After reading through President Obama's proposal for gun control research your stance on his plan. We will debating whether or not you believe the proposals wrongly violate our rights.
Specifically our debate will focus on:
In researching you will be evaluated on the following:
Scales for the Paragraph
Standard - WHST.9-10.9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Paragraphs and notes will be due Friday (9/6)
Specifically our debate will focus on:
- Limit magazines to 10 rounds
- Increase school security without using armed guards
- Mandatory background checks on all gun sales
In researching you will be evaluated on the following:
- Notes/Debate performance - you will need to have multiple notes from multiple sources that can be used to back up your debate.
- Quality source - Use at least three sites. Two can be from the list below. At least one should be found on your own
- Evaluate your own source using the “is it CRAP” protocol
- Evaluate your own source using the “is it CRAP” protocol
- Position Paragraph - Using a KidBlog post, write a paragraph that explains your position on the proposed law. The paragraph should include at least 2 pieces of evidence that back up your stance.
Scales for the Paragraph
Standard - WHST.9-10.9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Paragraphs and notes will be due Friday (9/6)
Possible Resources:
Prairie Point Research Links:
http://www.pointlibrary.org/do-research-databases.html
SIRS Issues Researcher:
http://auth.proquestk12.com/IA/
ProCon.org:
http://www.procon.org/
Time Magazine:
http://www.time.com/
USA Today Newspaper:
http://www.usatoday.com/
New York Times Newspaper:
http://www.nytimes.com/
FactCheck.org:
http://factcheck.org/
Prairie Point Research Links:
http://www.pointlibrary.org/do-research-databases.html
SIRS Issues Researcher:
http://auth.proquestk12.com/IA/
ProCon.org:
http://www.procon.org/
Time Magazine:
http://www.time.com/
USA Today Newspaper:
http://www.usatoday.com/
New York Times Newspaper:
http://www.nytimes.com/
FactCheck.org:
http://factcheck.org/