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Title:
| Debate |
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Description:
| These sites offer tips and activity ideas for sponsoring classroom debates at various grade levels. Learn how to prepare for a debate and how to improve your presentation skills. Includes transcripts and video clips of presidential debates from 1960-2000. There are links to eThemes Resources on writing. |
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Grade Level:
| 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Minnesota Debate Teachers Association
This site has FAQs such as "What kinds of materials might I find helpful to stage a debate in my classroom?"
Classroom Lincoln-Douglas Debate
This lesson offers directions for holding a debate in the classroom. Includes printable handouts for students and teachers. NOTE: The site includes a pop-up ad.
Hosting a Debate
This five-page pdf includes how to get ready for a debate plus a printable sheet for evaluating a debate presentation.
Using Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics
In this lesson, students can read three fairy tales and then debate issues related to the stories.
Science Debate Activity
After reading a book, students can pretend to be city council members and debate an issue. This lesson can be adapted for older grades.
Commission on Presidential Debates
Learn about the U.S. presidential debates from 1858-2000. Includes basic candidate information and transcripts of most of the debates.
The History of Televised Presidential Debates
Watch videos and read transcripts of televised presidential debates beginning with the first in 1960. Includes commentaries by historians on the impact of television on politics. Visit "Curriculum Resources" for debate activities.
eThemes Resource: Writing: Purpose
These sites are about the three main types of writing: persuasive, narrative, and expository. Includes examples of how to write in these different styles and graphic organizers to help students arrange their thoughts.
Debate Lesson Plan
This page offers instructions for having students engage in a debate. You can adapt this lesson and have students of all ages debate various topics.
Dave's ESL Cafe
This page explains how to involve elementary students in a debate. Includes a few suggested debate topics.
University of Illinois Extension: Strategies for Empowering Students
The goal of this activity is to help elementary students understand other points of view.
TeachNet
Read about how one teacher used a stuffed animal to engage all her elementary students in a classroom debate.
eThemes Resource: Writing: Research Papers
These sites focus on the steps involved in writing a research paper. Learn how to brainstorm a topic, organize information, use transition words, and write bibliographies. There are tips and handouts on how to evaluate online sources, plus links to child-safe search engines. Includes links to eThemes Resources on online resources and graphic organizers.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
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