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ENGL 101 - Robinson - Fall 2024: Controversial Topics

Books that help with Topic Selection

10,000 ideas for term papers, projects, reports and speeches : intriguing, original research topics for every student's need
Call Number: REF LB1047.3.L35 1998
100 More Research Topic Guides for Students
Call Number: Z710.M19 1999 (Ref and Circ)
ISBN: 0313308527
1000 ideas for English term papers
Call Number: PF35.F3
1000 ideas for term papers in American history
Call Number: E175.8.F37
1000 ideas for term papers in economics
Call Number: H62.O6
1000 ideas for term papers in sociology
Call Number: HM45.A7
1000 ideas for term papers in world literature
Call Number: PN61.F3
99 jumpstarts to research : topic guides for finding information on current issues
Call Number: REF ZA3050.W47 2001
Hot topics : everything you ever wanted to know about the fifty major controversies everyone pretends to know all about
Call Number: REF HN59.2.S7 1995
IssueWeb : a guide and sourcebook for researching controversial issues on the Web
Call Number: REF ZA4228.D53 2004
Sourcebook for English papers : 1001 ideas for term papers, projects, reports, and speeches
Call Number: REF LB2369.M463 1987
The debatabase book : a must-have guide for successful debate
Call Number: ZA3050.D3945 2007x
There are two copies of this book; one in Ref and one in the Circulati

Writing Argumentative Papers

Choose a topic which has at least two sides.

Provide background to the issue to help the audience understand the debate.

Use unbiased sources to defend your view with reason, accuracy, fairness and relevant evidence.

Know and address your opposition.

Present an impressive conclusion.

Controversial Topic Ideas

Abortion, Moral and Ethical Aspects
Abstinence and AIDS Prevention

Advertising in Schools

Agriculture Industry --

Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising

Alternative Energy Sources

American Housing Collapse

Animal Experimentation
Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation

Anti-Immigrant Movement

Artificial Intelligence
Assisted Suicide

Bilingual Education

Biomedical Technology

Campaign Finance Reform

Carbon Offsetting

Cell Phones in School
Censorship

Charter Schools

Child Welfare
Children's Online Protection Laws

Cloning
Commercial Whaling

Concealed Handguns

Conservation of Natural Resources
Convicted Felons' Rights

Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs

Domestic Terrorism

Domestic Violence

Drug Legalization

Drug Trafficking

Drug Use in Sports

Eating Disorders

Electoral College

Endangered Food

Endangered Species

Environmentalism

Flat Tax Rate
Food Safety

Freedom of Speech

Genetic Engineering
Genetically Modified Food

Health Insurance

Human Trafficking

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Local Food Movement
Mental Disorders

Missile Defense System

National Retail Sales Tax

National Security

Nutrition
Obamacare

Occupy Movement

Offshore Drilling
Organic Food

Political Corruption

Population Growth

Prescription Drugs

Prison Overcrowding
Recycling

Renewable Energy

Reproductive Technology

Right to Privacy

Right to Health Care

Same-Sex Marriage

Social Security Privatization

Socializing Online

Standardized Testing

Sweatshops
Tablets vs. Textbooks
Technology and Society

Teenage Pregnancy

Texting While Driving

The Federal Budget Deficit

The Middle Class

The Tea Party Movement

Underage Drinking

Water Pollution