Debate Topics

DEBATE TOPICS:

Policy Debate:Resolved: The United States federal government should establish a national health insurance program in the United States.

Lincoln Douglas Debate: Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

Public Forum Debate: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

World Schools Motions:

RD 1: Impromptu

RD 2: 

This House would prioritize expanding access to affordable housing over increasing wages.

RD 3 and 4:

This House believes democratic elections are better served by public financing than by privately funded campaigns.

• Info Slide: A publicly financed election is one in which candidates’ campaigns are funded by the state through public funds, such as tax revenues, rather than through private donations, corporate contributions, or candidates’ personal wealth.

RD 5 and 6: Impromptu

ELIM 1: Impromptu

ELIM 2:

• This House welcomes climate pessimism.
• Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented, and we should make decisions based on this fact.

ELIM 3: Impromptu