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Government Shutdown Essay Topics

10/15/2013

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So much is happening politically these days that you don’t want to miss this opportunity to tie writing assignments to current events. These are some suggestions for essays topics about the government shutdown. 

Persuasive Essays

-Is the shutdown right or wrong, effective or not effective? Explain your position.

-Choose a topic such as the debt ceiling or the Affordable Care Act and defend your position on that topic.

-If you could appear before Congress today, what would you say to them about the shutdown? Write the speech you would deliver, one that provides an action plan for bringing unity to our nation.

-What is your opinion of our current system of government? Do you see a need for any changes? Write an essay about how we could change our government for the better.

Expository Essays


-Research the Affordable Care Act and explain it in your own terms.

-Do some research about the government shutdown and write a detailed account of what it is and who it affects.

Narrative Essays

-When was the last government shutdown? Write a paper chronicling what brought it about, what it entailed, and how it was resolved.

-Interview someone who has been affected by this government shutdown (or the one in the 90s) and tell that person’s story.

-Make a prediction about how the current government shutdown will end. Write about what will happen and how it will affect U.S. citizens.

Comparing/Contrasting Essays

-Compare and contrast the current government shutdown with the one that happened in the 1990s.

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