Independence Middle School Invitational
2021 — NSDA Campus, MO/US
Public Forum
Abbreviation
PF
Format
Debate
Entry Fee
$6.00
Entry
2 competitors per entry
Event Description:
In Public Forum Debate, teams argue a topic of national importance in terms that a common person would understand. Similar to Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate is conducted by teams of two people, alternating speeches for their side. Students may use non-Internet-connected laptops. Debate will feature Novice and Experienced subcategories. Experienced teams should feature at least one eighth-grader who competed in debate last season. Novice teams should include seventh graders and/or inexperienced eighth graders.
This season's topic is Resolved: For-profit prisons in the United States should be banned.