Resources
Useful information to improve your debating skills...
Monday's workshop materials:
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Week 1: Introduction to BP
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Week 2: Argumentation
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Week 3: Approaching debates
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Week 4: Engagement
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Week 5: Principles
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Week 6: Closing teams
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Week 7: Social justice
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Week 8: International relations
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Week 9: How to win debates
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More coming soon...
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Do not forget to follow current affairs!! Read the sources with just a critical perspective and try to find many different opinions!! Here are some useful sites**:
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BBC, The Economist, Al Jazeera, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, RT
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, Vox, Buzzfeed, Very Short Introductions Series
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Find more news sites here.
** You can get free subscriptions for some of these on DiscoverEd.
Content Related Prep:
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SOCIAL JUSTICE:
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Video workshop by Dee Courtney
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Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race, a podcast/book by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Stuff Mom Never Told You, a podcast on women's issues
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The Root, US based news site focused on race issues
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Them. US based news site focused on LGBTQ+ issues
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Follow on Instagram: @nowhitesaviours, @rachel.cargle, @laylafsaad, @shishi.rose
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Foreign Affairs, The Economist, The Diplomat, Council on Foreign Relations
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Foreign Policy (Shadow Gov't for Democratic views; Elephants in the Room for Repubican perspective)
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Pod Save America, Pod Save The World, Citations Needed
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Listen to podcasts on any of the previously mentioned sites.
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Prisoners of Geography, Why Nations Fail
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