Text Sets
Melissa Bergeman's Text Set: Do Disney Princes and Princess Promote Gender Stereotypes?
Con: Image: How Disney Princesses Spend Their Time
Balanced: Image: The Disney Princess Line
Balanced: Image: The Disney Prince Line
Con: Dr. Jennifer W. Shewmaker's Pretty Girls and Emotionally Mute Boys: Disney Heros and Heroines (Easy)
Pro: Mekado Murphy's Evolution of a Feisty Pixar Princess Pixar’s ‘Brave’: How the Character Merida Was Developed (Easy)
Pro: Faran Krentcil's HOW DISNEY PRINCESS CULTURE HELPED ME BE A STRONG, SMART GIRL (Easy)
Con: Peggy Orenstein's What's Wrong with Cinderella? (Hard)
Barbara MacDonald's Text Set: Hearing, Headphones, iPods in Schools
Headphones: A Helpful or Harmful School Tool? (Balanced, Easy)
Headphone Study (Con, Medium)
Against Headphones (Con, Medium)
Pupils Allowed to Use iPods to Get More Work Done (Pro, Medium)
Should Students Be Able to Listen to Electronics in School (Pro, Medium)
The Impact on Our Ears (Con, Medium)
Has the iPod Made Us Anti-Social? (Con, Easy)
The Dilemma of Headphones in Class (Pro, Medium)
Darla Oliver's Text Set: Solitary Confinement
(Optional extra article)Coming Home Straight From Solitary Damages Inmates And Their Families
Images for Solitary Confinement
(Optional extra article) Kalief Browder
(Pro Solitary Confinement) New York Post - Why We Need Solitary
(Con Solitary Confinement) Craig Haney: Solitary Confinement is a "Tried - and - True" Torture Device
(Balanced) In The Hole - Is Solitary Confinement Justifiable Anymore?
Credible or Not Credible Sources
Credible People For Chemical Liquid Drink
How to Evaluate Sources
SCAVENGER HUNT CRAAP
Authorizing Templates Sentence Starters
Michelle Salazar's Text Set: Is Social Media Hurting or Helping our Social Relationships?
Facebook Makes Us Sadder and Less Satisfied, Study Finds Con, Easy
In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions? Con, Medium
Social Media Is Actually Making You Socially Awkward Con, Easy
Image: Con
Video: I Forgot My Phone Con
The upside of selfies: Social media isn't all bad for kids Pro, Easy
Guest Post: 9 Positive Effects of Social Networking on Teens Pro, Medium
Social Media as Community Pro, Medium
Image: Balanced
The Facebook Effect: Good or Bad for your Health? Balanced, Medium
Jess Shumake's Text Set: Should Schools Monitor Students Online?
Somini Sengupta's "Warily, Schools Watch Students on the Internet" (Balanced, Medium some with mature content)
Katherine Schulten's "6 Q's About the News: Schools Watch Students on the Internet" (Comprehension and Discussion Questions to accompany Sengupta's article)
Stephen Ceasar's " Glendale District Says Social Media Monitoring is for Student Safety" (Balanced, Medium)
Bert Ring's Cartoon "Geo Listening, Corporation that watches students on social media" (Con, Easy)
Geo Listening "Disrupt Bullying" image (Pro, Easy)
Natasha Singer's "Pearson Under Fire for Monitoring Students' Twitter Posts" (Balanced, Medium)
Perry Chiaramonte's "Spying on Students? Education Publisher Pearson Monitoring Social Media Activity" (Con, Medium)
Sasha Jones's "Students Suspended After Sharing Teacher's Mugshot on Social Media" (Con—based on the middle school's punitive action, Easy)
Caroline Moss's "24 Middle School Students Suspended Just For Sharing A Facebook Post About The School Dress Code" (Con—based on the middle school's punitive action, Easy)
Cathy Sproul's Text Set: Jokes Based on Stereotype
A. O. Scott's Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You (Balanced, Hard)
Anna Silman's 10 famous comedians on how political correctness is killing comedy (Pro, Medium)
Nichole Force's Throwing Punch Lines Instead of Punches (Pro, Medium)
Scott Weems' Why Offensive Jokes Affect You More Than You Realize (Con, Medium)
Shawn Burns' If You Laugh Does It Mean You’re Prejudiced (Balanced, Medium)
Wilkins' and Eisenbraun's Humor Theories (Balanced, Medium)
Robert Mankoff's An Offer You Can't Refuse (Balanced, Hard)
Julia Ransohoff's Humor -- It's Not Always Funny (Con, Easy)
