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of reading 20 variations of the same activity description? Would you like an activity
assignment that incorporates:
·
Writing
Across the Curriculum
·
Critical
Thinking
·
Problem
Solving Skills
Use
any of the prompts below for student writing or classroom discussion in
association with the October 25 screening of Who Killed the Electric Car? in the SSB
Auditorium.
• What one
assertion in the film do you disagree with? Why?
• What one
assertion in the film troubles you the most? Why?
.
• Did government
serve the people in the case of electric cars? Why?
• Does
government have the right to tell companies what to manufacture? Why?
• How important
an issue is our nation’s dependence on oil? Explain.
• Would you
characterize each of the following as a good citizen or a bad citizen? Why?
-The oil companies
-The automobile
companies
-U.S. consumers
-Scientists
researching hydrogen fuel
-The citizens trying
to save the electric car
• Is energy a national
security issue? Why/how? Explain.
• Does drilling
for more oil in the pristine wilderness make sense? Why/why
not?
• Given the
information provided in the film, do you believe electric cars are a
reasonable alternative to combustion engines? Why/why not?
A comprehensive Instructor’s Resource Guide is available online here.
The above document is available as a word document here.