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A TAX, PART 2: Who is most burdened by a tax on bread: the bread suppliers or the bread consumers? Who is most burdened by a tax on specialty coffee drinks: the coffeeshop owners or the coffee drinkers? Explain how you know, and refer to the graphs in your explanation.

Compose a potential thesis statement for your essay.  The thesis must include your topic, your central point, and three map points.  Using the teacher example, a possible thesis is “My 7th grade science teacher is my favorite teacher because she is caring, creative, and upbeat.” 

Select ONE of the ideas from the previous question.  This point will be the overall point that you will include in your topic sentence.  What general ideas support this point?  List as many as you can think of. For example, if you choose to write that a teacher is your favorite, a general idea to support that point is that she is caring. 

In the textbox below, type your introduction paragraph for Essay 1. You should use one of the strategies presented in the lesson on the introduction paragraph.  Be sure that your thesis statement appears as the last sentence of your introduction.

YOU DID it!!!  Great job this semester.  Explain one thing you enjoyed the most about this course.  How do you feel this course has or will help you in your journey as a leader/manager? Make sure to complete the end of survey.  Thank you for choosing YTC and my course.

The term ________, also called the looking-glass self, refers to our perception of another’s view of us.

[Metamorphism] If a rock is part of an accretionary prism in a subduction zone, the pressure on it will increase quickly but temperatures will increase more slowly. Where on the facies map would a subduction-zone metamorphic rock fall?

[Earthquakes] Below is an image of tectonic settings in which earthquakes occur in continental lithosphere. Subduction-related earthquakes in continental crust are not shown. Based on where you located the epicenter of the earthquake, in what type of tectonic setting did this earthquake occur?  

[Relative and Numerical Dating] Which of the fossils would be the best index fossil? Select one from the list on the right.  

[Metamorphism] Different geologic settings will produce different types of metamorphism. Match the type of metamorphism to its most likely geologic setting.