Poster Quotes
Abbreviated Text Set
Con: Image: How Disney Princesses Spend Their Time
Balanced: Image: The Disney Princess Line
Balanced: Image: The Disney Prince Line
Con: Dr. Jennifer W. Shewmaker's Pretty Girls and Emotionally Mute Boys: Disney Heros and Heroines (Easy)
Pro: Mekado Murphy's Evolution of a Feisty Pixar Princess Pixar’s ‘Brave’: How the Character Merida Was Developed (Easy)
Pro: Faran Krentcil's HOW DISNEY PRINCESS CULTURE HELPED ME BE A STRONG, SMART GIRL (Easy)
Con: Peggy Orenstein's What's Wrong with Cinderella? (Hard)
Barbara MacDonald's Text Set: Hearing, Headphones, iPods in Schools
Headphones: A Helpful or Harmful School Tool? (Balanced, Easy)
Headphone Study (Con, Medium)
Against Headphones (Con, Medium)
Pupils Allowed to Use iPods to Get More Work Done (Pro, Medium)
Should Students Be Able to Listen to Electronics in School (Pro, Medium)
The Impact on Our Ears (Con, Medium)
Has the iPod Made Us Anti-Social? (Con, Easy)
The Dilemma of Headphones in Class (Pro, Medium)
Darla Oliver's Text Set: Solitary Confinement
(Optional extra article)Coming Home Straight From Solitary Damages Inmates And Their Families
Images for Solitary Confinement
(Optional extra article) Kalief Browder
(Pro Solitary Confinement) New York Post - Why We Need Solitary
(Con Solitary Confinement) Craig Haney: Solitary Confinement is a "Tried - and - True" Torture Device
(Balanced) In The Hole - Is Solitary Confinement Justifiable Anymore?
Credible or Not Credible Sources
Credible People For Chemical Liquid Drink
How to Evaluate Sources
SCAVENGER HUNT CRAAP
Authorizing Templates Sentence Starters
Michelle Salazar's Text Set: Is Social Media Hurting or Helping our Social Relationships?
Facebook Makes Us Sadder and Less Satisfied, Study Finds Con, Easy
In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions? Con, Medium
Social Media Is Actually Making You Socially Awkward Con, Easy
Image: Con
Video: I Forgot My Phone Con
The upside of selfies: Social media isn't all bad for kids Pro, Easy
Guest Post: 9 Positive Effects of Social Networking on Teens Pro, Medium
Social Media as Community Pro, Medium
Image: Balanced
The Facebook Effect: Good or Bad for your Health? Balanced, Medium
Jess Shumake's Text Set: Should Schools Monitor Students Online?
Somini Sengupta's "Warily, Schools Watch Students on the Internet" (Balanced, Medium some with mature content)
Katherine Schulten's "6 Q's About the News: Schools Watch Students on the Internet" (Comprehension and Discussion Questions to accompany Sengupta's article)
Stephen Ceasar's " Glendale District Says Social Media Monitoring is for Student Safety" (Balanced, Medium)
Bert Ring's Cartoon "Geo Listening, Corporation that watches students on social media" (Con, Easy)
Geo Listening "Disrupt Bullying" image (Pro, Easy)
Natasha Singer's "Pearson Under Fire for Monitoring Students' Twitter Posts" (Balanced, Medium)
Perry Chiaramonte's "Spying on Students? Education Publisher Pearson Monitoring Social Media Activity" (Con, Medium)
Sasha Jones's "Students Suspended After Sharing Teacher's Mugshot on Social Media" (Con—based on the middle school's punitive action, Easy)
Caroline Moss's "24 Middle School Students Suspended Just For Sharing A Facebook Post About The School Dress Code" (Con—based on the middle school's punitive action, Easy)
Cathy Sproul's Text Set: Jokes Based on Stereotype
A. O. Scott's Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You (Balanced, Hard)
Anna Silman's 10 famous comedians on how political correctness is killing comedy (Pro, Medium)
Nichole Force's Throwing Punch Lines Instead of Punches (Pro, Medium)
Scott Weems' Why Offensive Jokes Affect You More Than You Realize (Con, Medium)
Shawn Burns' If You Laugh Does It Mean You’re Prejudiced (Balanced, Medium)
Wilkins' and Eisenbraun's Humor Theories (Balanced, Medium)
Robert Mankoff's An Offer You Can't Refuse (Balanced, Hard)
Julia Ransohoff's Humor -- It's Not Always Funny (Con, Easy)
Poster Quotes
Abbreviated Text Set