Public Speaking - Mrs. Culliton
Step 1 - Identify and Define
Topic Selection and Thesis Development
- Topic Selection PowerPoint
- Thesis Worksheet
Step 2 - Search and Gather
Online Databases
- For newspaper, magazine, journal articles and more, go to EBSCO.
- For mainly newspaper articles, go to Gale Infotrac.
- For an overview of health related topics go to Current Issues in Health.
Accessing these databases from home? Ask Ms. Vickery for the password list.
Website Resources
- Underage Drinking: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Date Rape: RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
- Illegal Drug Use: NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) for Teens
- Eating Disorders: NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association)
- Violence in the Media: America Academy of Pediatrics
- Homosexuality: APA (American Psychiatric Association) Online
- Teen Depression and Suicide: Teen Growth
- Teen Smoking: American Lung Association
- Child Abuse: Tennyson Center for Children
- School Violence: National Youth Violence Prevention