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Debate

About Debating and How to Start
Visit this site for information about basic debating skills. Learn about problems and mistakes students make while debating. You will also find information about logical fallacies, etc. 
http://actein.edu.au/ACTDU/aboutd.html

Agreeing to Disagree: The Value of Debate 
Read an  article from the Open Society News regarding benefits students receive from debate programs. 
http://www.soros.org/usdebate/bodyagree.htm

Ask the Debate Coach 
A must-have information site for debate preparation.
http://www.soros.org/usdebate/bodyagree.htm

Breaking Down Barriers Q & A
http://www.whitman.edu/offices_departments/rhetoric/bdb/

Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) 
http://cedadebate.org/

Debate America 
Information about debate and scheduling. 
http://www.debateamerica.org/

Debate Central 
Visit this site to find information about lectures, possible debate topics, tournaments, etc.
http://debate.uvm.edu/default.html

Debate Tips 
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/7372/novice.html

Debating Rules 
Reference site for parliamentary debating strategies, scoring, and process.
http://www.fandm.edu/CampusLife/Organizations/DebatingClub/rules.html

Intro to Team Debate 
http://www.vij.com/debate/

Middle School Public Debate Program
MSPDP is the only interscholastic debate program in the world designed exclusively to serve the unique educational needs of students in the middle grades.http://www.middleschooldebate.com/

National Debate Tournament Home Page 
http://www.wfu.edu/organizations/NDT/

Net Benefit 
A site for debaters, coaches, and judges within the policy debate community. The site contains free articles, a discussion board, e-mail directory, resource links, and debate materials than may be purchased. 
http://www.net-benefit.com/

Open Society Institute Debate Program 
Visit this site for information about a grant program that helps inner city programs.  There is evidence present here that debate supports conflict management efforts within schools.  
http://www.soros.org/usdebate/

Public Forum Debate League 
http://www.hsdebate.com/

Public Forum Debate League 
http://www.sunyrockland.edu/~ajacobs/pfdl.html

S.P.I.C.E. Unit 
This site is brought to you from the  Speech and Interpersonal Communication Enhancement Unit. It contains debate topics, public speaking rules, and more.
http://www.sunyrockland.edu/~ajacobs/pfdl.html

Short Summary of Fallacies
You will find that at this site that Dr. Reinhold Schlieper's discusses fallacies that will serve debaters well.
http://faculty.erau.edu/schliepr/minbar/personal/assignments/fallacies.html

Smith's Rules for Debates 
http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/courses98/rules.htm

Teaching Using Debate 
Debate strategies that can be used in the classroom abound here.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~cdug/homepage/language/debate_2.html

Urban Debate Leagues 
http://debate.uvm.edu/udl/udl.html


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