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2024-25 Resolution

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

2024-25 Debate Resources

Novice Case areas:

• Patents: Emerging Technologies

• Patents: Green Technology

• Copyrights: Protect the Creative Arts

• Trademarks: Trademark Trolls

2024-25 Topic Resources

in the works

Novice Resources

Where should I go to learn about debate?

Textbooks

• Policy Debate (Allison Hahn, Taylor Ward Hahn, Marie-Odile N. Hobeika)

• The “How to” of Debate (T. Russell Hanes)

• Minnesota Debate Manual

• Debate 101 (NAUDL)

Presentations

• Intro to CX debate 1 and Intro to CX debate 2 (Minnesota Urban Debate League)

• What is an argument?

YouTube

• Policy Debate v. Public Speaking

• Novice Series (Playlist)

• Intro to Debate Part I

• Intro to Debate Part 2

• The Format of Debate

• Common Novice Mistakes

Additional Resources

Affirmatives

• How to Be Aff Part 1

• How to Be Aff Part 2

• How to Be Aff Part 3

• Answering the Neg - Cheat Sheet

Negative

• How to Be Negative Part 1

• How to Be Negative Part 2

• How to Be Negative Part 3

Cross Examination

• Cross-Ex: The Basics

• Cross-Ex: Conquering Cross-Ex

Topicality

• Topicality - The Basics

• Topicality - How to Run T

• Topicality - Developing T

• Topicality Lecture (Notes)

Disadvantages

• Intro to Disadvantages

• Disadvantages - The Basics

• Disadvantages - DA in Debates

• Disadvantages - Aff Answers

• Answering Disadvantages

• How to Prep a DA

• Federalism DA

• Politics DA - Aff and Neg

• Politics DA - The File

• Politics DA - Neg

Counterplans

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 1

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 2

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 3

• Introductions to Counterplans Part 4

• How to Prep a CP File

• CP Theory File (Eric Atcheson)

Kritiks

• Introduction to the Kritik

• Kritiks

• Answering Kritiks

• K Lecture Notes (Word Doc)

• General K Answers (Planet Debate)

• Non Traditional, Performance, and Kritikal Affirmatives

Evidence and Card Cutting

• Why Research is Important

• How to Cut a Card

• Card Formatting (Word Doc)

• How to Download and Install Verbatim

• How to Use Verbatim to Cut Cards

• Evidence and Reasoning Handout (Boston Debate League)

• Critiquing the News

Demo debates & Flowing practice

• Flowing in Debate

• Demo Debate with Flow

• Advanced Demo Debate

Speaking Skills and Drills

Skills:

• Impact Calc

• Final Rebuttals

• Speaker Points Do’s and Don’ts

Drills:

• Impact Calc (Worksheet)

• Refutation Handout (Worksheet)

Preparation

• Using Judges’ Feedback

• Preparing for Tournaments

Tournaments

• Competing on Speechwire

• Viewing your ballots

Self Care

• Debate and Angst-iety

• Emotional Impact of Debate

• Novices- I’m Overwhelmed! (Checklist)

College Help

• The College Process