Barkley Forum for High Schools
2026 — Atlanta, GA/US
Extemp and Impromptu Topic Areas
Extemp Topics Areas (as published in the invitation):
Round 1: Trump Administration 2.0
Round 2: Middle East and AfricaRound 3: The Americas
Round 3: Domestic Social Issues
Round 4: Eurasia
Lanny Dean Naegelin Tutorial: U.S. Foreign Policy
Michele Coody Tutorial: Economy
James Madison Copeland Exhibition: Potpourri
Note: we will use Cross-Examination after each speech in the Exhibition
Impromptu Topic Areas
Round 1: New Year's Resolutions
Round 2: Quotes from the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Round 3: The age of AI
Round 4: Famous poetic lines
Lanny Dean Naegelin Tutorial: Winter Olympic sports
Second Tutorial: Song titles that ask a question
Exhibition: The Walking Dead: Post-apocalyptic thoughts