Outline for Essay on Industrial and Digital Age

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The BIG IDEA of the ESSAY:  Revolutions in technology, whether in the industrial age or the Digital age, bring improvements and create problems.

Intro:   

Your GRABBER: story, shocking information, great quote, etc.

THesis Statement.  Tell your audience that you will be proving your claim with  your in depth discussion of the procon topic.     

Topic Sentence:  The Digital Revolution has or has not created more progress than harm.

1. 1.Industrial Age: 3 positive, 3 negatives
2. 2 Digital Age:  3 positives, 3 negatives
3. 3.Procon.org Issue in the Digital Age:  Pro Arguments(3-4)
4. 4.Procon.org issue:  Con arguments; (3-4 each) and your conclusion about this issue.(is this progress or harm)
5. 5.Conclusion: Is there more progress than Harm from the Industrial and Digital Revolutions?  Are we better off with the changes in the Digital Age?  Did you prove your claim? 

Notes:

Choose the BEST of the arguments from Pro Con.  Perhaps you should rank order them first.  If they

aren;t all strong, go back to procon.org.

 

Key phrases:

In the past….Over the years…In previous centuries

Today, however,…At the present….

This shows that…This is important because….

It is to our benefit/advantage…

In the final analysis….

As a result