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Essay Instructions: Debate:

1st Debate is Global warming Real and happening VS global warming is a hoax.
We are for Global warming is real and happening.

2nd Debate: Tax cuts upper income VS smiler rates to everyone.
In this Debate we are for Tax cuts upper income.

Essay Instructions: DEBATE AND RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT

While classic Greek philosophy of Plato and Aristotle stood apart from the religious systems of the time, beginning with the time of the Apostle Paul philosophy stood next to religious beliefs. Paul had studied Greek philosophy and found in the beliefs of Christianity compatibility with the philosophical teachings of the Greek tradition. Later in the Medieval period of history, Thomas Aquinas wrote extensively following his study of Aristotle’s texts and showed the compatibility and inter-relationships between faith and reason.

With the rise and advance of science in the nineteenth and twentieth century a major change occurred. We now find debates between science and religion that provide widespread disagreement about the compatibility of the two. The disagreements not only center on the existence of God but also the role of religious belief in determining complex moral issues in today’s society.

For this assignment we engage in the current debates about religion and science using one of the Library Online Databases for our source material.

Your assignment is to read seven sources and to write a 4 page essay that includes the key points made in AT LEAST five essays and then also write a conclusion that expresses your conclusions ??" which side do you take? Which position would you be prepared to defend? How do you look at the tensions between religion and science? Can they work side by side?

The following essays from the Gale database are provided:

1. Evolution and Creationism Both Contribute to Human Understanding ??" by Michael Ruse
2.Both Religion and Science Can Reveal Life’s Meaning? By Sharon Begley.
3.Religion Harms America. By Frank R. Zindler.
4. Creationism Should be Taught in Public Schools by Patrick Glynn
5. Creationism should not be Taught in Public Schools

Then select two more essays on topics that you might find interesting and that give you pro and con arguments. Following two essays are as follows:

1. Society Needs Religion
2. Intelligent Design is a Scientific Theory

WRITING YOUR ESSAY

For the five essays that you are going to write about, list the key points with brief descriptions since we are familiar with these articles. Then be sure to write your evaluation, agreement/disagreement with the points expressed. Your critical evaluation of these essays is important.

FINALLY, write a CONCLUSION that provides your overall reaction and conclusions about the debates between science and religion, their impact and potential, and position in our culture today. Is the 20th Century divide between the two impossible to bridge or can religion and science again have dialogue with each other?

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Essay Instructions: DEBATE ON FAMILY POWER AND AUTHORITY INFLUENCES
Introduce topic

Introduce the speakers


DEE What is the affirmative views about the topic while Brad will make the opposing views.

Declares the debate open

AFFIRMATIVE VIEW


OPPOSING VIEW

Give equal time to members of the opposing team

Facilitate discussion

Dee rebuttal to Dan ( affirmative rebuttal)


Dan rebuttal to Dee ( Negative rebuttal)


Dee summary (restate proposition and most significant argument in favor of change)


Dan summary(restate proposition and most significant argument in favor of change)


(PLS ADDRESS ONLY THE DEE PORTION AND INTRODUCTION---THE AFFIRMATIVE AND REBUTTAL PORTION OF DEE BASED ON SCENERIO BELOWAND MORE IF YOU COULD ADD SPICE TO IT, THANKS)?THE TOPIC IS ABOUT ISLAMIC OR MUSLIM FAMILY WITH CULTURAL DILEMMA. THE PARENT STILL CARRIES THE TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND THE DAUGHTER IS RAISED HERE IN UNITED STATES. THIS IS A PROBLEM BETWEEN PATRIARCHAL VERSUS MATRIARACHAL VERSUS THE DAUGHTER.



Case Study ? Sabeen A.
Lumpectomy vs. Double Mastectomy: A Cultural Dilema

Sabeen, a 45 year old Islamic, Iraqi immigrant was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Her doctor has recommended surgical intervention. She is given information on both a lumpectomy and a mastectomy. Sabeen?s husband, Achmed, feels a lumpectomy would be appropriate in order for her to maintain some portion of her breast. Sabeen?s adult daughter, Baseema, believes a total mastectomy would drastically increase Sabeen?s chance of survival.
Sabeen in caught in the middle. Based on a patriarchal culture, Sabeen should listen to her husband?s recommendations. However, having lived in the United States for the last 15 years, Baseema is Americanized and is pushing her mother to make the choice to live.
Achmed wants a lumpectomy - Lumpectomy removes only the breast lump and a surrounding margin of normal tissue. Radiation therapy is usually given after a lumpectomy. If adjuvant chemotherapy is to be given as well, radiation is usually delayed until the chemotherapy is completed.
Baseema wants a double mastectomy- Mastectomy is surgery to remove the entire breast. All of the breast tissue is removed, sometimes along with other nearby tissues. Simple mastectomy: In this procedure, also called total mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast, including the nipple, but does not remove underarm lymph nodes or muscle tissue from beneath the breast. Sometimes both breasts are removed (a double mastectomy), often as preventive surgery in women at very high risk for breast cancer. Most women, if they are hospitalized, can go home the next day. This is the most common type of mastectomy used to treat breast cancer.
Sabeen is torn finding it difficult to make the ?right? decision.

