Love Canal Homeowners

**No additional sources other than these three sources may be used**

Source 1: https://youtu.be/Kjobz14i8kM

Source 2: https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy.html

Source 3: PDF attachment

Most importantly, you need to make an argument (in a thesis statement and then in a sequence of topic sentences that organize your essay).  But an argument is only as good as the evidence it rests on.  You need to incorporate a lot of specific evidence—details and quotations—from all three sources—in support of your ideas.  All quotations must be cited correctly according to the conventions of the Chicago Manual of Style.

• Once you have formulated your thesis statement, make a list of topic sentences (not just topics) that will form the outline of your paper. Topic sentences should be ideas (not facts or quotations).

• You are writing an analytical essay, which means that you are making an argument based on evidence

How did Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal Homeowners Association create a new understanding of the environmental risk of toxic waste that led to reform?

In your essay, make sure to consider the following questions:

• How did expertise and scientific knowledge play a role in how environmental risk was understood?

• How were class, gender, and/or racial identities significant to the experiences of victims and activists in Love Canal?  How did gender and class relate to narratives of victimhood, moral responsibility, and reform?For more information on Love Canal Homeowners check on this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal