Monday, November 14, 2016

Links to Argument Essay Research Articles

Should Police Wear Body Cameras? 

Yes

Study Shows Less Violence, Fewer Complaints When Cops Wear Body Cameras by Nick Wing

No

What would New York Police Body Cameras Record? by Joseph Goldstein

Police Officers with Body Cameras are as Likely to Use Force as Those who Don't Have Them by Washington Post

Downside of Police Body Cameras: Your Arrest Hits YouTube by Timothy Williams

Video: Wisconsin Police Support Limiting Access to Body Camera Video

Both


Should Police Wear Body Cameras? by Veronica Majerol (you may need your Scholastic Upfront code)

Why Cameras on Police Officers Won't Save Us by Margaret Talbot

Video: Should Police Wear Body Cameras? Experts Pick Sides

Video: Should Police Wear Body Cameras? A CNN Town Hall

Should College Athletes Be Paid? 

Yes

The Case for Paying College Athletes by Marc Edelman

College Athletes Should Be Compensated: Former UCLA Star by Michelle Fox

March Madness: Is John Oliver Right? Should NCAA Pay College Athletes? By Alexander LaCosse

No

The NCAA Would Be Making a Mistake by Paying Athletes by Andrew Merkle

College Athletes Shouldn't be Paid by Kieran McCauley

Students Are Not Professional Athletes by Horace Mitchell

Extras

Multiple shorter responses for each side in US News and World Reports Debate ClubShould NCAA Athletes Be Paid?

Economists and the Huffington Post Research the Issue: NCAA Schools Can Absolutely Afford to Pay College Athletes

A long, fascinating, advanced look at the issue from The AtlanticThe Shame of College Sports


Does social media make us less social? 

Yes

Social Network and its Effect on Communication by thaiatzickas in Teen Ink 

Disruptions: More Connected, Yet More Alone by Nick Bilton in the New York Times

Teens and Social Media by Rachel Ehmke

No

The Upside of Selfies by Kelly Wallace at CNN 

 How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings by Megan Gambino in Smithsonion.com

Teens, Technology and Friendships by Amanda Lenhart at Pew Research Center  


Do we need a law against catcalling?
Balanced (language crossed out on copies)


Should We Outlaw Catcalling?  from Daily Dot 


Article explaining what sexual harassment and catcalling are from CNN

Yes:
Catcalls and Street Harassment from The Economist 


No:

Extras
Telling Our Stories to Change the Culture of Harrassment by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in the New York Times 
Becoming the Symbol of Street Harrassment by Shoshana B. Roberts in the New York Times
Fight Street Harassment with Training, Awareness, and Legal Action When Fitting by Holly Kearl in the New York Times  
Don't Outlaw Catcalling by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic 

Should Athletes Have to Stand for the National Anthem?
Balanced:



An article by Kareem Abudul Jabbar on its positive effects

An article about the continuing conversation from the New York Times

Yes: 

Why We Stand for the Flag by Governor Dempsey

An article about Boomer Esiason's comments that it was wrong

An article covering Trent Dilfer's comments about how it was wrong

An article covering Ruth Bader Ginsberg's comments about how it was wrong 

Extras: 

Ruth Bader Ginsberg's updated opinion  from Business Insider

Should people eat meat? 
Neutral/Overview
Should We Eat Meat? by Karen Weintraub for the Boston Globe

Should Humans Eat Meat? by Vaclov Smil by for Scientific American

No
Huge Reduction in Meat-Eating Essential to Avoid Climate Change by The Guardian

Reasons Why We Shouldn't Slaughter Animals for Food from One Green Planet

Why You Shouldn't Eat Meat by Janeyy, a teen author for Teen Ink

Catching Up With Science: Burying the Humans Need Meat Argument by Ashley Capps in Free From Harm

Yes
Do Happy, Healthy Brains Need Meat? by Drew Ramsey in Psychology Today

Give Thanks for Meat by James Bost in the New York Times

Is There Enough Meat for Everyone by Bill Gates in Gates Notes

Additional Resources for this topic:
Why do We Eat Meat?  An Evolutionary History

Don't Feel Guilty for Eating Meat from Time

A balanced and thoughtful argument on why eating meat is not wrong

Reasons to Eat Meat from Business Insider

The "Ethics" of Meat-Eating" from The Huffington Post

Other considerations: does it matter what kind of animal it is? 
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/eat-cats-dogs-meat-china

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/25848537/dog-meat-festival-in-china-sparks-outrage#.Vi5jwdKrS72

http://news.discovery.com/animals/iq-tests-suggest-pigs-are-smart-as-dogs-chimps-150611.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/19/japan-taiji-cove-dolphin-hunt/4648159/

Should Confederate Statues be Removed? 
The New York Times compiled a list of articles from various sources that address both sides of this issue. Check out those articles HERE

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Video Research for Argument Essays

Spend time watching videos that present various perspectives on your argument topic. Try to be a critical viewer: Is there one side the video wants you to see?  Do they use argument techniques to try to convince you? This will help create context and build schema for your reading research. 

