Newspaper editorials provide readers with opinions about current events and issues. Imagine you are a newspaper editor writing about changes in the landscape. What would you want your readers to know? What is your opinion about these changes?
Directions: Write an editorial column for your local newspaper based on the changes you see in the photographs of Aspen above. You can click on the images to see higher resolution versions.
—or use any pair of photos from the Then & Now Exhibit.
Your newspaper column should include the following:
1. A description of the changes in the two landscapes
2. Possible reasons for the changes in the landscape
3. Changes that are good about the changes
4. Things that are not good about the changes
5. Your conclusion about the changes and what they mean for the future
