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• Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 12/7/10   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  Write one paragraph in which you: — provide a one-sentence summary description of the controversy you are writing about — describe some of the competing perspectives and positions that people have taken on that controversy (be specific) — write a one-sentence thesis statement that summarizes the argument of your paper — “In this paper, I [...]

• Gian wrote a new blog post: Robert Moses   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  Robert moses was not a topic that we had to blog about in class, but i felt that the English class should know a little more about him. i thank izzy for introducing such a person to my attention.  i was surprised that i had never heard of him when he has done so much to the city [...]

• Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Final Research Paper Assignment   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  Here is the final research paper assignment

• Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 12/2   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  Small groups discussion: final paper topics Questions to ask: 1. Is the topic an architectural controversy? 2. How is the topic local to you? 3. Is the topic overly broad/general? How can it be made more specific. 4. How is the topic related to the themes of our class? 5. What are some of the [...]

• redon wrote a new blog post: Global Warming   2 years, 5 months ago · View

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• redon wrote a new blog post: Pollution in NYC   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  

• redon wrote a new blog post: OBESITY RISING!   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  

• Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Assignments for Thursday   2 years, 5 months ago · View

  Readings: “Between Queens and Brooklyn, An Oil Spill’s Legacy” NY Times “Newtown Creek/Oil Spill Study” EPA, 2007 Final Research Paper Primary and Secondary Sources Writing Bring a paragraph describing your final research paper topic. Your paragraph should explain the following: — what is the topic? — in what ways is it a controversy? — in what ways is it [...]

• Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 11/18/10   2 years, 6 months ago · View

  Blog Posts — dealing with spam Research paper #3 Research Methodologies Blobjectifying an Argument (Primary vs. Secondary Sources) Story of Stuff – Designing for the Dump Spam/privacy issues — common class password SPAMBOT Research methodology — following curiosity — asking questions — defining a topic — querying databases — documenting sources — the sustainability of gaming [...]

• Amal H. wrote a new blog post: Processed food   2 years, 6 months ago · View

  From what we’ve read so far, the issue of processing food and its effects on the society seems to be a significant issue to consider. It relates to the articles “unhappy meals” “No bar code” and “the omnivore’s delusion: against the agri-culturals”.One more article that can relate to this topic is “how a “cocktail” of food [...]