You will write a different type of synthesis essay. The instructions for this essay are also on page 1049 of your textbook (Unit 5 Reading for Information: Viewpoints on Globalization).
Read and review the following texts:
• “Evidence of Progress,” by Thomas Babington Macaulay (pp. 1030-1035
• “The Condition of England,” by Thomas Carlyle (pp. 1036-1040)
• “Good News About Poverty,” by David Brooks
• “The White-Collar Blues,” by Bob Herbert
For each, synthesize what you have learned about the impact of dramatic economic change, first in Victorian England and then in today’s world. Then, based on your syntheses , compare the role of industrialization in Victorian England with that of globalization in today’s world. Use the facts expressed in the comentaries and editorials as the basis for your comparison.
Follow these steps:
- Read/reread Brooks’ and Herbert’s op-eds to understand how globalization affects people in recent years. Be sure to consider both the economic effects of globalization and the effect on people.
- Reread Macaulay’s and Carlyle’s commentaries to remind yourself how industrialization affected people in Victorian England; consider both the economic effects of industrialization/globalization and the effect on people.
- Reviewing the first two parts of your essay (#s 1 and 2), identify the similarities and differences between the two eras of economic change (compare and contrast).
Structure of Your EssayI. Introduction which includes a thesis statement.
II. Section on Victorial England
A. How industrialization/globalization affected the economy.
B. How industrialization/globalization affected people.
III. Section on Modern Times
A. How globalization affects the economy.
B. How globalization affects people.
IV. Compare and Contrast
A. How the two eras are similar
B. How the two eras are different
V. Conclusion
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