El Camino Big Questions Tournament
2019 — Woodland Hills, CA/US
About Big Questions
At this tournament we will be following standard Big Questions Debate Procedures.
The topic for the tournament is:
Resolved: Humans are primarily driven by self-interest.
The structure for the debate is as follows:
Affirmative Constructive–5 minutes
Negative Constructive-5 minutes
Question Segment – 3 minutes
Affirmative Rebuttal – 4 minutes
Negative Rebuttal – 4 minutes
Question Segment – 3 minutes
Affirmative Consolidation – 3 minutes
Negative Consolidation – 3 minutes
Affirmative Rationale – 3 minutes
Negative Rationale – 3 minutes
As per Big Questions rules, each side will be granted 3 minutes of prep time that may be used any time except in the middle of a speech.
For more information about the format of Big Questions debate, please look here: https://www.speechanddebate.org/wp-content/uploads/Big-Questions-Format-Manual.pdf