Issue Speech
Speech Communication, Ms. Majetic, Spring 2022
Finding Information to Support Your Topic
Option 1: Databases
Databases are vetted resources that provide citations for you.
Issues and Controversies
Issues & Controversies contains a topic-based Reuters® news feed, editorial cartoons, timelines, primary sources, speeches, congressional testimony, newspaper editorials, and discussion questions and activities
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Gale Opposing Viewpoints
This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Borrowed from Mt. Lebanon Public Library
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AP Newsroom
AP Newsroom contains breaking news, feature stories, photographs, graphics and audio clips produced by the AP's network of award-winning journalists, who operate in more than 250 locations worldwide.
Option 2: Suggested Websites for All Topics
ProCon.org
This is a great site to give you some ideas of current topics and how to put those topics into a research question.
Stateline.org
Use this source to browse current news stories to generate research ideas. You can search this resource by individual state or on a national level.
Times Topics
Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging from Madonna to Myanmar. This treasure trove is available without charge on articles going back to 1981.
This is a great site to give you some ideas of current topics and how to put those topics into a research question.
Stateline.org
Use this source to browse current news stories to generate research ideas. You can search this resource by individual state or on a national level.
Times Topics
Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging from Madonna to Myanmar. This treasure trove is available without charge on articles going back to 1981.
Citations and Notetaking
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