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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Need help finding a topic? Don't know much about your topic? Take a look at these resources to help get you started.

Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions. View tutorial:
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text overviews of current issues including pro/con debates, issue timelines, bibliographies, and statistics.
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World Health Organization: Health Topics
This page of the WHO's website lists projects, initiatives, activities, information products, and contacts, organized by health and development topics. A good place to start if you're looking for a topic.
Centers for Disease Control
CDC, through its Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), works to promote environments where youth can gain fundamental health knowledge and skills, establish healthy behaviors for a lifetime, connect to health services, and avoid becoming pregnant or infected with HIV or STDs.

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