Bully debates spring 2013
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Speech and Debate 2013 - Debate #1 Assignment Deborah Tannen, a sociolinguist, said, "The goal of debate is not to persuade a listener, but to demonstrate to a trained judge that one has beaten the arguments of one's opponents." Debate is about discussing social issues and moral ideals. Debate involves not only knowledge, but several verbal and research skills. You will select your debate groups (both debate partners and debate opponents). Then, you will need to determine with your group the topic (see debate topics below) and who will present which side. The Affirmative will support the proposition and the Negative will argue against it. Each team will prepare a three minute opening speech specific to his or her position. In addition to preparing your opening statement, you will prepare an Evidence File on Google Docs. Collaboratively with your debate partner, you will create an Evidence File containing facts and support material on your topic. You will submit in your evidence file after your debate, and it will be counted as a speech grade. For the next two weeks of class, our class time will be designated for research and writing workshop time. It is expected that you will use your class time efficiently. With your partner, your research should result in at least thirty items of evidence from research on your topic and be distributed as follows: 20 pieces of evidence for your side of the argument and 10 pieces of evidence on your opponent’s side. All the evidence collected should be kept in your evidence files. Your research should contain facts, testimony, examples, and statistics from experts on your topic. Debate Topics: Tackling Bullying Who is responsible for bullying: Parents? Who is responsible for bullying: Schools? Who is responsible for bullying: Government? Should cyberbullying be a criminal offense? Is it possible to stop bullying in schools? Is character education the responsibility of schools?
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Speech and Debate 2013 - Debate #1 Assignment
Deborah Tannen, a sociolinguist, said, "The goal of debate is not to persuade a listener, but to demonstrate to a trained judge that one has beaten the arguments of one's opponents."
Debate is about discussing social issues and moral ideals. Debate involves not only knowledge, but several verbal and research skills.
You will select your debate groups (both debate partners and debate opponents). Then, you will need to determine with your group the topic (see debate topics below) and who will present which side. The Affirmative will support the
proposition and the Negative will argue against it. Each team will prepare a three minute opening speech specific to his or her position.
In addition to preparing your opening statement, you will prepare an Evidence File on Google Docs. Collaboratively with your debate partner, you will create an Evidence File containing facts and support material on your topic. You will
submit in your evidence file after your debate, and it will be counted as a speech grade.
For the next two weeks of class, our class time will be designated for research and writing workshop time. It is expected that you will use your class time efficiently.
With your partner, your research should result in at least thirty items of evidence from research on your topic and be distributed as follows: 20 pieces of evidence for your side of the argument and 10 pieces of evidence on your
opponent’s side. All the evidence collected should be kept in your evidence files. Your research should contain facts, testimony, examples, and statistics from experts on your topic.
Debate Topics: Tackling Bullying
Who is responsible for bullying: Parents?
Who is responsible for bullying: Schools?
Who is responsible for bullying: Government?
Should cyberbullying be a criminal offense?
Is it possible to stop bullying in schools?
Is character education the responsibility of schools?
Prison: Punishment for Acts of Cyberbullying
Is there such a thing as an innocent bystander when it comes to bullying?
Should crimes committed out of intolerance and bigotry be prosecuted and sentenced differently than other
crimes?
Are hate crime laws necessary?
Are “non-bullying” policies in school effective?
