Select a leading issue and discuss the information located there, noting the topic overview, research tools and articles.
I chose the Abortion topic. What I really love about this tool is the essential questions. This is so helpful in getting students and teachers to eliminate the garbage and to get right down to the nitty-gritty of finding answers that matter. I have always thought that teaching with essential questions and letting our students in on them would help them to "buy in" to why what we were studying matters.
The ability to look at pros and cons is wonderful, but I really like the "global impact." This gives new perspective on an old controversy.
Thanks for your comments, ShariO! We really like the balanced approach. Global Impact is a relatively new feature, and, as you know, is one of the tenets of 21st Century Skills. Other teachers have told us that they like the Note Organizer & My Analysis features to help students organize & apply their research findings.
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