Issues for Conversation
Issues for Conversation are short stories that have been developed as a way to get conversations started on issue-oriented subjects. These stories help the student to process thoughts and learn to express opinions. They are also a great way to learn subject vocabulary, idioms and expressions. The issues cover ethical, historical, environmental, sociological, financial and event topics.
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Issues
Aging
Animation
Banking
The Baseball Player
Battle of the Sexes
Bicyclist
Birth of a Nation
California Gold Rush
Candidate for the Presidency of the United States
Capital Punishment
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Civil Rights
Cloning
Corporate Greed
Cryogenics
Drug Abuse
Destiny
Environmentalism
Euthanasia
Evolution vs. Creation
The Explorer
Extra Sensory Perception
The Football Player
Terrorism – 9/11
Genocide
Gun Control
The Gunfighter
Homosexuality: Marriage and Parenting
Illegal Immigration
Irish Immigration
The Musical Idol
Nuclear Power
The Olympian
Patriotism
The Performer
Poverty
Religion
The Swimmer
World War
UFOs
Westward Expansion
Preserving a Wilderness Area
The Storyteller