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Instructor: Mr. R Bacchia
English 120

PURPOSE This research guide is to help you complete an argumentative/persuasive essay. 

Please choose a local issue or one that concerns you directly. Here are some possibilities:

  • Cougar abatement in local mountains
  • Which highways should or shouldn’t be built throughout the country? What about tollroads?
  • Where should the airport be relocated?
  • Providing birth control or abortion advice to local high-school students
  • Bilingual education reform—necessary, but which reform is best in our local districts?
  • Pollution in San Diego Bay or other environmental issues
  • Seals in La Jolla Cove
  • Drinking alcohol on the beaches in San Diego
  • Animal research at UCSD—human health v. animal rights
  • Operation Gatekeeper: immigration control, homeland security, vigilante patrols
  • How can San Diego reform to restore its reputation as “America’s finest city”?
  • A new stadium for the Chargers?
  • Light pollution affecting the Mt. Palomar Observatory
  • Overdevelopment of the county, especially considering water resources
  • Control of Tijuana sewage in the Otay estuary
  • Same-sex marriage
  • Economic problems

STEP 1: Proquest is a database for newspaper articles  Database.jpg

Websites: Web.jpg

or try these TV and Radio websites

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