World Schools Debate

In an attempt to grow World Schools debate in North Idaho and the Greater Spokane League, Timberwolf will offer both a Saturday division of World Schools Debate as mixed division (since we're all novices). These teams will be composed of three students that must all be from the same high school. For every two entries, schools should provide one judge. Judges for World Schools debate may be cover entries in other events. We request that your judge take the NSDA accreditation course for World Schools, but we understand our judges are just as novice as we are.

NORMALLY, There will be two prepared topics, one of which students will debate twice (once on each side). The rest of the topics will be impromptu and prepared one hour before the round begins. During impromptu prep, students may onlyaccess an almanac and a dictionary.NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE ALLOWED IN WORLD SCHOOLS.The only exception is that a phone may be used as a timer only, and must be on airplane mode the entire time.

FOR THE TIMBERWOLF TOURNAMENT: We will hold four rounds, giving each team a chance to debate each side of the topic where possible. Our goal here to give teams a chance to try the format, andthen recognize skills and success.

Debate Format:

1st Proposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes) - Present first and second main arguments

1st Opposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes) - Present first and second main arguments

2nd Proposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes) - Present third main argument

2nd Opposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes) - Present third main argument

3rd Proposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes)

3rd Opposition Substantive Speech (8 minutes)

Opposition Reply Speech (4 minutes) - Must be delivered by 1st or 2nd Speaker

Proposition Reply Speech (4 minutes) - Must be delivered by 1st or 2nd Speaker.

[There is no prep time during the round]

Points of Information (POIs): During each substantive speech, the opposing team is permitted to request Points of Information (POIs) during the middle 6 minutes of each speech (not the first or last minute). It's expected each team will recognize 2-3 POIs per speech, but they will be recognized at the discretion and timing of the speaker. There are no POIs during the reply speech.

Suggested Schedule: Saturday 11/8

8:45 am Debate Round 1 (Debate Round 4): This House would lower the voting age in the United States to 16 years of age.

12:00 pm Debate Round 2 (Debate Round 5): This House would lower the voting age in the United States to 16 years of age. (Switch sides)

3:15 pm Debate Round 3 (Quarters): This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.

6:30 pm Debate Round 4 (Semis): This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.

The NSDA provides a simple overview of the event here. This playlist offers a walkthrough of each speech role and motions. For judges, this video shows a walkthrough for filling out the ballot.

Idaho World Schools Champions coach Jett Smith provides helpful teaching resources and videos through Youtube.