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The Flint Water Crisis: Searching for Social Justice in a First Year Composition Course

NELIG Instruction Swap Dec. 9, 2016 presentation by Cathy Fahey

News Articles About Flint

  1. 87 cases, 10 fatal, of Legionella bacteria found in Flint area; connection to water crisis unclear | The Flint Journal via MLive
  2. After blowing the whistle on Flint's water, EPA “rogue employee” has been silent. Until now. | Michigan Radio
  3. A Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Flint | The Atlantic
  4. Unpaid Water Bills In Flint Could Hinder Repairs | NPR

 

I chose 4 short, easy to read articles about the Flint, MI water crisis from a variety of online news sites. 

Students had 10 minutes to read the article and come up with 8-10 key words  (ideas, people, places, things, events) that they then entered into the Google Form. 

Flint Water Crisis Search Terms

Students entered their key words from their article into this Google form. Then I took the results and ran them through wordclouds.com to create a word cloud.



Student Word Cloud

Researching Flint's Water Crisis

Flint Water Crisis LibGuide at Western Michigan University 

General Databases @ SSU Library

Some links for further research. 

Student Handouts