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Teaching Debate Bundle: Are mobile devices helping or harming us?

Debate Bundle: Are mobile devices helping or harming us?

This is a collection of four articles that explore different ideas and studies about how mobile devices affect our lives. The questions will help students to explore the opinions expressed in each article and evaluate the arguments and evidence in them. This collection can be used as springboard to a variety of responses, including classroom debates, persuasive essays, PSAs, informative or persuasive advertisements or pamphlets, etc.

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The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Are mobile devices helping or harming us?
STANDARDS:
RI.2 - Main Ideas, RI.5 - Text Structure, RI.6 - Author's Purpose, RI.8 - Evaluate Argument, RI.9 - Compare Texts

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
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