Chapter 2: Evidence
Watch This!
Now that you have completed the process and drafted a blueprint and opening for this essay, watch Video 2.3: Analysis of Article and Constructing the Two-Storey Opening to see what we came up with. It is important to remember that your interpretation of the text does not have to be the same as ours. There is no right or wrong interpretation of a text when that interpretation is supported by evidence from the text. Consider the argument we make in our close reading, but pay more attention to the work we put in to get to that interpretation. While your focus and claim need not be the same as ours, it should have the same level of support.
Interesting words or phrases |
public sacrifice non-excludable create and submit to government conducive place unspontaneous “fair trade” public goods environmental pollution control erosion of public transit gathering spaces |
New words or phrases |
pre-political self-censor commons amenities wage earners biodiesel biodiversity political consumerism |
Synonyms and Related Terms |
Save the planet: walkable, car-free, green homes, biodiversity Young People: pre-political, high school students, kids Responsibility: taxes, public sacrifice, or the restraint of private choice Making tomorrow, today!: community visioning and master planning, ambitions, desired future, young people engage Cogs: clients and consumers, wage earners, property owners, taxpayers, and voters, Power: submit to government; coerce; government regulation, bloated bureaucracy, or an oppressive “nanny state;” rarely truly accessible to all Swedish Students’ Concerns: insufficient government action, inadequate protection or provision of public goods and services, decline in green spaces, loss or erosion of public transit, lack of bicycle paths or gathering spaces American Students Concerns: inadequate provision of public goods, more public transportation or an improved public skate park, undesirable side effects of business, too many chain stores, construction leading to displacement of wildlife and natural areas, government actions, lack of business or types of business Lowered Expectations?: hesitant, expect; perceived capacity; privatization or charging fees for what were once public services is common everywhere from parks to police protection; an ideology of limited expectations from government |
Contrasts |
public or social v. private goods Stockholm, Sweden v. Keene, New Hampshire adults v. high school students “malls and amusement parks” v. “clean waterways, street art, and public transit” Stockholm students’ vision v. Keene students’ vision active citizenship v. “something to do” private realm v. public realm lack of imagination v. challenging the perceived status quo consumerism v. civil disobedience? |
Observational Paragraph
We have chosen as our two best observations the contrast of “Stockholm students’ vision v. Keene students’ vision” and the list of synonyms titled “Lowered Expectations?” (It is again