Challenge I is the year they learn to debate! This seems to be one of those strands that students either love or hate. Honestly, I would have been in the hate category at their age… putting a well thought out argument together and then standing up in a room full of people and having to think on my feet to defend my argument… I mean YIKES! What these kids accomplish and overcome by participating in debate is truly remarkable!
Team Policy Debate
The first debate they learn in Challenge I is Team Policy. They have a partner and, together, they write both the Affirmative and Negative sides of the debate. This debate is arguing for a policy change.
- TP Affirmative Blank Template
- TP Negative Blank Template
- TP Title IX Affirmative Debate
- TP Title IX Negative Debate
Lincoln Douglass Debate
Starting in Challenge II, they learn the Lincoln Douglass Debate. They do not have a partner for these debates but they do still prepare both the Affirmative and Negative sides of the debate. This debate is arguing a moral/value.
- LD Affirmative Blank Template
- LD Negative Blank Template
- LD Saving Art Affirmative Debate
- LD Saving Art Negative Debate
Socratic Dialogue (Challenge II)
This simple worksheet puts all the questions the students are to answer into one place. This was added to the Debate section because I did not feel it needed an entire page by itself and the Debate section seemed like a reasonable place to put it.
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