Model Assignment:
Support of a Thesis

Geology G105
Earth: Our Habitable Planet
Extra credit assignment

Instructions

Imagine that you are the undergraduate student representative of Indiana University invited to attend a reception for the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt. You have just listened to his lecture entitled "Balancing the Resource Demands of Industrialization with the Environmental Needs of a Healthy Ecosystem" and you are waiting in the receiving line to speak with him about the topic of his lecture. What will you say to Secretary Babbitt during the two minutes when you will have his undivided attention?

Hints

  1. Develop your ideas entirely on your own.
  2. If you use reference materials, provide complete citations at the end of your paper. Put your references on a separate page from your text.
  3. Your essay should be logical in organization and progression of ideas. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling should be carefully edited for correctness.

Length

One page double-spaced, maximum, plus an additional page for references and/or figures.