In this task, you will select a topic for a speech, research the topic, and submit a plan for your speech to your teacher for review and feedback. Choose one of the topics in this list for your speech:

Voting rights in the United States: Do potential voter ID laws improve voting fairness or restrict the right to vote?

Gun rights in the United States: Does abiding by the Second Amendment mean gun restrictions are illegal, or should the government limit civilian ownership of modern weapons that the founding fathers couldn’t imagine over 200 years ago?

Public education in the United States: Does the current system of funding public education primarily through local property taxes enhance community ownership of education or cause a tiered system of successful and failing schools based on the value of local property?

Immigration in the United States: Should the US federal government allow amnesty for illegal immigrants in the country, provide a system for earning citizenship (such as US military service or being in a provisionary time period that allows immigrants to earn citizenship), or deport all the immigrants currently here? Why?

Or, select a topic that is not on this list if it has been approved by your teacher.

After you choose a topic, take a stand on the question and record your response below. Which viewpoint do you support?
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