Tracking Your Taxes
Students research taxes and choose one tax to take a position on and argue for action (or not) based on their research.
Understanding and Resolving School Violence
Students write an argumentative paper about school violence in the United States, using evidence from research.
Whistleblowers: Traitors or Patriots?
Students research a whistleblower and take a position on whether he or she should be punished or pardoned.
I Already Know How to Write!
Students write an argumentative essay about the value of taking writing courses in postsecondary education.
How Do We Learn?
Students analyze a learning experience from their life and write a paper to address the question: How do we best learn?
Affecting Change Through Academic Discourse
Students practice rhetorical reading and writing by conducting research on a political, social, or economic issue.