English Language Arts Speech & Debate (2021)
Lesson Plans

Strand 1: Research and Development

Students will read and collect research from textual evidence to prepare for debates.

Standard 1.5

Evaluate researched texts for validity, reliability, and credibility of source,content, and/or author.

• Using Gale Reference to Analyze Opposing Claims
  This is the second lesson in a series of two introducing the Gale Reference Library. Students will browse the Opposing Viewpoints in Context on Gale Reference Library. After choosing a debatable topic, students will read the overview to summarize the argument and identify opposing claims. Next, students will choose two resources (one representing each side of the debate) and evaluate the claim and argument for each resource.

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