Debate+Project+10-11

For this project, you will be required to participate in a current events debate in front of the class in which you will attempt to persuade the audience of the validity of your stance on a current issue. The issues that you may choose from include, but are not limited to:


 * Immigration Policies
 * Affirmative Action, now and then
 * US role in Iraq
 * US response to N. Korea
 * US response to nuclear proliferation
 * US response to China
 * US role in preventing genocides
 * US role in a changing world
 * Balancing US interests in the Middle East
 * Dilemmas of foreign aid
 * Responding to terrorism: challenges for democracy

Note: There may be another issue that you might be interested in. If that is the case, please come talk to me and we can make some arrangements for you to work on that particular issue instead.

For Block G Only: You will be participating in one debate (with a partner), writing an analysis of one debate and creating a podcast of the third debate. (Let's say the three topics in your class are immigration, foreign aid, and terrorism and you participate in the immigration debate. You will then write an analysis of the foreign aid debate and a podcast of the terrorism debate.)

For Block A Only: You will be participating in TWO debates (with a partner or in a group of three) and creating a podcast of the third debate in which you did not participate.

Listed below are the due dates for assignments related to each block's debates:

**Thursday, May 26th -** Debate I - The US and its Response to Genocide **Monday, May 30th -** Debate II - The US and its Immigration Policy **Wednesday, June 1st** - Debate III - The War on Terrorism
 * __Block G Schedule__**
 * Wednesday, May 18th -** Background readings from the Choices Series due (take notes)
 * Monday, May 23rd -** About 45 minutes of in class work time
 * Thursday, May 26th** - Debate preparation documents due (review of five articles, etc.)
 * Friday, June 3rd -** Debate analysis and summary due
 * Tuesday, June 7th -** Debate podcast due

**Friday, May 27th -** Debate I - The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons **Monday, May 30th -** Debate II - The US Role in Fostering Diversity - Affirmative Action **Wednesday, June 1st** - Debate III - The US Response to North Korea
 * __Block A Schedule__**
 * Wednesday, May 18th -** Background readings from the Choices Series due (take notes)
 * Monday, May 23rd -** About 45 minutes of in class work time
 * Friday, May 27th** - Debate preparation documents due (review of five articles, etc.)
 * Tuesday, June 7th -** Debate podcast due

Debate Format 10-11