Unit 2 Research

In my primary research for Unit 2, I did searches through the three Lexis Nexis databases and the Gale databases shown in class. I was able to find some good articles from Lexis Nexis Academic. In the Congressional database, I wasn't able to find much about my topic, even changing my search terms. The Gale databases were also a good source for many different articles. I still need to do some more narrow research, and look more into the articles that I found, but I have been able to find some interesting information so far.

Unit 2 Topic

For my topic, I chose whether schools should teach other theories along with evolution. People who have experience with the topic would be school districts and teachers, politicians that have worked with the issue, and scientists. People that are talking about the topic are parents, school districts and teachers, politicians, and scientists. Some possible primary sources are speeches by candidates, statements and decisions by school districts and teachers, and any laws passed.

My Argument Using Humor

My argument that uses humor is a cartoon. Since my topic is gender, I decided focus in on how people question if Sarah Palin can handle raising 5 kids and possibly being the vice president. I show how women are usually better at handling and organizing many different situations at once by multi-tasking, whereas men usually need to focus on one thing at a time. I use humor to point out a flaw in other people's arguments about Palin. My argument is simple by focusing on one aspect of my topic and timely because people are questioning this right now.