Due next Monday: write a 500-word evaluation of a historical monument or marker somewhere in Charleston. Your task is to determine how the monument interprets the history of this person, event, etc.; and to judge whether that interpretation is accurate and just. Turn it in through OAKS dropbox. Persuade readers you’re right.
[Students, here is a letter Mr. Acosta sent to me after reading your on-line posts about the Charleston Arms Apartments. He has most graciously given me permission to post it here. Please read through this rather than what’s on the syllabus for Monday–it’s most pertinent of the issues of public policy and population migrations we’ve […]
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 […]
Summary Essay Write a 500-600 word summary of “The Boundaries of Bohemia.” Imagine that your reader is a well-educated person who has not read the essay. Your purpose is to write a short synopsis that will substitute for reading the essay itself. Therefore, you must: identify the essay’s main purpose: what is the writer trying […]
For Tuesday, summarize the reading on Levittown, identifying the article’s main points in 100-200 words. Cut-and-paste your summary as a response to this message.