Learning Task 3: Take some time to learn about things that are are currently
happening around you. Watch news programs, listen to the radio, or read a
newspaper. After doing at least one of these suggested activities, list down 10
events or issues which may serve as good topics for writing an argumentative
essay. Write your answers in your notebook.​

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful