English 2-2

Read each research topic/argument below and write the related major concepts in the box below.

1.    Topic: The role of women in the American Revolution?

2.    Topic: Should America colonize space?

3.    Topic: The effect of acupuncture treatment on chronic pain?

4.       Topic: The impact of divorce on young children?

5.       Topic: Should the U.S. reinstate the military draft?

Read each set of research topic/argument and related major concepts below. Decide if the accompanying keywords are useful or not useful, and explain why or why not.

6.    Topic: The benefits of restricted driver's licenses for teenagers

Major Concepts: teenage drivers, driver's license regulations, restricted licenses, new drivers

Keywords: teenage drivers, restricted driver's licenses

7.     Topic: Should college athletes be compensated?

Major Concepts: college, college sports, compensation for college athletes, rules for college athletics/NCAA regulations, fairness for college athletes

Keywords: college athletes, compensation for college athletes

8.    Topic: Should companies offer paternity leave?

Major Concepts: corporate family leave policy, paternity leave, Family and Medical Leave Act

Keywords: corporations, family

9.    Topic: The spread of drug resistant bacteria

Major Concepts: drug resistance, bacteria

Keywords: drug resistance, bacteria

10.                Topic: Should states require all students to attend school until they are eighteen?

Major Concepts: states, attending school, eighteen

Keywords: school, eighteen

11.                1) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

Parents should be required to vaccinate their children.

a) vaccination requirements

b) childhood vaccines

c) risks of unvaccinated children

d) parents

2) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

Are mandatory sentencing laws increasing the prison population?

a) mandatory sentencing

b) increasing prisons populations

c) laws

d) prison population

3) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

Is attention deficit disorder overdiagnosed?

a) attention

b) attention deficit disorder

c) diagnoses of attention deficit disorder

d) treatment of attention deficit disorder

4) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

Should the U.S. implement mandatory community service for young adults?

a) community service

b) United States

c) mandatory community service

d) young adults

5) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

The impacts of an aging population on American culture.

a) aging population

b) American culture

c) aging in America

d) population

6) Choose which keyword search would NOT be useful for the following topic: 

What is causing the increase in Alzheimer's disease in the U.S.?

a) American diseases

b) Alzheimer's disease

c) causes of Alzheimer's

d) increase in Alzheimer's