Topic Selection Helper
A list of general topics and popular themes.
Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues
"Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format.”
A nonprofit, nonpartisan group providing facts on major issues in our country. Browse "Issue Guides" or "Research Studies" to get ideas for a speech topic.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
A collection of content for exploration into social issues from all perspectives. Providing pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, podcasts, primary source documents, and more.
Terms of Use
New Literacy Alliance tutorial on defining the scope of a research question:
