Persuasive cartography is defined as ʺmaps intended primarily to reinforce opinions or beliefs - to send or reinforce messages - rather than to communicate objective geographic information.ʺ (Cornell University Library's Digital Collections 2017)

Students will learn what it takes to put together a good persuasive speech. The unit helps to strengthen writing skills but also to enhance verbal skills by learning the art of rhetoric (Yale National Initiative 2011).

In this New York Times lesson, students will first imagine they are executives at major American clothing retailers who are researching and negotiating what policy changes, if any, their company should take in light of the recent disasters in Bangladeshi garment factories. Then, students will write their own persuasive letters to their favorite clothing brand advocating a ...