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Urban Debate Leagues: Learn to Debate
Wide, broad site offering a wealth of resources for beginning debaters. Includes links to videos (requiring RealPlayer). There is a link to the basics of argumentation as well.
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Debate Central: Learn About Debating
This web site has debate information on how to debate, how to judge, how to coach, how to be a better speaker and how to research.
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Manitoba Speech and Debate Association: Rules of Parliamentary Debate
The Manitoba Speech and Debate Association presents the Rules of Parliamentary Debate. Twenty rules provided.
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Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Speakers' Scripts
Resource has the speaker and chairperson scripts needed for a debate. Includes a Senior Parliamentary Speakers Script, Junior Parliamentary Speakers Script, and a Cross-Examination Chairperson's Script.
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Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Guidelines for Judges
This public speaking tutorial features guidelines for debate judges.
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Manitoba Speech and Debate Assoc.: Debate Scoresheets
This site has several scoresheets for judging a debate. Includes a parliamentary debate scoresheet and cross-examination scoresheet.
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Religion
A selection of debate topics focused on religious issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports the...
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Pbs News Hour: 2000 Election Debates
This site from PBS News Hour contains great information on the presidential election debates of the 2000 election between Bush and Gore. It contains text articles of the debates in entirety.
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Politics
A selection of debate topics focused on political themes. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports the...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Science
A selection of debate topics focused on science issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports the...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Law
A selection of debate topics focused on legal issues, many of which are international. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Education
A selection of debate topics focused on education issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports the...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: International Issues
A selection of debate topics focused on international issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Philosophy
A selection of debate topics focused on philosophical issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Environment
A selection of debate topics focused on environmental issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Health
A selection of debate topics focused on health themes. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports the...
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International Debate Education Association: Debate: Society
A selection of debate topics focused on societal issues, often on an international scale. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a...
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International Debate Education Association: Debates: Economic Issues
A selection of debate topics focused on economic issues, often on an international scale. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a...
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Pbs News Hour: Watch the Debates
Scroll back as far as 1960 to watch and interact with highlights from debates between presidential and vice presidential candidates over the years. Examine ways the candidates debate topics of the economy, gun control, and civil rights....
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National Park Service: Lincoln Home: The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858
This site provides the transcripts to all 7 of the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
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Commision on Presidential Debates: Debate History
The pages in this section summarize available information on major historic political debates. Click on the buttons at the bottom to learn about debates that occurred in each respective year. It provides videos and transcripts of many...
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Pbs News Hour: The Final Presidential Debate Dole vs. Clinton
A full transcript of the historical debate including an audio version and links into other viewpoints and opinions about the debate.
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National Geographic: Stakeholder Debate: Wind Energy
Using a case study of the Cape Wind Project in Nantucket Sound, students examine the various points of view of stakeholders, and hold a debate to argue about the pros and cons of this wind energy project. Includes handouts for...
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Teaching American History: The Federalist/antifederalist Debate Bill of Rights
Identify the role of the debates between the Federalists and Antifederalists during the creation of the ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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