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Over 10 hours teaching material!
1 - Introduction and Topic Brainstorm (Baker) Page 4
Matthew Baker kicks off the season with a brainstorm session on what topics are hot for the 2009-2010 home-school debate leagues.
2 - Reading 101 (Baker) Page 5
Improve your research productivity with techniques such as skim reading, identifying the key information in an article, and effectively using footnotes, bibliographies, and indexes.
3 - Primary Research (Sparks) Page 17
What are examples of primary and secondary sources? How to strengthen your research with primary sources and how to address secondary resources in the round. Proper evidence presses and how to warrant arguments.
4 - Legislative and Legal Research (Baker) Page 31
How to research federal legislation, congressional testimony, court cases, and international law.
5 - Negative Briefing (Baker) Page 41
How to break down an affirmative case, develop a counter strategy, write a negative brief, organize and index negative evidence, and build frontlines.
6 - Sources (Baker) Page 52
Introductory survey of think tanks, activist groups, and news sources. Sources classified by ideology, concentration, issues, and relevance to the 2009-2010 resolution. How to investigate organizational biases.
7 - Blue Book Report (Jeub) Page 71
A most exciting research hub, Blue Book Report, consists of a team of academic debaters pulling together the latest information on the year's debate topic. Creator and publisher Chris Jeub will give a presentation of the 3.0 release and explain what it takes to be an editor on this team of researchers.
8 - Search Engines Page 72
Probably the most helpful of all the presentations, learn how to utilize the most powerful search engines to make sure you get the best and most useful information for your debating.
9 - Ethics (Baker) Page 82
The importance of ethical evidence, what makes evidence unethical, discussion of ellipses, brackets, and power tagging, and how to ensure your research is ethical.
10 - Traditional Research (Baker) Page 93
Using local library and university resources. What is available? How to find and use printed materials and reference sources.
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