Online Textbook Chapter 13 Assignment (5 points for each question for 10 points) Due: April 27 by 11:59pm (post response to Canvas) Students should read Chapter 13 of the online textbook. Students should be sure to read any historical documents that appear in the online textbook but are not required to click on any of the links that take the reader to an external internet site. After reading Chapter 13, students are to complete two questions (that I select) from the Critical Thinking Questions at the end of the chapter. If you are reading the textbook online, you can click on “Critical Thinking Questions” from Chapter 13 in the table of contents. If you’re reading the textbook as a PDF, the questions are on page 387. I’ve also typed up the questions below. For each question, students should write a response of at least 150 words. Students are welcome to go over the minimum word count requirement. If you include the question in your response, it does not count toward the word count requirement. The response should be written in your own words. DO NOT cut and paste the response from sentences or phrases from the textbook. Each response must reflect the content of the textbook. Not what students looked up online. These questions are designed to hold students accountable for the reading as well as to be used as notes for the essay exams. Students taking their time in their reading and question responses will have a major head start on the essay exams. These responses will be evaluated on how well the responses reflect the content of the reading. Students should submit their responses as ONE Word doc or PDF file to Canvas. Critical Thinking Questions (please identify your response by question number) 15. In what ways did the Second Great Awakening and transcendentalism reflect and react to the changes in antebellum American thought and culture? 16. What did the antebellum communal projects have in common? How did the ones most influenced by religion differ from those that had other influences? Final Project: #1 Topic is ‘Forensic Science’ · Final Paper · A PPT Abstract: Forensic science, also referred to as criminalistics is the use of scientific procedures and concepts in civil and criminal laws, mainly during investigation of crimes as per the legal standards of criminal procedure and admissible evidence. Criminal investigations in the modern societies has reached a sophistication point that requires a range of disciplines that aid in solving crimes. Each discipline applied in the forensic science helps in solving the cases by being a part of the puzzle until the investigation is completed. Therefore, it is important for one to understand what each expert in forensic science has to offer in the field. The medical examiner or the coroner asks for input from several experts regarding the case until he/she obtains information to determine the cause of death and the manner of death. Such examiners are important in investigation of deaths. Al.

1. Online Textbook Chapter 13 Assignment (5 points for each
question for 10 points)
Due: April 27 by 11:59pm (post response to Canvas)
Students should read Chapter 13 of the online textbook.
Students should be sure to read any historical documents that
appear in the online textbook but are not required to click on
any of the links that take the reader to an external internet site.
After reading Chapter 13, students are to complete two
questions (that I select) from the Critical Thinking Questions at
the end of the chapter. If you are reading the textbook online,
you can click on “Critical Thinking Questions” from Chapter 13
in the table of contents. If you’re reading the textbook as a
PDF, the questions are on page 387. I’ve also typed up the
questions below.
For each question, students should write a response of at least
150 words. Students are welcome to go over the minimum word
count requirement. If you include the question in your response,
it does not count toward the word count requirement. The
response should be written in your own words. DO NOT cut and
paste the response from sentences or phrases from the textbook.
Each response must reflect the content of the textbook. Not
what students looked up online.
These questions are designed to hold students accountable for
the reading as well as to be used as notes for the essay exams.
Students taking their time in their reading and question
responses will have a major head start on the essay exams.
These responses will be evaluated on how well the responses
reflect the content of the reading.
Students should submit their responses as ONE Word doc or
PDF file to Canvas.
Critical Thinking Questions (please identify your response by

2. question number)
15. In what ways did the Second Great Awakening and
transcendentalism reflect and react to the changes in antebellum
American thought and culture?
16. What did the antebellum communal projects have in
common? How did the ones most influenced by religion differ
from those that had other influences?
Final Project: #1
Topic is ‘Forensic Science’
· Final Paper
· A PPT
Abstract:
Forensic science, also referred to as criminalistics is the use of
scientific procedures and concepts in civil and criminal laws,
mainly during investigation of crimes as per the legal standards
of criminal procedure and admissible evidence. Criminal
investigations in the modern societies has reached a
sophistication point that requires a range of disciplines that aid
in solving crimes. Each discipline applied in the forensic
science helps in solving the cases by being a part of the puzzle
until the investigation is completed. Therefore, it is important
for one to understand what each expert in forensic science has
to offer in the field. The medical examiner or the coroner asks
for input from several experts regarding the case until he/she
obtains information to determine the cause of death and the
manner of death. Such examiners are important in investigation
of deaths. All the forensic science findings are shared with
investigating officers and prosecutors in order to ascertain the
real criminals behind the crimes.
Final Project: #2

