For Coaches

Note- This season, we have 2 styles of debate, World Schools and Policy Debate. Your school can choose whether you will do Worlds, Policy, or both! To learn more about Policy, check out this document. To learn more about Worlds, check out this document. 

Because there are 2 styles of debate, practices may look different for some schools than others. We have split resources below to include practice slides for both Worlds and Policy. If you are coaching both, it may be a good idea to start off practice together as a group for warm-ups and then divide up and let each side focus on a specific skill. 

Our full curriculum is a work in progress. Initial lessons can be found below. Feel free to make copies of slides and make them your own, or jump around as best suites your students! 

General Slides: 

• Interest Meeting Slides

• Introduction to Debate (Both Styles)

• Introduction to Argumentation

Policy Debate Materials: 

• Introduction to Policy Debate

• Introduction to the Resolution (The Arctic)

• Introduction to Case Debate

World Schools Materials: 

• Introduction to World Schools Debate

• Building a Case

• Introduction to (Prepared) Motion #1 (September)

• Introduction to Public Speaking

• The Role of Each Speech

• Flowing + Example Round

• Researching for Worlds

More to come soon! 

Additional Policy Resources: 

• Beginner's Guide to Policy Debate

• Novice Summer Camp Materials

• Varsity Summer Camp Materials 

• Last Year's Practice Slides

• Spar Debate Practice Slides

• Resources from other UDLs: 

  • Boston

  • Minnesota

  • Atlanta 

Additional Worlds Resources:

• World Schools 101 

• World Schools Speech Templates

• World Schools Debate Glossary

• Summer Camp Materials

• World Schools Ballot 

• Videos from the NSDA

• Example Round

Debate Lesson Library from NAUDL