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=====Literacy Assignment 3: Greenhouse Gases=====

Data source: [[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-nov-20-2019.html|NY Times Article]]

====Objective:====

To think creatively and critically about data visualization decisions and motivation.

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====Deliverable:====

1 one-page PDF (no MSWORD, please!) writeup that responds to the questions below.

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====Grading standards:====

Your PDF will be graded on the following:

  * 100% Successfully turned in a PDF with reasonable answers

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====Assignment Description:====

For this assignment, you will need to analyze the following graphic and respond to the questions/prompts below.  Please submit your responses as a one-page PDF via LearningSuite.

{{ :greenhouse_gas_graph.png?nolink|}}

You must respond to the following questions.

This graphic was published in a NY Times article.
  * What do you notice when you first look at this graph? What jumps out at you? 
  * What claim is the graph making? What evidence do you have that the creator of the graph was trying to make that claim?
  * How do the two graphs (left and right) enhance each other and the story in the data?
  * How does the author of this graph use color to make claims?
  * What trends do you notice in the U.S. Sources of Greenhouse Gases over time? (Be careful not to speculate - use the data!)

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