3. Topic is ‘Surveillance State’
· A Powerpoint presentation consisting of at least 12 slides not
including title and references.
· 1000-word research paper with at least 3 sources.
->You must include at least 3 quotes from your sources
enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line.
->There should be no lists - bulleted, numbered or otherwise.
Abstrac/Propsal:
Chinese Surveillance (Annotated Bibliography)
Video Surveillance and Facial Recognition
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/01/07/fe
ature/in-china-facialrecognition-is-sharp-end-of-a-drive-for-
total-surveillance/?utm_term=.81d26969beb0
(Simon Denyer )
The Washington Post A1 (Jan. 7, 2018)
The government of China is looking out to develop a
network that operates the video surveillance by or before 2020
which is just about to be launched were it not for the outbreak
of COVID-19 pandemic. The network is marked as
“omnipresent” that enables the government to control people
fully and this will enable China to develop the largest and most
sophisticated video surveillance system all over the world. This
is as a result of the vastly advanced technology that China
enjoys. Over the same, the country is looking forward to having
a face recognition platform to enhance the practicability of
video surveillance which will enable the country to spread the
technology all over the country. In this case, the Chinese police
will implement a technology called “Xue Liang” also referred to
as “Sharp Eyes” which will increase the scope of the
surveillance and data sharing by lighting up all corners of
China.

4. DNA and Biometrics: Development of the biggest DNA
database in the World
(Wenxin Fan, Natasha Khan, and Liza Lin)
The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 26, 2017)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-snares-innocent-and-guilty-
alike-to-build-worlds-biggestdna-database-1514310353
China is looking forward to doubling the database on
DNA based on the records obtained in a swab of saliva as well
as taking the common blood samples across China since
individuals could be stopped by the police in the streets as most
of the samples are being found in the Northwest region of
Chinese native land. While on normal duties like in classes, the
police could interrupt the normal class just to ask all the boys in
class to spit ion the box which then provides the samples for
investigation.
Voiceprint Database: China’s A.I. Advances Help Its Tech
Industry, and State Security
(Paul Mozur & Keith Bradsher)
The New York Times (Dec. 3, 2017)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/business/china-artificial-
intelligence.html
Relevant authorities in China are working in
conjunction with iFlytek that aims to produce a technology that
allows speech recognition as the latest brands in China.
According to the Times report, the government looks forward
through her security officials to make voiceprint identification
that displays the fingerprint information. This is one of the
greatest technologies in China thus making the country be
superior to over countries in the world. This invention has made
the AI group China to find themselves in the global headlines of
the newspaper.
Digital identity: China Plans To Turn Country's Most Popular
App, WeChat, Into An Official ID System
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180103/04003638918/china
-plans-to-turn-countrys-mostpopular-app-wechat-into-official-
id-system.shtml

5. (Glyn Moody)
TechDirt (Jan. 4, 2018)
Guangzhou that is the capital city for the southern
coastal province for Guangdong begun a piloting program that
focused on the creation of the virtual ID card which served in a
WeChat account the same purpose as the traditional ID cards
issued by the state. This is a great step took by the government
of China to implement the policy dealing with online activities
which is an extremely powerful activity. This has enabled the
government to link up with their individuals easily and monitor
the services to them easily using the WeChat platform. In
technology, this is a great boost in digital identity especially for
countries having big population that should have several
working platforms.
Social credit system: Big Data and the Social Credit System
https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-
service/corporate/publications/china-and-the-ageof-strategic-
rivalry/big-data-and-the-social-credit-system-the-security-
consequences.html
China has developed a social credit system extending its
participation to be for everyone doing business with the country
to check their loyalty to the country. This comes after the
system demands everyone working with the Chinese entities
being requested to participate in the system. The big data
strategy looks forward to improving the political control of
China without necessarily improving the actual quality of the
government. The government looks forward to developing a
“social government” since the big data shall be providing the
CCP that has the capacity to forecast as well as identification
and assessment of the risks to the party-state security.