Essay Instructions: Debating Policy Spring 2009
Case Study – Cape Wind


Due Date(s): You can submit the complete assignment at one time or if so desire submit Part
A separate and then the rest. Your choice.

I try to give students time to finish their work before I have to submit grades to the registrar’s office. Therefore, the deadline for your case study is Wednesday,

Part A, B and C submitted as a package:
Must be received by 11PM on May 21.



Overview: The purpose of this assignment is for you to recognize competing sides in a
policy debate. You will experience this through the development of arguments
that illustrate the benefits and constraints of a specific policy decision.


Things to keep in mind:
• Policy makers rely on materials (reports, testimony) supplied and current information to make a decision.
• The policy maker does not need to be a scientist to make a decision on Cape Wind.
• Your focus is not the science but the political, economic and social impacts to Cape Cod and Nantucket.
• Massachusetts contains 351 cities and towns. Each city/town has its own local government. A town has an elected Board of Selectmen and a city has a City Council. The Cape Cod communities are towns and use the Board of Selectmen form of government. Each town has its own set of general bylaws and zoning bylaws.
• County government really does not exist in Massachusetts. The court system including prisons is at the county level but all other functions are the responsibility of each city and town. The result is a person can win election to a Board of Selectmen without previously had government experience.
• Cape Cod’s population is heavy on retirees from Massachusetts and New England. Many of these retirees grew up in families that summered on the Cape.
• The summer population swells with Boston area day trippers who come for the beach to families renting cottages (actually many cottages are now year round homes) or staying a motels for a week or two of fun in the sun and surf.
• Nantucket is reached by ferry from Hyannis or Falmouth. Many take the ferry over for the day or weekend. Others bring over a car for longer vacations.
• The television show Wings (on nick at nite) took place on Nantucket. There is a small airport for those coming from New York and beyond.


Sources: Submittal must include a bibliography.

Part A: Your Role (2 to 2.5 pages)
You get to pretend to be someone else! Select on of the following:
• Jim Gordon, President of Energy Management Inc (the developer of Cape Wind)
• Dick Elrick, President of Clean Power Now organization
• Charles Vinick, President of Save our Sound
• President of a Deep Sea Fishing Charter Company based in Hyannis
• President of Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
• Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) member
• U.S Army Corp of Engineers
• David McCullough, noted author living on Cape Cod
• United States Senator Ted Kennedy (home is in Hyannisport, MA)
• Selectmen Chair from the Town of Barnstable
• Selectmen Chair from the Town of Nantucket
• Commodore of the Hyannis Yacht Club
• Waterfront property homeowner – employed.
• Waterfront property homeowner – retired and life long resident.

Present what you feel (in your selected role) are the most important concerns regarding
the construction of a wind farm in Nantucket Sound. What factors (political, social,
economic) are the most important to the role you selected?


Part B: Written Testimony (4 to 6 pages)
In your role (selected above) write testimony that you will present at a public hearing on
Cape Wind.

Public hearings are open meetings where people, both for and against, are invited to
publicly speak on a proposed project. Many times the leader of an organization presents
oral testimony on behalf of the organization. The goal of the testimony is to lay out the
argument why you support or not support a project. After oral testimony is given, the
presenter might be asked questions by the entity holding the hearing. My experience
testifying before a House Legislative panel was I just read my remarks and handed a
copy to the chair when I finished. The testimony does go into the official record of the
hearing.

Many times testimony includes acknowledgment of constraints (such as will raise taxes)
with a counter through presentation of a benefit (such as in five years bring in taxes).

In your testimony explain why you support or not support Cape Wind. Your argument needs to include the social, political and/or economic impacts that effect your
organization.


Past C: Crystal Ball (1 to 3 paragraphs)
Finally, if you could look into a crystal ball and predict what Nantucket Sound will look
like in five years, will you see the beginnings of a wind farm? Why?

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