Welcome back to school!  Hope your first week went well.  Now that you have submitted your proposal, recap what your topic is,  what you want to prove, and how you think you need to go about proving it.
Add to the visual appeal of your blog by posting a relevant picture, chart, and/or link.  We are looking forward to helping you over the next few weeks so that you effectively and cogently argue your position synthesizing compelling evidence.

Summer Posts:


First Post:   Now that you have set up your blogs, take a little time customize them so that they reflect you and your topic. Over the next months, prompts will be posted on this site to which you will respond.

Your first posting should be an overview of your topic. You should address   the following questions:

• What is the issue? 
• What is the controversy surrounding it? 
• Why have you selected the issue? 
• What is your interest in the topic?
• What is the research question?

Second Post:  Pro Argument

• What does the pro side say/think/believe?

Third  Post:  Con Argument

• What does the con side say/think/believe?

Fourth  Post:  Selecting a Position

• What side will you be arguing?
• Why have you selected this side?
• What will your supporting arguments be?
• What arguments for the other side will you need to counter

Welcome to blogging!  This blog will serve as your prompt for blog posts that you will make over the summer and during the fall as you progress through the research phases.  Periodically, we will post prompts and instructions for you to respond to in your own blogs.  Right now you should be focusing upon finalizing your topic selection based upon the comments you received on your topic selection forms. Also you should be creating your own blogs.  Try to find pictures and/or quotations which pertain to your topic to illustrate your blog.   Happy researching and happy blogging!