Roads Go Ever On

The poem I read is called "Roads Go Ever On", I liked this poem because Tolkien talks about how roads go through everything and everywhere. For example, roads go over rocks and by caves where the sun never shines. I also liked how the author mentions how he wants to follow the road and does not know where the road will end or even begin. This is a very good poem, there are so many examples about roads going over things and also where they start and where they end. I like the last stanza because the author leaves the reader wondering about a new road and having a secret gate.

Synthesis Brainstorm

1. Culture
2. Traditions- How roads change/share traditions
3. Diseases
4. Road as a symbol of life and death
5. Transportation (roads and economic business)
6. Immigration

Newspaper Articles

The Economic Times

Road Safety is No Accident

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-04-09/news/27388199_1_road-traffic-road-safety-vulnerable-road-users

The New York Times

Getting Teenagers Home Safely

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/opinion/05wed3.html?_r=1&ref=driverseducation


Los Angeles Times

Roundabouts Lead to Road Safety, New Study Finds

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/31/news/mn-45177

Scholarly Journals

Increased traffic exposure and negative birth outcomes: a prospective cohort in Australia.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=17&sid=83fa2d07-e6cc-4cb8-bff6-00d905df93fb%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmU%3d#db=afh&AN=60420951

This article is about road constructions near homes and how the polution affects pregnant women. Road construction give pregnant women a negative birth outcome because of the polution they are breathing. The houses that are closests to the construction work are the ones that are being affected the most.


Potential Health Effects Associated with Residential Proximity to Freeways and Primary Roads: Review of Scientific Literature, 1999-2006.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=17&sid=83fa2d07-e6cc-4cb8-bff6-00d905df93fb%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmU%3d#db=afh&AN=31758676

The article is about health effects with residents in traffic.The author talks about how polution makes people sick especially if he or she is stuck in traffic. There are examples of different polutions that are in the air, mostly caused by cars itself.

STOP THE ROAD: Freeway Revolts in American Cities.

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=17&sid=83fa2d07-e6cc-4cb8-bff6-00d905df93fb%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JmxvZ2luLmFzcCZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmU%3d#db=afh&AN=13637291

This article is about stopping freeways because they took over neighborhoods, parks, and sensitive areas around American cities. This erupted during the 1960s and 1970s where engineers had complete control of the freeways.

Government Documents

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archstories/late_roads/good_roads.asp

The article discusses the Good Roads Movement in Wisconsin, during the 1890s a movement to transform the state's country roads into decent thoroughfares began.

http://blog.accessfayetteville.org/triple_bottom_line/2010/06/states-road-decay-cited-in-death-rate.html

This article discusses the road death rate in Arkansas, it is one of the highest death rates per miles traveled in the country.

http://inyocounty.us/inyovdoi/closed_roads.htm

This article talks about four different roads in the town of GreenWater, there is Petro Cayon road, Lost Section Road, Last Chance Road, and Padre Point Road.

Roads

Regular Road

Positive Road

Negative Road

                                   

Possible Topics for Research Paper

1. Culture/poverty
2. Education
3. Struggle/health
4. Boundaries
5. Tradition
6. Disease/death