Lincoln Douglas Debate Format Pdf
Publication date 1918 topics.
Lincoln douglas debate format pdf. A guide to uil lincoln douglas debate 73 lincoln douglas debate rules includes section 1002 of the c cr a the contest. What follows is an example of a lincoln douglas debate case. Senate and a national figure. Every two months a resolution is selected from a list and used at tournaments held during that time period.
Sparks edwin erle 1860 1924. The activity is specifically designed for presentation to lay audiences. Download 1 file. Although the exact format of the debates were slightly different than the lincoln douglas of today back then the first speaker spoke for 60 minutes the.
Download 1 file. We have created a classroom edition of this textbook to use as a modified format for in class debates as well as a full curriculum to teach various debate forms with assessments rubrics lesson plans and activities. The resolution was resolved. The debaters job is to convince you.
The lincoln douglas debates are the most famous political debates in american history. By lincoln abraham 1809 1865. Lincoln and douglas were the republican and democratic candidates for the u s. Douglas stephen arnold 1813 1861.
How to judge lincoln douglas debate judging in a nutshell. Douglas was one of the most powerful men in the u s. Lincoln douglas format and sample resolutions lincoln douglas debate is one person debating against another person and is primarily focused on competing values. In the united states the right to beg on public transit systems is a warranted infringement on the right of privacy.
The time stephen douglas was the incumbent but in an attempt to take douglas s seat lincoln challenged douglas to a series of debates. If a debater is too esoteric or too fast or too complicated it is the debater who doesn t know what he or she is doing not the judge. The affirmative speech was prepared by seth halvorson of apple valley high school minnesota. Outs of lincoln douglas debate as well as debate generally.