7TH GRADE DEBATE 2024
Opposing Viewpoints (NOVEL)
This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes, and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more.
This resource promotes civility, critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting the pro and con arguments to debatable issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, freely accessible way.
This resource displays the day’s top news stories from the Left, Center and Right of the political spectrum — side-by-side so you can see the full picture.
NOVELny E-Resources
Several free databases are provided by the New York State Library and can be accessed through the BCS school library website. The sites below will likely be most useful for your debate project. (They are only accessible from school.)
But to see all of the databases provided by NOVELny, click here.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. It does not take policy positions.
The Hill is an American newspaper and digital media company whose nonpartisan reporting focuses on politics, policy, business and international relations.
Brainpop is a great resource for building background knowledge on a topic.