Persuasive Writing
Topic Research
Resources
Topic #1: Should our
schools be in session year round?
• Scholars of Summer
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=m
ih&AN=2057754&site=srck5-live
• Year Round Schooling
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&
AN=48972517&site=srck5-live
• Common Questions about Year Round Education
http://www.nayre.org/Six%20Questions.html
• Year Round Schools Don't Improve
Learning, Study Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2
007/08/070811151449.htm
• Year Round School
http://school.familyeducation.com/exp
erimental-education/educationalresearch/41266.html
Topic #2: Should pro
athletes have a salary cap?
• Salary Caps Don't Breed Competition
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-0714/sports/21982336_1_print-free-e-editionschronicle
• Blame the Bosses
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN
=9410117514&site=srck5-live
• Money, Money, Money
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN
=9502032591&site=srck5-live
• Analysis: Salary Caps in Sports
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&
AN=6XN200001051501&site=srck5-live
Topic #3: Does violence
in the media promote
violence in society?
• Surrounded by Sound and Fury
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=S200008574-05120&artno=0000099431&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Violence%20in%20mas
s%20media&title=Surrounded%20by%20Sound%20and%20Fury&res=Y&ren=
N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N
• Media Violence: Introduction
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/index.cfm
• Does TV Violence Kill?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=2768861
&site=srck5-live
• Media Violence
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindo
w?displayGroupName=K12Reference&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=GALE%7C00000000LVXL&
documentId=GALE%7CPC3021900103&mode=view&userGroupName=sun282
32&jsid=bdcdca633bc2e0a8b0192fc666540f2e
Topic #4: Should students have to
pay to play school sports?
• Should students pay to play?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&
AN=15120482&site=srck5-live
• To play sports, many US students must pay
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/2004-07-29-pay-toplay_x.htm
• Will pay-to-play ruin school sports?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0920/p1
2s01-alsp.html
• Should our students pay to play
extracurricular activities?
http://www.eddigest.com/html/content
sfeb.html
Topic #5: Should athletes be required
to wear better head protection?
• Concussions
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&lic
=44&cat_id=20182&article_set=22592&ps=204
• Protection at Play: Are all those sports safety devices doing the
job?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN
=2W62W61846969161&site=srck5-live
• Heads Up!
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?dir
ect=true&db=n5h&AN=Q4K348714355909&
site=srck5-live
• Pitcher Head Injuries to Trigger Cry for
Protection
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=shheadinjuries052710
Topic #6: Should cell
phone use while driving be
illegal?
• Drivers Legislators Dismiss Cell Phone Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technol
ogy/19distracted.html
• Distracted Drivers Cause Motor Vehicle Accidents
http://www.smartmotorist.com/traffic-and-safetyguideline/distracted-drivers-cause-motor-vehicle-accidents.html
• Driving Us To Distraction
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&A
N=43750417&site=srck5-live
• Danger Behind the Wheel
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih
&AN=43591176&site=srck5-live
Topic #7: Should pop culture icons be
concerned about the image they portray?
• A plea for decency in the age of celebrity
http://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/
article.jsp?content=20080430_110689_110
689
• Should Celebrity Athletes/Entertainers Be
Role Models?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?dire
ct=true&db=mih&AN=27750592&site=srck5live
• Celebrity Role Models
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/celebrit
y-role-models
• Do you think celebrities have a responsibility to be your role
models?
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/outside-the-girlbox/2010/08/do-you-think-celebrities-have-a-responsibility-tobe-your-role-models.html
Topic #8:
Should schools accept
corporate
advertising?
• Corporate Advertising: not the solution to funding woes
http://education.change.org/blog/view/corporate_advertising
_not_the_solution_to_funding_woes
• A Balancing Act
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh
&AN=24690791&site=ehost-live
• Ads in Schools Generate Debate, Corporate Profit
http://www.suite101.com/content/ads-in-schools-generate-debatecorporate-profit-a109528
• Classrooms for Sale
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990755,00.ht
ml
• Do We Really Need Cursive Writing?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.as
px?direct=true&db=mih&AN=301056
85&site=srck5-live
• Mourning the Death of Handwriting
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar
ticle/0,9171,1912419,00.html
• Should Kids Learn Cursive Writing?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN
=23581371&site=srck5-live
• Is Cursive Writing Cursed?
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5
h&AN=2W6916334691&site=srck5-live
Topic #9: Should schools keep
teaching cursive writing?
Topic #10: Should schools abolish
homework?
• The Myth About Homework
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1376208,00.ht
ml
• Homework Doesn't Help
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mi
h&AN=386599&site=srck5-live
• Homework Hysteria
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?di
rect=true&db=mih&AN=27799162&site=sr
ck5-live
• Ban Homework In Half Moon Bay?
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/29/us/ban
-homework-in-half-moon-bay-pupils-see-ahalf-baked-idea.html
Topic #11: Should airport security
include full body scans and pat downs?
Airport Body Scanners Balance Privacy and Security
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20100112/editorial12_st.a
rt.htm
Up in Arms Over Airport Security
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-15/news/ct-met-airportsecurity-1116-20101115_1_full-body-scans-tsa-thanksgiving-travelers
Man Vs. Machine
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/27/my-turn-technologyalone-will-not-end-terrorism.html
The Lessons of Flight 253
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=tr
ue&db=mih&AN=47235087&site=srck5-live
What Not To Wear
http://sks.sirs.com/text-pdf/0000273629.pdf
Uniforms: Are they a good fit?
http://sks.sirs.com/text-pdf/0000273223.pdf
Ironing Out Policies on School Uniforms
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education
/2007-08-05-uniforms-protest_N.htm
Fearless Fashion Uniforms Cut Crime at California Schools
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=5415
6239&site=srck5-live
Topic #12: Should schools require
students to wear uniforms?
Topic #13: Should school lunches
include a la carte options?
Health Movement has School Cafeterias in a Food Fight
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-08-21-junk-food-cover_x.htm
A la carte School Lunches Under Fire
http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/CERU-0303-36-OWI.pdf
Students Often Choose Vending Machines
Snacks and A La Carte Selections Over
School Lunches
http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/wellne
ss/info/news/44416.aspx
School Lunch FAQ
http://www.thelunchtray.com/school-foodprimer/
Topic #14: Should water bottles be an
option in school lunches?
Water: How much should you drink every day?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283
Bill Would Require Free Water on California
School Lunches
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=
true&db=n5h&AN=2W63203357922&site=srck5live
Sale of water is banned, and that's just hubbly
bubbly
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=
true&db=n5h&AN=SYD5VHK10JDI4WW23KXD1J&site=srck5-live
"Litterless" Lunches Easy
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=
true&db=n5h&AN=Q4K242771708910&site=srck
5-live