Module 1 - Argument Centered Education & Boston Debate League

• Learning to Argue, Arguing to Learn (Google Slides Presentation)

  • Glows and Grows Padlet: Link

  • COVID Debate Resource Example: HERE (Website)

  • Recording of Les Lynn’s Presentation (Zoom Video) Passcode: Vg=7Xr2$

• Debate Inspired Classrooms: Online PD Sessions (Google Drive Folder Link)

• BDL Session Recordings (Google Drive Video)

Module 3 - Game of Argumentation

• Intro to the spatial model and the basic argumentative moves

• The Game of Debate Video

Module 4 - Topics and Issues

• “Debatify” your content; explanation of the topic & issue writing process; develop draft topic & issues for one class/subject

• Designing Debates: Writing Effective Issues and Topics Presentation Video

Anchoring Ideas - Debate Formats and Effective Topic Writing

Watch: Spatial Model of Debate

Read: On Topic Writing

Explore:

• Sample Topics for Science and History

• Debate Kits (Topics and Issues)

• Sample Debate - Public Schools Should Require Students to Wear Uniforms 

Module 5 - Sample Debate Activities

• Greatest Hits of Argumentation Activities (Links to Videos and Resources Provided on the Doc)

• Structured Academic Controversy

• Structured Academic Controversy SlideDeck

• Helping Students Overcome Public Speaking

• Literature and Debate 

• Mini-Debates

Taking a Deeper Dive - More Sample Topics and Debate Formats

Watch: Sample Debate Activity Using VoiceThread

Read: N/A

Explore

• Debate Kits

• 300 Questions to Inspire Argumentative Writing

• 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing

Formats and Evaluation of Classroom Debates

Watch

• Sample Classroom Debate - Children Should Not Play Violent Video Games

• Sample MSPDP Debate - Ban Boxing 

• Sample Debate - Television is a Bad Influence

Read: N/A

Explore: N/A

Module 6 - Classroom Debates and Audience Adjudication

• Effective Debates in the Classroom

• The importance of audience adjudication & small-group deliberation.