC.

Allstudentsareexpectedtochecktheirgmu.edue-mailregularlyandareresponsibleforinformationsenttotheirGMUaddresses.

PleasedonotsendMicrosoftWorks（.wps）attachments;Icannotopenthem.Ifyouneedtosendmeword-processingdocuments,saveyourfilesas.doc,.rtf,or.pdfformats.

Laptopsmaybeusedfornotetakingandothercoursepurposes,providedtheydonotbecomeadistraction.Iftheydo,permissiontousethemmayberevokedforindividualstudentsortheclassasawhole.

Pleasedonoteatintheclassroom,beforeorduringclass.

Readings

∙KathleenFranz.Tinkering:

ConsumersReinventTheEarlyAutomobile.UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress,2005.ISBN-10:

0812238818

∙StephenMeyer.TheFiveDollarDay:

LaborManagementandSocialControlintheFordMotorCompany,1908-1921.StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,1981.ISBN-10:

0873955099

∙ChesterLiebs.MainStreettoMiracleMile:

AmericanRoadsideArchitecture.TheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress;Reprintedition,1995.ISBN-10:

0801850959

∙TomMcCarthy.AutoMania:

Cars,Consumers,andtheEnvironment.YaleUniversityPress（2009）,Paperback.ISBN-10:

0300158483.ISBN-13:

9780300158489

∙GordonHarvey.WritingWithSources:

AGuideforStudents.Secondedition.Hackett,2008.ISBN13:

9780872209442

∙ZacharyM.Schrag,“GuidelinesforHistoryStudents,”http:

//www.schrag.info/teaching/teaching.html.

Collaboration

Thiscourseisdesignedtoencouragethekindofcollaborationthatmakesscholarshipsomuchfun.Whileyouareresponsibleforyourownessays,youwillgetagreatdealofhelpfromeachotheridentifyingandinterpretingprimaryandsecondarysources,andrevisingyourwork.

Youmustcredityourclassmatesforthehelpthattheygiveyou,sinceascholarshouldbeproudoftheuseshehasmadeofothers’work.Citationneednotbeterriblyformal,butIsuggestthefollowingformsforcitingworkbyyourclassmates:

∙JoannaStudent,"Lincoln’sImagery,"26January2010,History389DiscussionBoard.

Foradocumentpostedbyastudent,butwrittenbysomeoneelse:

∙LisaRein,“DaringtoDreamofReducingTysonsTraffic,”WashingtonPost,10December2009（postedbyJoannaStudent）.

OnlineComponents

Exceptforthepeer-editing,thiscourseisdesignedtobepaperless;allassignmentsexceptfortheessaydraftsshouldbepostedonBlackboard,http:

//courses.gmu.edu.Youwillalsoreceiveessaycommentselectronically.

Assignments

Pleasenotethan105percentagepointsareavailable,toallowforillness,familyemergencies,andothermishaps.

AttendanceandParticipation（15percent）

Muchofthiscourseisdiscussionbased,whichmeansthateachstudent’slearningdependsontheotherstudents’beingprepared,punctual,andactive.Theparticipationgradeisdesignedtoencourageyoutohelpotherstudentslearn,andtoprepareyouforalifetimeofmeetings.

Theparticipationgradeisbasedonyourpromptarrivalandactiveparticipationindiscussions.Thehighestparticipationgradeswillgotostudentswhoanimateclassdiscussionsbyaskingquestionsoftheirpeers.Themostvaluablecontributionsoftenbeginwiththewords,“Idon’tunderstand.”Answeringsuchquestions,andquestionsposedbytheinstructor,isalsohelpful.

Youshouldbeinyourseat,readytotakenotesat12noon;chronictardinesswillloweryourgrade.Tobecountedasontime,youmustsigninby12noon.Tobecountedpresent,youmustsignthelateattendancesheet.Ifyouneedtoleaveearly,pleasespeaktomebeforeclass.Ifyouleaveearlywithoutnotifyingme,youwillbecountedabsent.

Youareexpectedtoattendclasstwiceaweek.Toallowforfamilyandmedicalemergencies,uptotwoweeks’absenceisexcused.Afterthat,absenceforanyreasonwillsharplyloweryourgrade,untilyouhavemissedhalfthecourse.Atthatpoint,youwillreceivenocreditforparticipation.Chronicabsenceortardinesswillalsoaffectthegradesonyourwrittenwork.

Attheendofeachunit,youwillsubmitaparticipationmemo,explainingyourcontributiontotheclassdiscussionsandyourplansforfuturediscussions.

ReadingResponses（8percent.1percenteach）

Ontwelveoccasionsduringthecourse,youareassignedshortresponses.Theyaredueat9amonthedayindicated.Ondiscussiondaysforwhichyousubmitaresponse,youshouldbepreparedtobecalledontodescribeyourfindingstotheclass.

Therearetwokindsofresponses:

Readingresponses（1pointeach）

Oneightoccasions,youareassignedresponsestothereadings.QuestionswillbepostedonBlackboard:

.

1.Chooseoneofthequestionsforthatday’sreadingandwriteaone-paragraphresponse,roughly125–175words.Writeyourresponseasifitwerepartofalongeressay.Beginwithacleartopicsentence（Seehttp:

//www.schrag.info/teaching/topicsentences.html）thatmakesanargumentratherthanjuststatingfacts.Thensupportthatargumentwithspecificfactsandquotationsfromthereading.Useparenthesestoindicatepagenumbers.Isuggestyoucomposeyourresponseinawordprocessorortexteditor,thenpasteitintothediscussionboard.

Researchresponses（9percent.3pointseach）

Onthreeoccasions,youareaskedtocompletesmallresearchassignments.Youwillbeassignedtoagroup,whichwilldeterminespecificdeadlines.Pointsarebasedontheabilityofyourchoiceofdocumentsandanalysistosparkclassdiscussion.

SpecificassignmentswillbepostedonBlackboard.Allresearchassignmentsrequirethefollowingsteps:

1.Findadocumentorimageaccordingtothespecificassignmentinstructions.

2.Writeaone-paragraphanalysisofthedocumentorimagefollowingtheexamplesat“DocumentAnalysis”

//www.schrag.info/teaching/documentanalysis.html>or“ImageAnalysis”

3.PostthedocumentontheappropriateBlackboarddiscussion,alongwiththedocumentasanattachment.

Essays（60percent.15percenteach）

Onfouroccasions,youareassignedsix-tenparagraphessays（roughly800-1200words）.Pleasekeepinmindtheinstructionsathttp:

//www.schrag.info/teaching/index.html,especiallythoseonthesisstatementsandtopicsentences.

Theessaysrequirethefollowingsteps:

1.Readtheessayquestion,postedonBlackboard.

2.Assembleevidencefromtheassignedreadings,fromthedocumentsyouandyourclassmateshavegathered,andfrommusicand