Prompt: Assume your colleague asks you to help her to choose an appropriate source covering the American Dust Bowl to be used in a high school or college science, history, or humanities course (choose one). She asks you to evaluate the article “On the Cause of the 1930s Dust Bowl” (Science 2004) and two of the other sources she provides to determine which one of the three is most suitable for her to use. Remember, your report needs to help your reader to decide which journal article to use, so anticipate her needs and expectations..
Procedure: Before you begin writing, you first need to establish your purpose and goal: Why are you choosing one of these articles? How are you going to evaluate each article? What is the intended use of your report? Are there any restrictions you need to consider? Who is your reader? What does your reader need?
This assignment evaluates various reports detailing the causes to the 1930s American Dust Bowl. The pdf provided contains all of the source material you’ll need. PLEASE Keep in mind that this assignment does not require you to deeply analyze source content. It merely asks you to recognize and evaluate the various writing formats and styles articles use to cover the same topic: the American Dust Bowl.