Should police wear body cameras? 

CNN: Should police wear body cameras? 

Today: Should police officers wear body cameras? 

CNN Town Hall: The pros and cons of police body cameras

MS News Now: The pros and cons of police body cameras

Should college athletes be paid? 

A neutral 4 minute video overview from CNNShould the NCAA pay college players?

A debate from CNN: Should college athletes be paid?

CNBC Article and Video: College Athletes should be paid

NCAA president: Why college athletes should not be paid

Article + Video from the Huffington PostObama Calls on NCAA to Rethink the Way it Protects and Punishes Athletes

Does social media make us less social? 

The Economist asks: Is facebook really making us lonely?

Common Sense video covering different perspectives of social media by teens

The Case Foundation video called The Power of Social Media

CNN: Teens on Social Media--"like and FOMO" anxiety

"I forgot my phone" video

International Business Times asks if Facebook is making us more lonely 

Ready to really think? Sherry Turkle (author of one side of the Upfront debate article) asks if we are connected, but alone in a 20 minute TED talk and The Innovation of Loneliness: an animated video that quotes Sherry Turkle and other researchers


Online resources from hollaback, a movement to end street harassment

Should people eat meat? 

A video attempting to DISPROVE the claim that humans are NOT designed to eat meat


Renowned philosopher Peter Singer on the ethics of eating meat

The Ethicist's editor, Ariel Kaminer, discusses the NY Times essay contest on the ethics of meat-eating on The Brian Lehrer show on NPR


Should athletes have to stand for the national anthem?

Colin Kaepernick explains why he won't stand for the national anthem 


Athletes follow Kaepernick's example, covered by Inside Edition

Virginia Tech coach brings veterans to teach team respect for the national anthem, covered by Today

A short video and an article about the history of athletes protesting the national anthem from Sports Illustrated

An article with a short video about San Francisco 49ers fans burning their Kaepernick jerseys, covered by The Daily Mail 

Monday, October 31, 2016

How to Customize Your Blog

We want your blog to be a space that represents who you are—you are welcome to change the backgrounds and colors. Please follow the following guidelines:

a.     Please type in readable colors (no pink or yellow)
b.     Please type in readable fonts (avoid ones that are cursive or all caps, especially.)
c.      Avoid backgrounds that make the content of your blog hard to read
d.     Do not add any kind of sound gadgets to your blog.

1. When you are signed in and looking at your blog, click on “design” at the top right corner.

·      You can change the overview view to anything EXCEPT dynamic views
·      Once you click on the view you want to try out, if you like how it looks click on “Apply to Blog” to save the changes. You can also click on “customize” to make additional changes.
·      After clicking “customize”, the designer will pop up at the top and you can click on “background” on the left to experiment with background images and color themes. Do not adjust the other options. Click on “Apply to blog” to save the changes.

2. To make other changes, click again on “design” at the upper right corner. This will take you to what is called the “Dashboard” of your blog. There is a list on the left side of the dashboard.

·      Overview: will show you basic stats

·      Posts: will show you all drafts and published posts—you can access unfinished work here!

·      Stats: will show you statistics

·      Layout: you can update gadgets like your finished book list, blog roll, link list, etc. (These are also accessible from your blog’s homepage. If you are signed in, a tool icon will appear beneath each gadget, which you can click on to make changes.) Find your classmates’ blogs from our class blog, then copy and paste their URL to add them to your blog roll.

·      Template: this is where you can change the background—just remember, no dynamic views. (This is the same as #1 above)

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Looking for Books?

Whether it's for the final project or summer reading, click HERE to get some great book lists and recommendations!

Happy reading!

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Romeo and Juliet Extras!

Remember you can use No Fear Shakespeare as a supplement to your nightly reading!

Also, here is a list of fiction books that are modern retellings of Shakepeare plays! Check it out and add some to your reading list.

Here is another list of books inspired by Shakespeare stories from goodreads.

John Green teaches about Romeo and Juliet at his Crash Course youtube channel!

Here are some audiobook options for Act 1. For other acts, just change the search.