Indigenous Rights In Canada

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 David Tegi

You will write an essay on an important issue, as selected by you. You will use this essay to learn and demonstrate important writing skills including researching, organizing, writing, and revising, as well as the various parts of an essay. Your essay will be at least 750 words and no longer than 1000 words.

You may choose to write either an argumentative essay or an expository essay

STEP ONE: TOPIC

Choose a topic. Come up with something that is interesting to you or that you know something about, if possible. I prefer if you choose your own topic, but here’s a list of suggestions:

Education	Social Issues
Mainstreaming in public schools	Homelessness
Religious and ethnic-focused schools	Access to medical care
Free post-secondary education	Welfare-to-work programs
Year-round schooling	Violence in our society
Homeschooling	Illegal immigrants
Alternative ways of funding public schools	Women in the military
Political Issues	Increasing disparity between rich and poor
Effectiveness of the United Nations	Illiteracy and television
Domestic terrorism	Prison reform
Amnesty International	Refugees in Canada
US intervention in foreign countries	Airport security measures
World hunger	Geoengineering
Child labour ramifications	International adoption
Indigenous rights in Canada	Religious cults
Crisis in the Middle East	Police brutality
Fake news and the growing distrust in media sources	Equal opportunity for women in business, politics, sports, etc.
Business Topics	Water pollution
White collar crime	Cellphones and brain cancer
Industry’s effect on Third World nations	Human trafficking
Buying “fair trade” and/or “community trade”

You may NOT chose broad, overdone topics like:

abortion
capital punishment
euthanasia
gun control
Saving the rainforest
Animal testing
Legalization of Marijuana

1. MAIN IDEA AND THESIS

Once you have a topic, you need to start thinking about your main idea and thesis. Your thesis might change, so start thinking about the main idea. What argument are you making about your topic?

STEP THREE: RESEARCH THE TOPIC & OUTLINE YOUR ESSAY

Complete research about your topic. Ensure you know what you are talking about. You may choose to organize information in a graphic organizer or by a list. Remember to record all resources you use to avoid plagiarism. You are required to find information from a minimum of two primary sources.

STEP FIVE: DRAFTING
Begin writing your rough copy. As you write, remember that this is an argumentative essay. It needs all of the elements of an essay, including a dynamite thesis, great support, and all the other required elements.