This week in Australia there was a call for a Soft Drink tax.
The debate raged with many different viewpoints. A succinct summary of the opposing views available from the ABC here.
Soft Drink Tax is a perfect issue to explored in the classroom through debates, essays or persuasive pieces.
Below are two YouTube clips which make good arguments against Soft Drink and could get your students thinking.
Line Debate
A line debate would be the perfect activity to start exploring this issues. A line debate is when teams debate issues and every time they make a good argument they receive a person from the other team. It has people moving around and getting to explore both sides of an issue.
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