Unit One
Hit the Nail on the Head
The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts
Unit Two
Beware the Dirty Seas
An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand
Unit Three
My Friend, Albert Einstein
The Monster
Unit Four
The Invisible Poor
Meanwhile, Humans Eat Pet Food
Unit Five
The Plug-in Drug: TV and the American Family, Part 1
The Plug-in Drug: TV and the American Family, Part 2
Unit Six
Preparing for College
Letter to a B Student
Unit Seven
Grouping the Gifted: Pro
Grouping the Gifted: Con
Unit Eight
Why Nothing Works
The Plot Against People
Unit Nine
Where Is the News Leading Us?
Should the Press Be Human?
Unit Ten
Things: The Throw-Away Society
The Do-It-Yourselfers
Unit Eleven
Cultivating a Hobby
A Debt to Dickens
Unit Twelve
The Science of Custom
Customs
Unit Thirteen
What Life Means to Me, Part 1
Graduation, Part I
Unit Fourteen
What Life Means to Me, Part 2
Graduation, Part lI
Unit Fifteen
I Have a Dream
The Ethics of Living Jim Crow
Key to the Workbook