Argument and Advocacy

Find your research question below and use the links to complete your research

Should people be more focused on underwater exploration or outer space exploration? 

Multimedia:

• Bill Nye: Why We Explore 

• Help Save Our Oceans: A Groundbreaking Undersea Expedition with Fabien Costeau” 

• Neil deGrasse Tyson—We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1) 

Are extreme sports worth the risk? 

Multimedia:

• “Base Jumper On Extreme Sports Risks and Rewards” (Video clip from CBS This Morning) Base jumper and extreme skier, JT Holmes, discusses the risks and benefits of his career. 

• “Sarah Burke’s Death: Extreme Sports Dangers” (January 1, 2012) 

• “Extreme Sports Growing In Popularity” (By Lola Jones, May 20, 2008) INTERACTIVE

• “Kids and Extreme Sports” (By: Kyanna Sutton, Family Education) INTERACTIVE

Should killer whale shows be banned? 

Multimedia:

• Zoologist says orcas will decline in the wild

• Sea World Killer Whale Trainer Responds to “Blackfish” (0–2:39)

• Ad for Seaworld: 

• Rejected: Blackfish” from Awesome Ocean.com
  *may be one that you want to steer students toward during Session 12 “Who Said What? Studying Perspective” 

Should people be climbing Mount Everest? 

Multimedia:

• Mount Everest Fun Facts (by Mocomi Kids)

• “The Time I ... Climbed Mount Everest” (Disney Channel, November 5, 2010) 

• “Avalanche Kills At Least 12 People on Mount Everest” 

Should plastic bags be banned? 

Multimedia:

• “Bag the Ban Rally” (video clip created by Bag The Ban) 

• “The Bay Vs. The Bag” (PSA from Save the Bay April 13, 2009) 

• California: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Banning Plastic Bags 

• “California’s Bag Ban Hurting the Job Market” (video from Fox News interviewing American Progressive Bag Alliance Chairman Mark Daniels.) (0–1:38); (2:40–3:09). 

Should plastic water bottles be banned? 

Multimedia:

• “The Story of Bottled Water.” (Video created by “The Story of Stuff Project,” available on YouTube, March 2010). (0–2:04) 

• “Good Stewards of the Environment.” (Video created by “Bottled Water Matters,” available on YouTube. Explains steps bottled water companies are taking to protect the environment.) 

• “Most Bottled Water is Tap”—(from CNN report, May 21, 2008) 

• “Bottled Water: Always There When You Need It” (Video created by Bottled Water Matters July 30, 2014) *may be one that you want to steer students toward during Session 12 “Who Said What?Studying Perspective” 

Should people support or boycott zoos?

Multimedia:

• Zoo Tube: Home Sweet Habitat—Director of Education and Conversation is interviewed by a teen— talks about how they design a orangutan’s habitat

• Kids Stand Up for Animals in Captivity from PETAKids

• “NC Zoo’s ‘adoption’ program benefits animals, zookeeper training” (By Ryan Sullivan, Fox News, September 6, 2013) (0–1:19)

• “Smithsonian’s National Zoo: We Save Species” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbzA7yvic

• “No Place Like Home” (By the Captive Animals’ Protection Agency July 17, 2009) (3:00–5:00)

• “Are there animal care problems at National Zoo?” (By Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, December 10, 2013)