The key to winning debates isn't found in boxes and boxes of evidence, a "flawless" case, or being lucky enough to win the judge's favor. The key to winning is in strategy, which is exactly what this book covers in detail. Within these pages, you will learn how to: 
* Create affirmative cases that are tightly sealed from flaws 
* Develop negative strategies that attack the best cases 
* Formulate cross-examination questions that cripple opponents 
* Answer cross-examination questions to turn judges to your favor 
* Leverage the rules of academic debate to your advantage 
* Gather evidence that builds, supports and defends your arguments 
Every chapter includes a teacher's outline, questions for discussion, and student preparation helps. Along with modified chapters, Vance includes an additional chapter on choosing and utilizing sourcebooks. Academic debaters who are serious about winning their competitions will be just as serious about owning a copy of Strategic Debate, 2nd Edition. 
The sound advice and proven tactics in Strategic Debate is certain to provide the needed tools for building a champion debater. In the spirit of Training Minds Ministry, Strategic Debate provides the apparatus that will "train the mind for action" — for debate rounds as well as the world.

Strategic Debate: Reason, Argumentation and Strategy for Winning Scholastic Debates

Vance Trefethen

Monument Publishing

The key to winning debates isn't found in boxes and boxes of evidence, a "flawless" case, or being lucky enough to win the judge's favor. The key to winning is in strategy, which is exactly what this book covers in detail. Within these pages, you will learn how to:
 * Create affirmative cases that are tightly sealed from flaws * Develop negative strategies that attack the best cases * Formulate cross-examination questions that cripple opponents * Answer cross-examination questions to turn judges to your favor * Leverage the rules of academic debate to your advantage * Gather evidence that builds, supports and defends your arguments
 The sound advice and proven tactics in Strategic Debate is certain to provide the needed tools for building a champion debater. In the spirit of Training Minds Ministry, Strategic Debate provides the apparatus that will "train the mind for action" for debate rounds as well as the world.

Strategic Debate: Reason, Argumentation and Strategy for Winning Policy Debates

The book that teaches you how to strategically gain the advantage.\nThe keys to winning debates aren't found in boxes and boxes of evidence, a "flawless" case, or being lucky enough to win the judge's favor. They keys to winning are in specific strategies, which is exactly what this book covers in detail. Within these pages, you will learn how 
* Create affirmative cases that are tightly sealed from flaws 
* Develop negative strategies that attack the best cases 
* Formulate cross-examination questions that cripple opponents 
* Answer cross-examination questions to turn judges to your favor 
* Leverage the rules of academic debate to your advantage 
* Gather evidence that builds, supports and defends your arguments\nThe sound advice and proven tactics in Keys to Team-Policy Debate is certain to provide the needed tools for building a champion debater. In the spirit of Training Minds Ministry, Keys to Team-Policy Debate provide the apparatus that will "train the mind for action" - for debate rounds as well as the world.

Keys to Team-Policy Debate

Learning policy debate is made simple, successful and fun with Blue Book and its related materials. Policy debaters have relied on Blue Book since 1998, a true staple for their preparation. Co-authored by Chris Jeub and Vance Trefethen, the sourcebook teaches readers the structural demands of policy debate, provides summer releases for league-specific preparation, and gives strategic substance to excel in the round to win ballots. 
Debaters who trust Blue Book to get the tools necessary for successful policy debating. 
What Comes With Blue Book 
1. Twelve lessons in four units to walk you through the essential instruction in policy debate. 2. Worksheets customized to each lesson to help measure retention. Activities for each lesson to be done as you study the lessons. 3. Each release comes with ready-to-run topical case, affirmative extension, and negative brief. 4. All tags and evidence are triple-checked and hyperlinked, ensuring top standards for evidence integrity. 5. Digital access to the Summer Releases, resolutional analysis and spotlight cases/briefs written specifically for the current year s resolutions. A $30 value! (see below) 
Summer Releases Included ($30 value) 
By summer, several leagues release new policy debate resolutions. Blue Book authors gather topical overviews and three spotlight cases after resolutions are released. Blue Book owners use the digital code inside their book to download the Summer Releases, supporting the following leagues: 
(1) NSDA. Their resolution releases in January every year after its membership votes. (2) NCFCA. Their resolution releases in June at their national tournament. (3) Stoa. Their resolution releases in May at their national tournament. 
The releases will be similar to Unit III of Blue Book consisting of a full chapter of a history of the topic plus Understanding the Status Quo, where the authors list a variety of issues the resolution sets up. A followup student worksheet to test reading comprehension is included. Each of the Spotlight Cases consist of an affirmative case, 2A extension evidence, and a full negative brief ready to run in a debate round.

Blue Book for Policy Debate

Chris Jeub

Product Description Written by Chris Jeub, this teacher edition to the Blue Book for Policy Debate comes coil-bound with additional resource material specifically written for the teacher/coach. Educators will enjoy the entire student sourcebook with answers and helps written straight into the book, plus appendixes of lesson previews, reproducibles, drills and games, scrimmage instructions and more. Teachers of policy debate will be totally equipped to educate their team of policy debaters. What comes with your order of Blue Book Teacher EditionEverything that the student edition has: 1. A physical copy of Blue Book, with reinforced coil binding. 2. Twelve lessons in four units to walk you through the essential instruction in policy debate. 3. Free access to video content to accompany the lessons. 4. Worksheets customized to each lesson to help measure retention. 5. Activities for each lesson to be shared with the debate partner, club or classroom. 6. Digital access to the August 1 supplement of three spotlight cases and deep resolutional analysis. 7. Each case comes with ready-to-run topical case, affirmative extension, and negative brief. 8. All tags and evidence are triple-checked and hyperlinked. Blue Book has been the standard in many leagues for evidence integrity. 9. Access to video addenda for model debate rounds. 10. Answer keys written straight into the assignments of Blue Book. 11. Additional helps throughout the student edition to enhance the classroom experience. 12. Appendixes of lesson previews, reproducibles, drills and games, scrimmage instructions, and more. 13. Sturdy coil binding to lay open for easy reading and study. By summer, several leagues release new policy debate resolutions. Blue Book authors gather topical overviews and three spotlight cases after resolutions are released. Blue Book owners use the digital code inside their book to download the Summer Releases, supporting the following leagues: (1) NSDA. Their resolution releases in January every year after its membership votes. (2) NCFCA. Their resolution releases in June at their national tournament. (3) Stoa. Their resolution releases in May at their national tournament. The releases will be similar to Unit III of Blue Book consisting of a full chapter of a history of the topic plus Understanding the Status Quo, where the authors list a variety of issues the resolution sets up. A followup student worksheet to test reading comprehension is included. Each of the Spotlight Cases consist of an affirmative case, 2A extension evidence, and a full negative brief ready to run in a debate round. About the Author "Coach Vance" Trefethen debated in National Forensic League debate while in high school from 1979-1982. In college, he judged at high school NFL tournaments in North Carolina. A homeschooling dad himself, he realized the growing potential and benefit of homeschool debate and switched over to coaching homeschoolers a couple years later. In 2001, he helped Chris Jeub with bringing The Blue Book to a more advanced level. He has been co-authoring Blue Book ever since. Chris Jeub is owner of Monument Publishing. He authors and co-authors several of the publications, but enjoys plugging other speech and debate talent into key writing positions.Mr. Jeub resides in Monument, Colorado, with his wife and children. Over the years, his family has carried five titles in two different leagues.

Blue Book for Policy Debate Teacher Edition