Intermediate Debate and Argument for Elementary Students
In this five week long course, each week students will learn advance their skills in debate, increase their critical thinking and listening skills, while becoming better public speakers and building self-confidence.
Broome County Debate Alliance
Average rating:
4.7
Number of reviews:(2,092)
What's included
5 live meetings
5 in-class hoursAssessment
Students will be assessed on whether or not they won their debate rounds based upon how well they argued their side and answered their opponents.Class Experience
US Grade 1 - 3
Intermediate Level
During this five week debate course students will build upon the skills they learned in our introductory curriculum to enhance their ability to think critically, argue effectively, take notes, and thoughtfully engage with others. This class should be taken by people who have taken one of our five course programs previously, or students with prior debate experience. It includes a unique set of lesson plans that will teach unique ways to approach arguments and debate. Each class will include both a short lecture followed by an activity to help students learn the skill being taught during the lecture portion of class. Students will learn how about opportunity costs, procedural argumentation, disadvantages, and critical philosophy. These lectures are designed to help students learn how to better listen to their opponents, develop critical thinking skills, and discern the difference between reliable and unreliable sources for evidence. By the end of the week students will have developed their public speaking skills, logical reasoning, as well as their ability to listen to and understand others. A breakdown of the course is as follows... Day One: Recap of Basics of Debate, Ice Breakers & Speaking Drills, Debate Format Day Two: Disadvantages and Opportunity Costs, and Research Day Three: Procedural Argumentation and Philosophy, Round 1 Day Four: Speaking Drills, Rounds 2 & 3 Day Five: Rounds 4, 5, and Finals
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to work in teams, better their research, public speaking, debate, listening, and note taking skills.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Talking with parents and doing some limited research for the mini-tournament is suggested, but not required.
Supply List
Students should come with paper and something to write with. Taking notes on a computer is also entirely fine. A timer is suggested, but not required.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2020
4.7
2092reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
The BCDA's founder has been run a competitive college debate team for twenty years. He has also run elementary and middle school debate workshops for the past four years both in the US and internationally. We have now taught well over a thousand kids from countries around the world digitally through this platform with great reviews. If for whatever reason you feel the class didn't live up to what you were looking for, please contact us for a refund. We are offering these courses as a way for students to get the benefits of debate and peer-directed education while schools are shutdown. Debate is not necessarily for everyone, but we are confident that if your kid is excited about it they will enjoy this class, and don't want you paying if that's not the case.Reviews
Live Group Class
$85
for 5 classes1x per week, 5 weeks
60 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-9
3-6 learners per class
