To do well in this assignment, first do the listening, viewing, and reading. Use note-taking strategies for identifying interesting and/or useful claims the sources make. Next, sit down and sketch out an outline for how you will write your paper. Your paper should have the following elements:
This week you will write a problem-based inquiry into some aspect of climate discourse. There are two parts to this:
First, get to know the argument that Freire is making (and the arguments that the people in the film are making about his approach). What are the tools you can take from this approach to learning about the world? How might it inform how you think about your learning and education?
Second, read the intro to the book and the Zimmerman article. What are the arguments that they are making? What aspects of these problems interest you? How can you develop a line of inquiry that gets at some aspect of the problem of climate change communication?
Finally, go back to the McCombes article on research questions. Work with your area of interest from the book and Zimmerman (see above) to develop a research question that you can use as a starting point for your research this quarter. Use this as the center of your paper that you write this week.
Write an evidence-based argument about why this is an important question to ask. Be sure to draw on a range of materials from the week to do this.
Write a standard essay in paragraph form with a thesis, supporting evidence from your sources and a conclusion. Be sure to include in-text citations for all sources in a standard citation style.
Freire Video:
Zimmerman article:
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/02/our-climate-discourse-is-gradually-normalizing-an-atrocity
