The Case: Strip Mining on the Cumberland Plateau The goal of this small group ac

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The Case: Strip Mining on the Cumberland Plateau

The goal of this small group activity is to practice arranging information for presentation in reports and writing a statement of purpose.

Your group has been asked to prepare a report titled “The Negative Effects of Strip Mining on the Cumberland Plateau Region of Kentucky.” After brainstorming and researching your subject, your group settles on these four major topics:

•    Economic and social effects of strip mining
•    Description of the strip-mining process
•    Environmental effects of strip mining
•    Description of the Cumberland Plateau

Arrange these topics in the most sensible sequence.

When your topics are arranged, assume that subsequent research and further brainstorming produce this list of subtopics:

•    Method of strip mining used in the Cumberland Plateau region
•    Location of the region
•    Permanent land damage
•    Water pollution
•    Lack of educational progress
•    Geological formation of the region
•    Open-pit mining
•    Unemployment
•    Increased erosion
•    Auger mining
•    Natural resources of the region
•    Types of strip mining
•    Increased flood hazards
•    Depopulation
•    Contour mining

Arrange these subtopics under appropriate topic headings. Use decimal notation to create the body of a formal outline. Finally, write a one sentence thesis for your outline. Appoint one group member to present the outline to the class.

Explanation / Answer

the correct arrangement of the following topics according to there subtopics is as follows

1. Description of the Cumberland Plateau //first the descritption
   . Location of the Region
   . Geological Formation of the Region
   . Natural Resources of the Region
2. Description of the Strip-Mining Process // second is related to process
   a. Types of Strip Mining
       . Open-Pit Mining
       . Auger Mining
       . Contour Mining
   b. Method of Strip Mining Used in the Cumberland Plateau
3. Environmental Effects of Strip Mining //effects of the mining
   . Permanent Land Damage
   . Increased Erosion
   . Water Pollution
   . Increased Flood Hazards
4. Economic and Social Effects of Strip Mining //social effects
   . Depopulation
   . Unemployment
   . Lack of Educational Progress

this is the correct arrangement of the question above according to topics

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