Student On-Line Debate-Instructions

Part I: Select a topic

Go to the On-Line Student Debate Topic Page and select three possible topics your class would be interested in. Make sure you select from the appropriate grade level. When you have selected your three preferences, fill in the form below and submit it to Project LEGAL.

SCHOOL & ADDRESS:

CLASS (TEACHER'S NAME):

WHAT GRADE LEVEL ARE YOU?

Elementary
Middle School
High School

EMAIL ADDRESS:

CHOOSE THREE TOPICS
(Hold the Control or Command key to select more than one topic)

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On to Part II of On-Line Student Debate-Instructions

E1-Resolved:school principals should have greater control over the content of school publications.
E2-Resolved: there should be greater control by government over music (sex and violence).
E3-Resolved: there should be restrictions on what can be seen or heard on the internet.
E4-Resolved: there should be laws that ban media photographs of people without their permission.
E5-Resolved: there should be laws against flag-burning.
E6-Resolved: public schools should allow religious groups to use its facilities after school hours.
E7-Resolved: public schools should allow for a moment of silence and/or prayer.
E8-Resolved: religious leaders should be allowed to speak at graduations.
E9-Resolved: students who refuse to salute the U.S. flag should be suspended.
E10-Resolved: the government should prosecute parents who endanger their child’s life by denying the child medical treatment because of the parents’ religious beliefs.
M1-Resolved: the government should provide a free attorney in all criminal cases.
M2-Resolved: the exclusionary rule should be weakened.
M3-Resolved: police officers should have greater leeway in car searches.
M4-Resolved: the death penalty should be abolished.
M5-Resolved: "three strikes" laws (a life sentence after third felony conviction) should be enacted.
M6-Resolved: student speech should be more restricted (regulated) than other speech.
M7-Resolved: school officials should be allowed to conduct routine locker searches for weapons and/or drug.
M8-Resolved: youths who commit crimes should be treated like adults.
M9-Resolved: corporal punishment should be used for discipline in public schools.
M10-Resolved: public schools be able to require all students to wear uniforms.
H1-Resolved: there should be affirmative action when laying off an employee (The Piscataway case).
H2-Resolved: there be should affirmative action in school admissions policies (Bakke and Hopwood).
H3-Resolved: laws restricting immigration should be strengthened.
H4-Resolved: electoral districts should be drawn to favor one race or another.
H5-Resolved: standardized tests should be the main criteria for judging candidates for school admission.
H6-Resolved: there should be equal funding for mens and women’s sports in schools.
H7-Resolved: single sex institutions should receive public funding.
H8-Resolved: there should be restrictions on pornography and/or advertising.
H9-Resolved: women in the military should be held to the same standards as men.
H10-Resolved: affirmative action policies should apply to women.