Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Essay #1 prompts
Write a claim-driven essay that examines the contemporary and/or popular meaning and use of the term freedom. You might consider how the term is used in the naming of military campaigns, in the rhetoric of politics, or as a way of defining American values and commitments.
Write a claim driven essay that explores that state of one of the civil liberties enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Official respect for First Amendment—and more specifically, the degree to which authorities demonstrate restraint in bringing to bear their power over the press—is generally considered a bellwether for measuring the relative freedom the citizenry, but there are equally great consequences when other guaranteed liberties are threatened. You might, for example, consider the status of the Fourth Amendment and the average American citizen’s right to privacy.
Write a claim-driven essay that explores the concept of liberty across or between two or more cultures. Do different cultures or groups understand the term to mean different things? If so, are these differences surmountable? What might be the consequences of such differences?
Is Bill McKibben right? Write a claim-driven essay in which you offer a critique of Bill McKibben’s claim about Christianity in America. Make sure to carefully, fairly, and briefly summarize McKibben’s argument and develop a compelling set of counterclaims. You critique should also offer a proposal for fixing and transforming some of the problems set forth by McKibben.
Write a claim driven-essay based on the model of McKibben in which you reflect on the state of popular religion. ¶ 11:15 PM
Write a claim driven essay that explores that state of one of the civil liberties enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Official respect for First Amendment—and more specifically, the degree to which authorities demonstrate restraint in bringing to bear their power over the press—is generally considered a bellwether for measuring the relative freedom the citizenry, but there are equally great consequences when other guaranteed liberties are threatened. You might, for example, consider the status of the Fourth Amendment and the average American citizen’s right to privacy.
Write a claim-driven essay that explores the concept of liberty across or between two or more cultures. Do different cultures or groups understand the term to mean different things? If so, are these differences surmountable? What might be the consequences of such differences?
Is Bill McKibben right? Write a claim-driven essay in which you offer a critique of Bill McKibben’s claim about Christianity in America. Make sure to carefully, fairly, and briefly summarize McKibben’s argument and develop a compelling set of counterclaims. You critique should also offer a proposal for fixing and transforming some of the problems set forth by McKibben.
Write a claim driven-essay based on the model of McKibben in which you reflect on the state of popular religion. ¶ 11:15 PM
