Grade 12 IB: Interactive Oral Research

Remember, our interactive oral will be a debate held on Thursday, February 10th. Prepare yourself by reading the following articles/watching the videos! Our debate will be about changing family structures. All of the videos listed are short and so are almost all of the articles (many are about a page long). While I do not expect you to have any of this memorized, I expect you to have enough background knowledge to have an opinion!

Same Sex Marriage
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73oZ_pe1MZ8&feature=related

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7addd1-SY8&feature=related

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm

http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/3656077-418/marriage-elgin-sex-already-gay.html

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-06/news/bs-md-senate-gay-marriage-20110206_1_civil-unions-equality-maryland-klausmeier

International Adoption
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdBuDdloLQA

http://news.adoption.com/uni/frame.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fnations-leading-adoption-agency-develops-hivaids-toolkit-to-educate-parents-115004504.html&name=Nation%27s+Leading+Adoption+Agency+Develops+HIV%2FAIDS+Toolkit+to+Educate+Parents+--+GRAND+RAPIDS%2C+Mich.%2C+Feb.+1%2C+2011+%2FPRNewswire%2F+--

http://news.adoption.com/uni/frame.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwemail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftherapists-set-up-service-for-children-1.804688%3FreferrerPath%3Dhome&name=North+West+Evening+Mail+%7C+News+%7C+Therapists+set+up+service+for+children

http://www.internationaladoptionstories.com/guatemala-adoption-news.htm

Grandparents Raising Grandkids
VIDEO:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VpBcY2pWCE

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FztEZzp30&feature=related

http://news.adoption.com/uni/frame.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanchronicle.com%2Farticles%2Fview%2F215355&name=American+Chronicle+%7C+Grandparent+is+set+to+change+the+laws+governing+the+legal+rights+for+grandparents+within+adoption

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/16876875/ns/today-money/

http://www.grandparentingblog.com/

Same Sex Adoption
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhnDOQrq20

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QygPIIQ-eh4&feature=related

http://gaylife.about.com/od/gayparentingadoption/a/gaycoupleadopt.htm

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-06-25/us/gay.adoption_1_gay-adoption-straight-parents-williams-institute?_s=PM:US

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-21/us/samesex.parenting_1_gender-identity-jay-james-father?_s=PM:IREPORT

Divorce Rates
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nwm6_QzGhY

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-does-divorce-affect-the-family.html

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2000/06/the-effects-of-divorce-on-america

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/386/testimony.html