Industrialization and Coastal Environments

~News Story Excerpt~

They trace the change in the ethnic composition of American society; the movement toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as a major world power.

~Questions/Answers~

1. What is the issue, controversy or event in the story? What are the basic facts?

This issue is pretty much a group of 11th grade students who are trying to emphasize the major turning points in American history, due to the beginning of the industrial revolution, that led uis to where were are now as an economy. They explain how the US acts as a whole, and what things, people, and situations influence different companies and people within the US to act how they act and do the things that they do.

2. What information is missing from the story?

I think that the only thing that's really missing from the story are a few more deep and detailed facts. A lot of the facts in the story are very general, with little evidence and explanations as to why the facts are true, which got me alittle confused. So maybe they could've just gone in a litttle deeper, just so that the reader wouldn't have to guess to hard to figure out what exactly they were talking about.

3. What would be your next steps if you were creating a follow up to this story?

If i were to create a follow up to this story, i would probably choose one main issue that i felt was important to our economy as a whole, and explain step by step what the issue was, how i thought that the issue was affecting our economy, and what i thought could be done to help slow if not stop the issue from causing anymore damage.