Ramping up to the debate

RAMPINGup

To theDebate

What dowe need toknowbefore westart

1) What’s a resolution2) What’s a contention3) what’s evidence

So Far...

1) How do we read a resolution?2) How do we create

contentions? Benefit vs. principle

3) What kinds of evidence are there? How do we evaluate evidence?

4) How do we prepare a constructive?

5) How do we prepare for crossfire?

6) What are the qualities of a good public speaker?

What dowe needto know?

T h e b e n e f i t s o f A m e r i c a n d r o n e s t r i k e s a g a i n s t f o r e i g n t a r g e t s o u t w e i g h t h e h a r m s .

S e e t h i s r e s o l u t i o n

W h a t d o w e n e e d t o k n o w ?



W h a t i s t h i s ?



W h i c h f o r e i g n t a r g e t s ?



W h a t a r e t h e s e ?

The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good.

In the United States, organized political lobbying does more harm than good.

Y o u r t u r n

Research your resolution so that you know enough about the terms and the context

to be able to understand what it’s

asking.

Contentions

BENEFIT PRINCIPLE

vs.

Cyberbullying should be a criminal offense.

Cyberbullying Laws would reduce the number of victims

Cyberbullying Laws would

punish people who harm others just

as other laws do

Contentions

BENEFIT PRINCIPLE

vs.

Cyberbullying should be a criminal offense.

Con? con?

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Contentions

BENEFIT PRINCIPLE

vs.

it is legitimate to use violence to defend private property

PRO? PRO?

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Contentions

BENEFIT PRINCIPLE

vs.

it is legitimate to use violence to defend private property

CON? CON?

EVIDENCE

How do I fin d it?How do evaluate it?

How do i choose it?

FULKERSON’S CRITERIA

Sufficiency

Accuracy

Relevance

Typicality

Is the evidence correct and recent?

Is the evidence representative?

Does the evidence connect with the claim?

Is there enough evidence?

TYPES OF EVIDENCE•Data from Personal Experience•Data from Observation of Field Experience•Data from Interviews, Questionnaires, Surveys•Data from Library or Internet Research•Testimony•Statistical Data•Hypothetical Examples, Cases, and Scenarios•Reasoned Sequence of Ideas

When I was in Middle School, my math teacher gave us so much homework that I had to quit both my guitar class and my basketball club in order to keep up.


In an informal survey of my fellow students, 80% of Shorewood students said that homework decreases their love of learning.


The PEW research center interviewed the top researchers in education and asked them whether homework is unfair to students who come from homes with lower incomes. 85% of them said it was.


According to the Rand Corporation, in the last 20 years, homework has increased in the lower grade levels, and this increase is associated with neutral (and sometimes negative) effects on student achievement.


John Mulder, a teacher from Ypislanti, Michigan, told the Daily News, “After ten years of teaching, I’ve realized that homework only serves to deaden students’ appetite for real learning and exploration.


Tthe amount of homework the average American 10th grader is assigned has not changed dramatically over time. In 1982, it was just under one hour per day; in 2000, the amount was just a few minutes less.


Imagine what would happen if teachers stopped giving homework. Students would be free to pursue the projects that interested them--writing poetry, rebuilding cars, designing clothes, learning new languages.


We are not the only ones who take a lot of time on homework, our teachers do as well. The teacher needs to design the homework, explain it, mark each piece individually, and tell everyone what they got right and wrong. If all this is not done then the homework loses its value... from debatepedia

MOSH PITS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM ALL SEATTLE

Create three contentions and find one piece of evidence to back them up .

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