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Navigating the Gun Control Debate: A Structured Class Assignment

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In this current events assignment, students will work in pairs to engage in a structured debate on the politically relevant topic of gun control. Each student will choose a side—either supporting or opposing gun control regulations—and will research their position using both primary and secondary sources. This exercise promotes respectful discourse, requiring students to construct well-supported arguments and critically evaluate the opposing side. With an emphasis on research and respectful dialogue, students will not only deepen their understanding of the topic but also enhance their debate skills.

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Navigating the Gun Control Debate: A Structured Class Assignment

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  1. Current Events Assignment

  2. You will choose a partner • Pick a major topic that is politically relevant today. • Each person will then pick one side of the topic, whether you are for the topic or against the topic. • Each person will research their side of the topic to write a reflection about their topic and will be graded on the following rubric. • Each person will lead a class debate with questions in hand to support their side or to blow apart the other person’s stance and will be graded on the following rubric. • *THIS NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER PERSON AND THEIR VIEWS! WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY WORDS OR ACTIONS WHICH UNDERMINE THE OTHER PERSONS VIEWPOINT! Overview of Current Events Assignment

  3. Primary Sources • Definition • PRIMARY SOURCES provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, but primary sources can also include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later.  • SMSU Library • Secondary Sources • A SECONDARY SOURCE is a secondhand account about people, events, topics, or places that is based on what some other writer has experienced. Good examples of SECONDARY SOURCES are books, newspapers, pamphlets, encyclopedias, and other materials in which information has been gathered for you. Primary and Secondary Sources

  4. I'm for no regulations in gun control so I need to research the issue using primary and secondary sources. • Primary Source • Constitution is always a primary source for some of the issue but we are not debating the Constitution or the amendments but it can be used as an argument for or against your point. • Secondary Source • Type in gun control debate in Google • Aurora Shooting • NRA EXAMPLETOPICGUN CONTROL

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