Argumentation

=ARGUMENTATION=

Personal Freedom Unit

 * Website with information all about the Constitution:**

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html


 * Website that uses humor to explain the Bill of Rights (our freedoms):**

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INTERNAL CITATION FORMATS: Either direct quote or paraphrase

 * For either kind of citation, you may: A. lead in with your source; B. end with the citation in parentheses; or C. do a little of both.**
 * Just be sure to include all the necessary information!!**

**__Necessary information in a citation:__ Author's name (if provided), article title in quotes, website or newspaper title (italicized unless a web address), date.**


 * Type A: As stated in the //Wall Street Journal// on 11/14/10, in an article called "Giving Ground," Jennifer Sayres reveals that many students are not at all bothered by a dress code.**


 * Type B: According to Jennifer Sayres, "Over half of students polled in an online survey confessed to being happy with their school's dress code." ("Giving Ground," //Wall Street Journal//, 11/14/10)**


 * Type C: According to a 2010 article in the //Wall Street Journal//, over half of students who took an online survey admitted they were "happy with their school's dress code." (Jennifer Sayres, "Giving Ground," 11/14/10)**

**Paired Article Practice: Computer Use and the Brain**



 * __Point__: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (Nicholas Carr, //Atlantic Monthly//, Jul/Aug. 2008)**


 * http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/**


 * __Counterpoint__: "Yes, People Still Read, but Now It's Social" (Steven Johnson, //New York//**
 * //Times//, 20 June 2010)**


 * http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20unbox.html**