Thursday, February 1, 2018

Argument & Debate

Right to Die Chart & Paragraph Make-up assignment on any topic 

Final Project for Gun Violence: 

Letter & Creative Response to Gun Violence & Mass Shootings 

 Think Tank Group Brainstorm Notes 
choose a note taker 
choose a facilitator 
The most debated sentence in the United States today: 

A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."


2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Articles re: 2nd amendment 

claim: 2nd Amendment gives all Americans the rights to bear any arms 


claim: the 2nd Amendment has been misinterpreted.

 Mental illness and mass shootings

 Mental illness and gun laws 

Attention:  for AP students.... 
 March 20 is the deadline to order without a penalty.  The web sites is: http://aptestservice.com/pointloma

 Friday's assignment: Gun Debate articles (due Mon Mar 12 / Tues Mar 13) Click above and make a copy 

Directions for Gun Law / Information Poster 

Think Tank Assignment Homework  or Poster in class 

 18 terms you should know if you want to be part of the gun control debate

 Questions we should be asking about gun control?

Video on Mental Illness and Guns 

Emergency Procedures San Diego Unified

Mental Health and Gun Laws 

Gun Laws research 

https://newsela.com/ 
Newsela Articles on Guns & Violence    Quick Code: EPHG9B

USEFUL LINKS on Gun Control: 
Background Check Procedures 






statistics after Sandy Hook - The New York Times



Student survey  - please take 

Argument & Debate #4 Gun Control

Gun Control Research Laws assignment  - due by 2/28/18

If you have completed the right to die, you are ready to move on to our new topic of gun control

Directions: Using the links provided and your own research, find, paraphrase, and evaluate California's gun laws.

popular Think Tanks 2017  Think tanks - a body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems.

Bring evidence to put on a visual poster answering 2 of the questions in your section, Make sure it is a credible source, and implications / questions concerns you have?

Visit the pages. Choose 2 Laws to paraphrase and evaluate in the link above

You may use other credible sources as well.

Yearbook Questionnaire 

Argument & Debate Topic #3: Right to Die 

 Right to Die Debate  assignment - this should be completed by 2/27 including paragraph 

 Values quick write- what is important to you? What is worth fighting for?

  1. What values would you want to protect or maintain if you are planning for your own inevitable death? 
  2. What values would you be advocating for if you wanted to prolong a person's life? 


Argument & Debate Topic #2: Affluenza

Affluenza article  (introduction of Ethan Couch case) - Read article and annotate for claims and counterclaims 2 / 13

extra articles to look into for our debate... Thursday

Video from ABC of Ethan Couch Case 

Where is Ethan Couch now?

Is Affluenza real? - Psychology Today

Affluenza didn't begin with Ethan Couch Case - NY Times 

Argument & Debate Topic #1: Death Penalty 

Death Penalty  packet - should be finished and turned in DUE TUESDAY 2/13/18

Should California continue to implement the death penalty?

impromptu - Debate

Death Penalty debate notes - use to finish argument paragraph

Pro - Maintain the death Penalty
Con - End the Death Penalty
Judges - Evaluate on Fairness, Evidence, Logic, and Tone (F.E.L.T)

Types of Argument 

Types of Evidence 

How do I evaluate an argument?

Notes for Argument 



Death Penalty Website  - which states use death penalty, list of past and upcoming executions

The Innocence project - organization that helps to prove the innocence of convicted criminals with DNA testing

Death Row Cookbook  - last meals of prisoners on death row

Reasons for & against the death penalty


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