Debate Webquest Resources

You and your team are hunting and finding the most effective, accurate and specific information to win your debate. Remember, you are required to :

• use print and reputable electronic sources
• Include 4 statistics that support your claim
• Utilize 1-2 quotes that support and persuade
• Incorporate 1-2 real world examples that strengthen your claims

All groups should use the following electronic databases:
If you need, the password is sd36bc. You can access both databases through Matheson's Library Catalogue

1. Canadian Points of View
2. Global Issues in Context

Prostitution:

• Procon.org: wealth of information for pro and con
• Prostitutes Education Network (www.bayswan.org)
• Debatepedia: Prostitution (dbp.idebate.org/)

The Right to Bear Arms:

• The Right to Bear Arms in Canada
• Topix: Gun Laws (more for pro)
• Gun Information. org: Gun Control Myths and Arguments

Capital Punishment:

• ProCon.org: Numerous arguments for both sides of the debate
• BBC Ethics: Guide to both sides of capital punishment
• Death Penalty.org: Against Capital Punishment information and alternatives

Euthanasia:

• BBC News: Euthanasia Special Report
• Patients' Rights Council
• Procon.org: Euthanasia
• Stanford University Philosophy: Voluntary Euthanasia

Welfare:

• Canadian Social Research Links: Index of Resources on Welfare
• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: Social Welfare Policy
• Food Bank Position Paper: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't

Statistics Sites:

• NY Department of Health: When Death is Sought
• BC Stats: Income Assistance and Employment Insurance
• Canadian Council on Social Development: Statistics Archive
• Statistics Canada: Low Income
• Canadian Firearms Program: Facts and Figures
• Statistics Canada: Homicides Involving Firearms
• Statistics Canada: Firearms and Violent Crime
• Canada's National Firearm Association: Firearm Facts
• 100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies

Use your "mad skills" and your comrades!