ANWR+Debate+Module

Due to the growing oil crisis in the America many people believe that we should tap into our own reserves of oil to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, on Alaska’s North Coast has been said to have a vast supply of oil that could last us up to 20 years based on certain sources, while others claim it would only last around 6 months. Proponents for drilling in ANWR claim that drilling there would have no long lasting effect on the surrounding environment while those against drilling in ANWR claim that it would result in devastating long term results. Clearly this issue is very controversial and is one that will continue to be debated as the worldwide oil reserves continue to deplete.
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In an effort to promote environmental education students will debate whether or not we should drill in ANWR. The students will be shown the basic background information about ANWR through a short non-bias video clip. The students will then be broken up into teams and assigned opposing sides of the debate where they will all be given a folder with articles representing different sides of the ANWR debate. With supervised help the students will formulate their argument about whether or not we should drill in ANWR and debate amongst each other in a very organized fashion.

The students will emerge from this debate with a much better understanding of how a college or high school debate takes place as well as learning about the implications of whether or not the US should drill in ANWR. || Module:

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