Debate Special Elective
Fall 2008
Topics:
National Security vs Right to Privacy
Should the use of positive discrimination (affirmative action) be increased?
Student Lockers, School's Right to Search?
We should ban the death penalty
Cloning human beings should be legal
We should make it mandatory for United States citizens to vote in elections
Children should be allowed to vote in national elections
Is the United States truly Democratic?
Is Direct Rule by the People Better than Representative Democracy?
Websites:
IDEA: International Debate Education Association
- can search debate topics
Canadian Student Debating Federation
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Resources
Debatepedia:
a wiki encyclopedia of pro and con arguments and quotations in important pubic debates around the world
National Forensic League: Current Topics
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