Trevino, Eric

Mr. Wisner

World History

Period M/W 4

Date 12/08/16

Current Event Title

*Your Task
Title
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Denialist to Lead E.P.A

LINK

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html

Key Vocabulary from the Article (Define at least 4).

o industry - economicactivityconcernedwiththeprocessingofrawmaterials
andmanufactureofgoodsinfactories.
o endangered - seriouslyatriskofextinction.
o delegate - apersonsentorauthorizedtorepresentothers,inparticularan
electedrepresentativesenttoaconference.
o determination - firmnessofpurpose;resoluteness.

Summary of the Event (at least 3 major points; each point will have its own paragraph)

A. Donald j Trump has just selected scott pruitt, the oklahoma attorney general and a close
ally of fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, signaling
Mr trump's determination to dismantle president Obama's efforts to climate
change.
B. Mr pruitt a republican has been a key architect of a legal battle against mr obama climate
changes ideas. Mr. Trump has criticized the established science of human-caused
global warming as a hoax also.
 C. A meeting on Monday between the president-elect and former Vice President Al
Gore may have given environmental activists a glimmer of hope that Mr. Trump
was moderating his campaign stance.

Your Opinion of the Event (at least 3 sentences).

I think its dumb because why mess up something someone build. why do it
if climate change is already bad. I hate how trump thinks he can mess up things.
Relate your Event to a Historical Event (compare and contrast with current event).
I went online and there was no info on another E.P.A picking I searched up who was the
E.P.A lead and it would go to a arrival or story so I could find a event.

Relate your Event to the a Theme (at least 3 sentences). SEE BACK FOR THEMES

I think it's political structures because it has to do with our nation . Trump is also
revolting against obama's previous acts. This might have some conflicts with some of the
citizens in the us.

Questions You Have About the Event (4).

Why is trump president ?
Why is trump making all the decisions?
What is trump doing to make america great again ?
THEMES:

1.Cultural Interaction 2.Political Structures

o Religions o State-building, expansion, and conflict
o Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies o Empires
o Science and technology o Nations and nationalism

o The arts and architecture o Revolts and revolutions

3.Economic Structures 4.Social Structures

o Agricultural and pastoral production o Gender roles and relations
o Trade and commerce o Family and kinship
o Labor systems o Racial and ethnic constructions
o Industrialization o Social and economic classes
o Economic theories

5.Human-Environment Interaction
o Disease
o Migration & patterns of settlement
o Population growth
o Technology