Diamond Debate Instructions
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Name: _________________________ Date: ______________ Diamond Debate Objective: You will view a video about diamonds “grown” by people and explore some of the concerns and issues surrounding this diamond trading and minig. You will then be assigned a role in a class debate about these issues. Step 1: View the video and take 7 to 10 notes below. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/artificial-diamonds.html __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 2: Research the issues. Answer the following questions with your opinion but back up your opinion with at least one fact from your research. 1. One of the concerns that is briefly addressed in the NOVA clip is one of ethics. Should we be creating diamonds in a lab or not? Explain your position. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. On the one hand, while these companies are marking their diamonds so that they can be identified, what will happen as this process becomes more widely used? How will we be able to distinguish between the natural and the synthetic? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What will this do to the value of diamonds? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. There are extreme controversies over the mining process of diamonds being extremely dangerous: Read and summarize the article (4 pages) from this website: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/diamonds/sierraleone1.html. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Research the “pro” side of diamond mining and trading. What positive things can come out of mining and trading diamonds? (Think economic benefit and industrial use.) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Research both the “con” side of diamond mining and trading. What negative things can come out of mining and trading diamonds? (Think economic drawbacks and environmental impact) __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 3: Learn what a debate is. This is an overview of the process that you will work through. Read the chart and the paragraph below it. 7. Why do you think people confuse a debate with an argument? (Although you use an argument in a debate!) _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Read the following graphics. GRAPHIC #1 GRAPHIC #2 GRAPHIC #3 For a Debate 9. Summarize what the three graphics (on the previous pages) are advising you to do when planning and participating in a debate. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 5: Plan your ideas for the debate. 10.What’s your assigned position on the diamond issue? Circle one: I was assigned the (PRO or CON) side of the debate. 11.What will be the main idea behind the argument for your position? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 12.Write three reasons with at least one example for each that support your main idea from question “b” above. Also write a COUNTER ARGUMENT that the other side may pose against your position. Reason #1: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Reason #2: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Reason #3: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Step 5: Plan your debate with your team. 13. Work with your team and choose the three best arguments to use when presenting your side of the debate. TEAM Reason #1: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ TEAM Reason #2: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ TEAM Reason #3: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Example(s): ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ COUNTER ARGUMENT possibility ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Now plan on your arguments against your opposing team’s counter arguments. a. How will you counter act the other team’s arguments against your position? Write your main ideas here: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Step 6: Make note cards or an outline so everyone in your group has an assigned speaking part. Briefly describe each person’s job here: Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ Name: _______________________ Job:_____________________________________________ EXTRA HELP
