Excerpt from feature story: north valley updates curriculum, goes green matthew ramirez 4while most citizens were in favor of making the environment a key component of the curriculum, a small minority had an aversion to change and thwarted the plans by organizing demonstrations. in response to these demonstrations, a group of concerned students wrote editorials in the local newspaper supporting the environmentally focused curriculum. one of the students wrote, “the school board's proposed curriculum may be unconventional, but it is also more inventive and pragmatic than many of the obsolete courses the school offers annually.” 5after the publication of the pupils' editorials, the contemptuous debate subsided, and the school board approved the new curriculum. consequently, the educators of north valley began utilizing the new syllabus in their lesson plans. although the environment may seem like a science-specific subject, teachers in the school found imaginative ways to interject the topic into their classes which factor was most decisive in eliminating opposition to the new green curriculum? a) support from the school board b) editorials written by students c) donations from enthusiastic parents d) the poem written by adrianne hooper

What type of persuasive appeal seeks to show that an argument is correct or valid

Ehat is the purpose of an arguement conclusion

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.