School Uniforms: A Persuasive Debate

Presented by: Ed Hockersmith

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Description:

Students are to defend or argue a student uniform proposal. Students will utilize factual, cited information, not emotional information to support their assigned claim.

Goals & Objectives:

Students will extract relevant information from selected websites.
Students will use high-level thinking skills to form opinions relative to their topic.

Materials:

Class website: http://www.christina.k12.de.us/kirk/baukzemas.htm

Procedures:

Students will complete a graphic organizer before starting the project.
Students must provide 3 factual pieces of evidence to support their claim.
The student portfolio will be a 5 paragraph essay. Students will follow this with a formal classroom debate as a presentation.

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