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As you research, develop and KEEP a LIST of search terms or search phrases used. 

REMEMBER to utilize the option of ADVANCED SEARCH to narrow your topic!

 

SUGGESTED RESEARCH TOPICS: ENGLISH IVA 

·        Withholding medical treatment to a minor due to parental religious beliefs is right/wrong.

·        The burqa represents freedom/tyranny to women.

·        Legal immigration makes America weaker/stronger.

·        Illegal immigration makes America weaker/stronger.

·        Prayer in public school is right/wrong.

·        Multiple births are/are not the right of every woman.

·        Socialized medicine will strengthen/weaken American healthcare.

·        Welfare reform in America will make our country weaker/stronger.

·        Dog fighting is a legitimate/non-legitimate sport.

·        Bullfighting is a legitimate/non-legitimate sport.

·        Cockfighting is a legitimate/non-legitimate sport.

·        Drug testing high school athletes is a good/bad idea.

·        Abstinence education is/is not the best way to prevent teen pregnancy.

·        America needs stronger/weaker gun control laws.

·        Using a cell phone while driving is/is not safe.

·        Teenagers are/are not emotionally, financially, or physically ready to become parents.

·        Smoking in public places should/should not be regulated.

·        Juvenile offenders should/should not be tried in court as adults.

·        Minimum wage should/should not be increased

·        Slavery reparations are/are not a good idea.

·        Same-sex marriage should/should not be legal.

·        The HPV should/should not be required by law.

·        Gangsta rap increases/does not increase violence against woman and police officers.

·        The driving age should/should not be raised.

·        Abortion laws should/should not be changed.

·        Alcoholism is/is not a disease. 

·        Capital punishment does/does not deter crime.

·        Incarceration does/does not reduce repeat criminals.

·        Divorce does/does not do long-term harm to children.

·        Underage drinking is/is not a serious problem.

·        Technology will/will not transform traditional education.

·        Legalized gambling benefits/does not benefit local economies.

·        Global warming is/is not a serious environmental threat.

·        Steroids should/should not be regulated by the government.     

·        Medicinal marijuana should/should not be available to patents who qualify.

·        The Internet should/should not be regulated by the government.

·        Violence in the media does/does not promote violence in the real world.

·        Physician-assisted suicide is/is not ethical.

·        Outsourcing jobs does/does not hurt the American worker.

·        Racial discrimination is/is not a serious problem in America.

·        Church and State should/should not be separated in the U.S.

·        Stem cell research is/is not ethical.

·        Animal experimentation is/is not justified.

 

updated: 10/01/09