The reading for Wednesday is a bit long, but it’s quick because it’s a series of newspaper articles. Twelve years covering the history of the Longborough neighborhood. Read that history. Look at the assignment for paper 2. Decide what side of the issue you’re on. Imagine the best argument AGAINST your opinion, and refute it in a full ¶. Cut and paste that ¶ into a reply to this post.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Charleston Arms
Who are the interest groups involved in the Charleston Arms issue? How is government involved? What do you think about this change in land use?
Again a change
It was pointed out to me that I’ve changed the due date for Paper 2 to the day after Parent Weekend. Therefore, I’ve pushed it back yet again, to the following Friday.
Blog about Social Explorer
Go to Social Explorer (the link is on the right side of this page). Play around with the site, comparing Charleston in the 2000 census to Charleston in the 1990 census and the 1980 census. Look at difference demographic factors, such as race or income or age. What do changes do you find? Can you speculate about what public policies might (at least partially) account for such changes?
Homework
In addition to playing around with the racial map of US website, I want you to construct a paragraph that fully develops the argument Wilson made in the Post & Courier:
Major Premise:
Because all human beings need solace.
Minor Premises:
Because technology disturbs our solace; and
Because nature restores our solace
Therefore:
We need to spend more time in nature.
Your audience is the typical city-dweller in contemporary society. Determine if any of these premises need their own support, and, if so, construct an argument that will persuade your readers to agree with that premise. Maybe you need to spend a little time defining what we mean by “solace.” Then roll it all up in one big package (that is, paragraph) that has “We need to spend more time in nature” as its main point. Cut and past the ¶ as a reply to this post.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Monday’s reading is from the text book. Select an argument you find in King’s essay–either inductive or deductive–and analyze it. Remember, that means to break it down into parts. If it’s an inductive argument, you should find a conclusion and evidence. If it’s a deductive argument, you should find premises–major and minor premises–and a conclusion.
New London v. Kelo, et al.
If you were on the Supreme Court, would you have decided this case in favor of the City of New London, or in favor Kelo and the other petitioners?
Comprehensive Land Use Plan
The reading for Monday is too large a .pdf to load on our website, so you need to go to OAKS to find it. Open “Content,” and you should see a module called “Readings.” It will be the only file in there. Read the whole document, but don’t get bogged down in the details. Post a response to either this prompt or to someone else’s response: WHAT IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, AND DO YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT?
A wet walk…
No homework for Wednesday other than working on your papers and riding the buses.
Walk the old city
Walk the boundaries of the old city–when it was walled–and post your impressions here. (You can access a web page that discusses the old city from the Schedule.)