Change and Continuity HOW & WHY THINGS CHANGE HOW & WHY THINGS STAY THE SAME ARE THEY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?

HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE 1 2 3 5 6 4 7 11 8 9 10

Change and Continuity We all did pretty well (right?) Factors that led to your decision making? Is there a pattern? Can we state whether the changes are good or bad?

HISTORY OF HEADPHONES 1 2 4 3 5 8 6 7 9 10 11

HISTORY OF HEADPHONES Did we do better or worse?? (I’m betting worse) What factors led to your decision making? WHY WAS THIS MORE DIFFICULT??? What is the lesson?

Change and Continuity - Continuity and Change are interwoven: both can exist together- Chronologies- the sequencing of events- can be a good starting point - Change is a process, with varying pace and patterns. Turning points are moments when the process of change shifts in direction or pace - Progress and decline are broad evaluation of change over time. Depending on the impacts of change, progress for one people may be declined for another - Periodization helps us organize our thinking about continuity and change. It is a process of interpretation, by which we decide which events or developments constitute a period of history