Intro
Gimme Five!
Choosing a Topic for Your Synthesis Essay
Synthesis - The combination of multiple ideas to form a theory.
Goals for Today
- Explore five potential topics for your synthesis essay.
- Collect two facts for each topic.
- Investigate one discussion question that you are interested in answering.
- Record the citation for each topic you examine.
ProCon.org
ProCon.org is a website that offers different viewpoints on controversial issues.
Topics - choose 5 topics that look interesting from the list |
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| Reparations for Slavery | Defund the Police |
| Historic Statue Removal | Kneeling During the National Anthem |
| Sanctuary Cities | Gay Marriage |
| DACA and the Dreamers | Illegal Immigration |
| ACLU | Cancel Culture |
Overview - read the overview and record two facts
Discussion Questions - choose one discussion question that you are most interested in answering.
Citations - copy and paste the citation from each topic page you examine - Click on this symbol at the top of the page
Copy and Paste the MLA Citation - usually TWO lines
