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Persuasive Essay Sites

1.  Teenagers should have curfews.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center -- Main Menu  Type in teen curfews as the search term.

Sirs Researcher Click on Curfew . Note the Statistics link on the left side of the page.

Teen Curfew? (Gotham Gazette. March, 2006)

eLibrary Elementary Type in Teen Curfews and browse results.

America's Curfew Debate - CBS News

 

2.  Musical lyrics should have ratings.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center -- Main Menu   Type in music censorship as the search term.

Sirs Researcher - Scroll to Music Lyrics.

Congress Examines Hip Hop Language

Freemuse: Explicit Lyrics & Parental Advisory

 

3.Junk food should be banned from schools.

eLibrary Elementary Type in ban junk food. Browse results.

Opposing Viewpoints Article: Type in junk food. Browse results. Note statistics on the left.

InfoTrac Junior Edition Type in ban junk food.

Battle of the bulge / Fast food is king at Arroyo High  Includes some support for fast food in schools.

 

4. Capital punishment should not be abolished.

Opposing Viewpoints -Click on "view all" under Society and Culture. Click on Capital Punishment. There are several good articles. Note the statistics link.

eLibrary Elementary - The Death Penalty Debate

Sirs Researcher Click on Capital Punishment.

 

5.  Schools should require school uniforms.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center -- Main Menu     Click on "view all" under Society and Culture. Click on School Uniforms. Note Statistics link.

Sirs Researcher Click on School Uniforms. Note the Statistics link.

eLibrary Elementary - Require School Uniforms?

Infotrac - Junior Edition Type require school uniforms.

 

6.  Homework should be eliminated.

Click on: General Reference Center Gold: Type: Kids Get Too Much Homework. Click on the tabs at the top.

Sirs Researcher Click on Homework

Don’t Junk Homework by Steven Malanga, City Journal Winter 2001

eLibrary Elementary: Homework Hubbub

 

 

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20th Century Decade by Decade

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Year by Year: 1900-2007

Twentieth Century Inventions 1900 to 1999 - Inventors

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