DCI Summer Institute: Further Resources

Books

• Resolved: Debate Can Revolutionize Education and Help Save Our Democracy

• The Debating Book: everything you need to know about debating

• Art, Argument and Advocacy: Mastering Parliamentary Debate

• Argue with Me: Argument as a Path to Developing Students' Thinking and Writing (Eye on Education)

• Speak Up! Debate and Public Speaking in High School 

• The Skills of Argument

Argutopia Overview

Articles and Publications

• Spaces & Places - A model of Argumentation

• Talk the Talk - Oracy Resources for the Classroom

• The Better Arguments Project

• Ethics Bowl Case Sets

Movies & Documentaries

• The Great Debaters

Websites

• Argument Centered Education

• Boston Debate League

• Kialo Edu

• UAA Seawolf Debate Program

• The Edvocate

• Academy for Social Change

• The Noisy Classroom - Secondary Oracy Activities

• West Berkshire Council - Oracy Resources

• Idebate

• Choices - pre-formulated activities from Brown

• Pass the Gavel

• Allsides

• Intelligence Squared Debates

• Debate Club

• Debatepedia

• Debatabase

• ProCon.org

• Economist Debates

Interactive Digital Platforms and Tools

• Flipgrid 

• VoiceThread

• Sutori

• PearDeck

• Padlet

• SampleHyperDocs for Every Subject (like this one)

• Argutopia overview video

Other Handouts, Lessons, and Documents

• Reading the News: Examine Both Sides

• Resolution and Research Prep

• Improve Verbal Fluency: The “umm, like” Game

• ESU Parliamentary Debate [Opposition] Novice Speaker Template

• ESU Parliamentary Debate [Proposition] Novice Speaker Template

• A-R-E-S Skills Building Activity: “I couldn’t disagree more!”

• Peer Speech Feedback Form

• Active Listening and the Middle Ground 

• Debate Sparring 

• How to Form Contentions

• Discussion Strategies

• Thinking Routines

• Feedback Plan Template

• Argue With Me Scope and Sequence Materials

• Speech Structure Template

• Rubrics and other materials from my China debate topic

• Electronic Debate Inspired Curriculum booklet created by Janice K. Davis