"PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE"
       by   Robert Branham (Professor of Rhetoric & Director of Debate, Bates College)
                     and
               John Meany (Director of Forensics, Claremont McKenna College)

Influencing Through Argument
        A Complete Argumentation Textbook,  By Robert Huber (University of Vermont)

APDA (American Parliamentary Debate Association) Homepage  [click on Guide to Debate for useful information]

Parliamentary Debate:
 
    Case Construction:  Part One - Part Two
    Opposition Strategy:  Part One - Part Two
    On Causality & Probability
    On Rhetorical Argument
    On Public Debate:  Part One - Part Two
    British Parliamentary Debate Formats
 

Policy Debate:

     SAMPLE DEBATE ON 1999-2000 USA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TOPIC  (A debate on school uniforms
     and academic achievement designed for novices and those unfamiliar with policy debating. The speech times are shortened
     and the delivery is slow so that new debaters can follow the issues throughout the debate. Staged by University of Vermont
     students and staff.)   Part One - Part Two

     Debate Walk Through:  Short presentation for those who have never seen a policy debate before. Models the Sample Debate.
     Alfred C. Snider, Andy Ellis, Greta Lockwood, Sarah Snider, Helen Morgan. (30 min.)

     Stock Issues:  Snider & Justin Parmett review stock issues found in a policy debate. (30 min.)

     Note taking & Flowing:  Snider & Parmett explain basic note taking techniques for new debaters. (30 min.)
 

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