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