Course Outline

Week	Topics/Activities	Text Readings	Internet Readings	Assignments
1 - 7 Jan	Class Intro and Activities/ Topic Discussion*	Online Reading	Introduction to Debate	Where to find Topic Research.
2 - 12-14 Jan	Intro to Stock Issues/ CX Format/ Topic Discussion*	Chap 1	Watch Evidence Video	Watch a Policy Debate
3 - 19-21 Jan	Research (pp 137-144)/Plan/Case/Flowing (pp.113-8)	Chap 2	How to construct the aff case	Turn in Evid Briefs
4 - 26-28 Jan	Fallacies/Judging/Practice Round	Chap 3	Fallacy List	Online Quiz
5 - 2-4 Feb	Fallacies/Flowing/CX in Class (A-E)	Chap 10	View a Sample Case	Stock Issues Video
6 - 9-11 Feb	CX in Class (B-G) (C-F)	Chap 4	Outline of a debate pp 6-10	Disadvantages
7 - 16-18 Feb	CX in Class (D-B) (E-C)	Chap 5	Aff Case Format	Turn in Aff Case
8 - 23-25 Feb	CX in Class (F-D) (G-A)	Chap 6	The Counterplan	Choose LD Topic
9 - 2-4 Mar	Value Debate /LD Demo	Chap 7	Intro to the value premise	How to win at L/D
10 - 9-11 Mar	LD in Class	Chap 8	Sample LD	Watch L/D Videos
11 - 16 Mar	LD in Class	Chap 9	Sample LD Aff Sample LD Neg	Sample Aff LD Sample Neg LD
12 - 23-25 Mar	LD in Class	Chap 11	Intro Parli Debate	Turn In Comp Briefs (Outlines)
13 - 30-1 Apr	LD in Class	Chap 12	Sample Parli	Watch a Parli Debate
14 - 6-8 Apr	Factual Debate/Parli Demo	Chap 13	List of Parli Topics	Parli Notes (1) & (2)
15 - 13-15 Apr	Parli in Class (E-F) (G-A) (B-C)	Chap 14		Turn in Outside Flows
16 - 20-22 Apr	Parli in Class (D-E) (F-G) (A-B) (C-D)	Chap 15
Finals Day 29 Apr	9 AM -11AM Parli in Class			All work is "over" due.

Team Debate Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.

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