Debate · Beginner · 9 lessons
Strengthen the fundamentals
Claims, warrants, evidence and signposting: the parts every strong case is built from.
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Lesson plan
Claims, reasoning, and evidence
Give each conclusion a reason and the right support.
- Debate basicsBeginner
Make a clear claim
Turn a topic into a point the audience can accept or reject.
- Debate basicsBeginner
Explain your reasoning
Explain why your evidence actually proves your point.
- EvidenceBeginner
Match evidence to a claim
Choose support that measures what your claim says.
- EvidenceBeginner
Check a source
Trace a claim to its original evidence and inspect the method.
Present and examine the argument
Organize a speech and identify the point that needs a response.
- DeliveryBeginner
Open with a clear case
Give your constructive speech a position, reason, and consequence.
- DeliveryBeginner
Signpost your points
Tell listeners which claim you are making and how it connects to the case.
- Cross-examinationBeginner
Follow up on an answer
Adjust your questions to the answer they actually gave.
- RebuttalBeginner
Find a missing assumption
Find the step their argument skipped, and attack it.
- Strategy & closingBeginner
Find the main disagreement
Find the clash that will decide who wins.
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