Monuments to problematic historical gurus

Imagine that you are required to participate in a debate in one of your classes. Debates are activities that often happen in classrooms to encourage a focused, well-reasoned response to a controversial topic. Often, they are informal and don’t follow the strict rules of debating. For this assignment, you are required to respond, in an informal debate, to one of the questions listed below. After choosing a debate question, you will develop a position and reasons in support of that position and create an outline. Again, be sure to present only one side of the issue -- you will not be acknowledging opposing arguments. You will also write an introductory paragraph that could serve as your opening for the debate and a body paragraph that will fully explore one of your reasons. Choose one of the following debate questions and begin your work. Topics: Should monuments to problematic historical gures be kept and reinterpreted or removed? Does social media bring us closer together or make us more alone? Can grafti be considered art? Note: These topics should not require external research, so you should not be relying on sources. Please use your own reasoning and experience as you develop your points in support of your position. Part 2: Introduction Using your outline as a foundation, create an introductory paragraph that you might write for your position in the debate, a position you have outlined in Part One. For this second part of the assignment, you will be evaluated on the clarity and specicity of your thesis statement, the inclusion of the key concepts you intend to discuss, the effectiveness of your opening sentences, and the overall coherence of the paragraph. Required length: approximately half a page, double-spaced. Part 3: Body Paragraph Using your outline and introduction as a foundation, write a body paragraph related to the thesis statement that you composed in Part One. The paragraph should develop any one ofthe points you presented in the outline (it does not have to be the rst point). Be sure that your paragraph has a topic sentence related to your thesis, explanation and examples that support the point expressed in that topic sentence, and a concluding sentence that summarizes the discussion, further analyzes the material presented in the paragraph, and/or relates the paragraph to the overall thesis.