REVISED DEBATE SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 22nd
Matt and Nick vs. Dylan and Tony
Violent video games should be banned under federal law.

Tuesday, May 27th
Brandon and Alex vs. Andrew and Paige
Physical education classes should be banned from the public school system.

Wednesday, May 28th
Jimmy and Eric vs. John and Ally
The voting age should be lowered to 16.

Thursday, May 29th
Nicole and Robyn vs. Ashley and Lauren
The Constitution should be ammended in order to allow foreign born people to run for president

Friday, May 30th
Cara and Cristina vs. Katherine and Christina
Hospitals, rehab centers, and therapists should be legally allowed to force feed anorexics.

Monday, June 2nd
Caitlin and Sam vs. AJ and Paul
Torture in interrogation of prisoners should be an acceptable practice in regard to suspected terrorists.

Notes on Writing Cross Examination Questions

Deadlines

At the beginning of class today:

• You must submit your cross examination notes from yesterday's reading.

By the end of the class period today:

• You must submit one more affirmative case brief and one more negative case brief.

By the end of the class period on Friday:

• You must submit a list of 10 possible affirmative questions and a list of 10 possible negative questions.

Debate Schedule:

Monday, May 19th

Nicole and Robyn vs. Ashley and Lauren
The Constitution should be ammended in order to allow foreign born people to run for president

Tuesday, May 20th

Cara and Cristina bs. Katherine and Christina
Hospitals, rehab centers, and therapists should be legally allowed to force feed anorexics.

Wednesday, May 21st

Caitlin and Sam vs. AJ and Paul
Torture in interrogation of prisoners should be an acceptable practice in regard to suspected terrorists.

Thursday, May 22nd

Matt and Nick vs. Dylan and Tony
Violent video games should be banned under federal law.

Tuesday, May 27th

Brandon and Alex vs. Andrew and Paige
Physical education classes should be banned from the public school system.

Wednesday, May 28th

Jimmy and Eric vs. John and Ally
The voting age should be lowered to 16.

Deadlines

By the end of the period today each team must submit:

• Affirmative outline of major claims
• Negative outline of major claims
• One affirmative brief (harm/significance or inherency)
• One negative brief (harm/significance or inherency)

By 7AM Monday morning each student must have:

• At least three viable sources cited and correctly formatted on www.noodletools.com
• At least ten note cards with "direct quotes," "my ideas," and "tags" completed.

Understanding The Bill of Rights

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”

THINK: What it would be like to live in a country where the government does not guarantee its citizens a “free press?” To what types of news stories or articles would they be denied access?

To view the links below, right click on them and choose "Open in new window."
Skim today’s issue of The New York Times. http://eedition.nytimes.com/newsstand/main Which articles or images would probably not be published in a country without a law guaranteeing freedom of the press? Record your ideas on this worksheet. You can type in the fields and save the sheet to your H drive. Then, when you have completed the sheet, save it again, print it, and give the hard copy to me. If you finish early, continue researching your debate topic.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/CensorThePress_Student.pdf

Cross Examination Debate Topics

Nicole and Robyn vs. Ashley and Lauren

• The Constitution should be ammended in order to allow foreign born people to run for president

Cara and Cristina bs. Katherine and Christina

• Hospitals, rehab centers, and therapists should be legally allowed to force feed anorexics.

Caitlin and Sam vs. AJ and Paul

• Torture in interrogation of prisoners should be an acceptable practice in regard to suspected terrorists.

Matt and Nick vs. Dylan and Tony

• Violent video games should be banned under federal law.

Brandon and Alex vs. Andrew and Paige

• Physical education classes should be banned from the public school system.

Jimmy and Eric vs. John and Ally

• The voting age should be lowered to 16.

Cross Examination Debate Topics

Browse through the topics on the Debatabase: http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php

Choose three topics you would be interested in debating. Write a RESOLVED statement for the topic and a few sentences explaining why this would be a good topic.

Remember: This must be a policy debate. The RESOLVED must call for a change to the present system.

You must have your debate ideas posted to this blog by the end of the period.

THERE WILL BE AN EXAM ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH. LINK TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS HERE AND USE YOUR CLASS NOTES TO REVIEW FOR THE EXAM.