Weekly Speech & Debate Club - Ongoing Course
This ongoing debate club is designed for returning and/or experienced learners to continue honing their skills in speech, rhetoric and argumentation through ongoing competitive debates.
Seattle Debate Academy
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What's included
1 live meeting
1 hrs 5 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 5 - 7
The course is designed for experienced learners to continue developing their talents through fresh teams and debate topics! At the start of each lesson, learners will be divided into teams to allow them to collaborate prior to the debate round. To allow learners to familiarize themselves with the topics and to brainstorm arguments, resolutions and teams will be assigned 24 hours before the start of each class. Lessons will be generally be formatted as Public Forum style debates, although learners will occasionally be challenged with Policy debates. Most importantly, debate club is designed for learners to have fun while engaging with complex debate topics. While the course is formatted for learners between the ages of 10-13, most debate topics will be high school & college level (e.g. universal healthcare, nuclear proliferation). Learners will be actively coached & guided throughout each debate. Because each lesson will move quickly and involve an active debate, learners are required to have some debate experience prior to their first lesson. Each week's material will be independent of other weeks, as lessons are not sequential.
Learning Goals
Students will continue to improve their skills in speech & debate through ongoing practice.
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from University of Florida
Bachelor's Degree in Economics from University of Southern California
Welcome!
We're a very small team of educators who strongly believe in the transformational power of debate. We find that when debaters are having fun and working together as a team, they readily find the motivation to unpack even the most rigorous and academically challenging topics. This then translates to debaters having substantially more confidence and intellectual curiosity to create great ideas and then really share them with the world.
Our current and former competitive debaters have competed at the highest levels, with many of our students reaching and even winning nationals in Public Forum, Policy, LD and Parliamentary Debate.
Even more importantly, we find that well-coached and moderated debates are an enormously powerful tool for learners. Having the ability and confidence to share ideas, defend ideas, and expose weaknesses in ideas is something that can truly carry students throughout their entire lives - as does having the wisdom and humility to change your mind and realize that everyone is sometimes mistaken.
We're always available for questions and otherwise, never stop learning!
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Live Group Class
$14
weekly1x per week
65 min
Completed by 684 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
4-6 learners per class
