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I just reviewed the Opposing Viewpoint database, and it is AMAZING!!! 
If you find an article with the "gearhead" beside it, it has LOTS of
advantages in the classroom!

A student can download it to an mp3 player
Instead of reading it, the article is read to students through the
"listen to it" options
It has a quiz of ten questions of the article
It has an opening question to zone in on the topic
It has SAT vocabulary words that are found within the article

Other than that, esp. if you have ESOL students, the user can get any
article translated into different languages, including Chinese, French,
Japanese, Spanish, German, etc!!  

This is the way databases should work.  I love it!!

Naomi Bates
Northwest High School Library 
Justin, Texas 
nbates@nisdtx.org
817-215-0203


>>> Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM> 3/28/2008 8:09 PM >>>
I realize that this is a TARGET, but I had some of these sites and
links compiled and thought others might like to have access to them
during this wonderful "research time of the year!"

There are some databases that might provide some "opposing views" of
these types of issues.  Those that I might suggest to review would be:

Gale's Opposing Viewpoints  http://gale.com/OpposingViewpoints/ 
SIRS  Researcher   
http://www.proquestk12.com/productinfo/sirs_researcher.shtml 
Wilson's Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus  http://www.hwwilson.com 
Understanding Controversy and Society http://www.abc-clio.com/schools 
Issues and Controversies on File  http://www.facts.com 
Points of View Reference Center http://www.ebsco.com 

Most all of these have free trials that are available, if your teacher
would be interested in using them during the time that he plans to
work on this assignment.


Other areas to review for this topic might be:
_________________________________________

Social Issues:  http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html 

ProCon.com:  http://www.procon.org/ 

Documents in the News: 
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html 

Social Issues and Social Welfare:
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc80.00.00/http%3A//www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/soc80.00.00


Tolerance.org:  http://www.tolerance.org/ 

Human Rights and Social Justice:  http://www.bfsr.org/hr.html 

TopLinks:  http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/hrel/toplinks/ 

High School Debate Topics: 
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hsdebate.html 

Argumentative Topics:  http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/topicarg.html


Persuasive Writing Websites:
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/writing/sec_writing/persuasivewritesites.htm


Persuasive Writing, Speaking and Activities:
http://www.hhs.helena.k12.mt.us/Teacherlinks/Oconnorj/persuasion.html 

Argument and Persuasive Writing @ Web English Teacher:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/argument.html 

Writing: Persuasion--
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000991.shtml 

Debate and Persuasive Speech Topics:
http://www.adoption-articles.com/debate_speech_topics.htm 

California State University Opposing Viewpoints:
http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/opposing/ 

Opposing Views   http://www.lib.washington.edu/mcnews/opposingviews/ 

Hot Topics  http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm 

Selecting Research Topics: 
http://www.rbc.edu/library/Research/research.htm 

5,000+ Speech Topics   http://www.speech-topics-help.com/ 


Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=controversial&ss=1


Public Agenda Online  http://www.publicagenda.org/ 

Issue Information
http://www.votesmart.org/ 

Abortion Law - http://hometown.aol.com/abtrbng/ 
A collection of case law and statutes with a history of constitutional
law relating to abortion.

Death Penalty - http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/ 
This site covers the pros and cons of the death penalty, the history
of its use, methods of execution, state-by-state statistical data, and
courtroom cases.

Drugs of Concern (from the U.S. Dept. of Drug Enforcement -
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/concern.htm 
Factual information on drugs and drug use.

Gun Laws, Gun Control, and Gun Rights -
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/gunlaw.htm 
News releases, current cases and legislation, interviews, statistics
and reports.  An educational resource for individuals on all sides of
the controversy.

Intellectual Freedom - http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/freedom.html 
A collection of links to resources on censorship, intellectual
freedom, privacy, and legal issues.

Internet Bioethics Project - http://www.bioethics.net 
Essays in bioethics : cloning, assisted suicide, managed healthcare,
and more.

Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings -
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm 
Primary materials and resources relating to "20th century genocidal
and mass man-made killing occurrences."

The Polling Report - http://www.pollingreport.com 
Bimonthly public opinion monitor covering politics and policy,
business and economy, and cultural topics.  Includes a wide variety of
polls and pollsters.

Propaganda - http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/ 
An exploration of propaganda.  Defines logical and argumentative
concepts used in propaganda.  Includes a gallery of film clips.

Six Billion and Beyond - http://www.pbs.org/sixbillion 
Exploration of population issues around the world.

Stateline.org - http://www.stateline.org 
Hot topics on the state level.  Public policy, current news, and
statistics.  Organized by issue or by state.

Controversial Issues:  http://www.accd.edu/PAC/LRC/issues.htm 

Controversial Issues Starter:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/persuasion/issues.html 



~Shonda

-- 
Shonda Brisco, BA Ed., MLIS
Library Media / Technology Specialist
Weatherford, TX 76086

Digital Bookends wiki / blog:
http://digitalbookends.pbwiki.com 
http://shonda.edublogs.org/ 
sbrisco@gmail.com 

Resources for Texas School Librarians:
http://txschoollibrarians.ning.com/ 
http://txschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com/ 

"Digital Resources" columnist
School Library Journal

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