Directions: Let’s try to describe a big idea or event in one word. Read the topics and choose one for your focus. Share your answers in a short paragraph. Be sure to answer these questions: Why did you choose that word? How does it cover the big ideas? Use specific details from the readings from this class or your own experiences and knowledge to support your choice of word. Prompt: Topic 1: In “Rivers and Stories,” Part 2, the author writes about the relationship between rivers and the world. The topic for this Word Journal is rivers. Choose one adjective to describe rivers as it is used in “Rivers and Stories,” Part 2. Then explain your word choice. Topic 2: In “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs,” President John F. Kennedy speaks about the space race. The topic for this Word Journal is space. Choose one adjective to describe space as it is presented in the speech. Then explain your word choice.

I chose incomprehensible because the study of space is complex and difficult to understand most times. We are on a giant living rock quite literally flying through nothingness. We know so little of what surrounds us it is very intriguing to try and understand the thought of space exploration and what might possibly be out there.