You won't find topics like "Teen Botox" or "Banning Pit Bulls" in your average textbook, but you will find them in our Mini-Debates section, where students prepare to debate both sides of an issue with hot topics from the news.

Online Privacy

Teachers' Notes

Gun Control

Advertising to Children

Freedom of the Press

Legalizing Marijuana

English Globalization

The Right to Die

Video Game Violence

The Kyoto Protocol

The Death Penalty

Animal Testing

Corporate Responsibility

Banning Trans Fats

Caring for the Elderly

Euthanasia

Banning Pit Bulls

Cheating

The Smoking Ban

Banning Land Mines

Gene Patenting

The Live 8 Concerts

Water Privatization

Employee Tracking

Teen Botox

Black Gold: The Movie

Cell Phones in Class

Helicopter Parenting

Taking a Knee

Vaccinations

Tearing Down Statues

Net Neutrality

Ready-to-teach ESL lesson plans. English learners practice voicing opinions on hot topics with Ellii's Mini-Debates lessons.

ESL Lesson Plans by Ellii – Mini Debates

Mini-Debates