Policy Debate Camp Talks
The Biblical Role of Government – God set up five different types of government for us. Each has a leader, a task, and a tool for discipline. Understanding these jurisdictions will go a long way to helping you understand how to do academic debate more effectively. Not only will you be able to write stronger cases, and be able to anticipate the negative strategy, but this will carry into your everyday life by gaining understanding why there are so many crises in every sector of society, and what needs done to begin the process of restoration.
Understanding The Constitution – This document is the foundation of our federal government and is overtly or covertly present at every debate round. If knowledge is power, gaining more understanding of what our government is supposed to do as opposed to what they are doing will strengthen your AFF case as well as your NEG strategy. This can also satisfy the school requirement for Constitutional Study. Come and discover some of the genius of this founding document.
Policy Resolution Overview – This is a 90-minute session on the current Policy Debate resolution for your organization for the upcoming season. I will give some history, current issues, as well as some possible case ideas.
Intro to Policy – In this session we will analyze the general form of a Resolution and why that’s important, the general structure and pattern of a debate round, and general debate theory including defining some key terms, understanding the structure of an argument, 4-Point Refutation, the two components of the Affirmative.
The Stock Issues – This session will focus on the explanation and importance of the Stock Issues for both AFF and NEG, and how these tools are a part of every debate round, even if the terms are not used.
Affirmative Case Structure - In this talk we will cover three main case structures, as well as how and when to use each structure.
Beginning Negative Strategy - The main tools for the Negative team are the Stock Issues. However, using these tools effectively will help you win many more rounds.
Beginning Cross-Ex - Cross Examination can be one of the most powerful tools in a debate round. It can be the difference between winning and losing. In this session we will look at the strategies of purpose, preparation, and procedure when approaching this most important time in a debate round.
Seven Principles - There are seven principles that will help you succeed not only in debate, but for everything you do. Since these are truly principles, they work every time they are tried, and will work against you if they are ignored.