- Discussion with some of your school friends
who are not taking Earth science reveals that they cannot
imagine a 2 kilometer-thick sheet of ice, nor do they see
evidence that such ice sheets covered the northern Northeast.
The school newspaper editor suggests you write a persuasion
piece, showing the evidence for glaciation. You bring this
topic up with your teacher, who explains that Louis Agassiz,
a Harvard professor originally from Europe, had to undertake
a similar challenge in the mid-19th century when he suggested
that features left behind by glaciers he'd seen in Europe
caused features he saw in New York State. Compile evidence
for glaciation in the Northeastern United States. How do glacial
features vary from place to place? Suggest a travel route
for interested individuals to see glacial features in the
northeast.
- Someone from the local newspaper, seeing
your article, was sufficiently intrigued to suggest that you
write an article for their newspaper. He suggested that you
focus your article on features that can be seen relatively
locally, within about an hour's drive of your home. Write
another article, this time to the local newspaper referring
to specific local evidence.
- USA Today, taking note of your fine article,
asks that you write an article with national appeal. They
suggest you contrast three areas of the northeast: northern
areas that have been "flattened" by lake sediments, features
along the margin of the glacier, and areas south of the glacier.
Choose three localities and write an article describing what
is going on in each of the three localities through time,
starting with (1) the maximum extent of the last glaciation,
(2) the receding of the glacier and what it leaves behind,
and (3) what influences we see at the surface today (especially
as they relate to the settlement and economy of people living
there.)
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