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                                    xxiiGuided Tour5 2001 to the Present6 Beginnings to 18307 1830%u201318658 1865%u201319179 1917%u2013194510 1945%u20132001Chapter/Era ConversationNEW! What Is the Future of Higher Education?What Does the Second Amendment Mean Today?Would Reparations Address the Legacy of Slavery?Has Income Inequality Created a New Gilded Age?NEW! What Do Cars Mean for America?How Much Military Spending Is Enough?Scaffolded Conversations help students develop their own evidence-based arguments.Because students%u2019 ability to synthesize multiple sources is a primary concern of college composition courses%u2014and is also a skill that must be demonstrated on the AP%u00aeEnglish Language Exam%u2014the Conversation in each anthology chapter provides source material and guiding questions to help students use the words and ideas of others to develop their own arguments. Each Conversation is centered on an enduring issue that resonates with the chapter%u2019s era and continues to be a subject of debate today. In joining these Conversations, students investigate how the past shapes the present and develop positions on how to approach the future. This edition, the Conversations in early anthology chapters are streamlined and more accessible, with prompts that invite class discussion before building to essay writing.End-of-chapter prompts reinforce key%u00a0skills.Suggestions for Writing at the end of each chapter encourage students to connect multiple pieces within the chapter or extend to pieces beyond the chapter or even beyond the book. Expanding on the skills introduced in the opening chapters and Writing Workshops, these prompts give students the opportunity to craft responses in many modes, including but not limited to rhetorical analysis essays and argument essays.Copyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.
                                
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