Suggested essay plan:
- Introduction - What is the picture in the USA - why do they need to change gun laws?
- New York Times article compares gun deaths in US to other countries.
- Everytown for Gun Safety has a running total and more information on School Shootings in the USA since 2013.
- Particular example - Sandy Hook Elementary. Why didn't America change then after that shooting?
- Article from The Guardian about the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting
- This article from the BBC talks about why Obama couldn't change gun laws even after the Sandy Hook tragedy.
- Similar international example - Dunblane Primary plus what the UK government did about it.
- Article from The Independent on the Dunblane Primary shooting here in Scotland (it also talks about the actions taken by the government as a response).
- Widen up the argument - how does US response gun violence compare to elsewhere in the world?
- Example of a country similar to US who managed to change gun culture
- John Oliver's video on gun control in Australia (you can view the transcript if you don't want to watch it again).
- Guardian article about who Australian guns laws have stopped mass shootings.
- Conclusion.
Topic 2 - Everyone should become a vegetarian to help save the planet.
Suggested essay plan:
Introduction - Meat production cannot be sustained - impact on planet
Meat production vs. plants - drain on water resources/ impact on waterways
Meat production vs. plants - strain on available land/ destruction of habitiat
Meat production vs. plants - greenhouse gas emmisions
Conclusion
Sources:
Guardian article: There's a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you think. - George Monbiot
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Suggested essay plan:
Introduction - Meat production cannot be sustained - impact on planet
Meat production vs. plants - drain on water resources/ impact on waterways
Meat production vs. plants - strain on available land/ destruction of habitiat
Meat production vs. plants - greenhouse gas emmisions
Conclusion
Sources:
Guardian article: There's a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you think. - George Monbiot
