Debate+Club

Welcome to MS Debate Club.

 * November 24th**

Research your topic. State and write about your opposing viewpoints on your topic [|here.]

November 10th: Almanacs check out: http://www.almanac.com/ Use your almanacs to answer t[|hese questions:] Take the 'summer slump' quiz. [|Take this almanac quiz.]

[|KAIAC Constitution.] See pages 47-54 of the PDF Forensics (speech and debate) by-laws.
 * November 3rd**

[|Parliamentary Debate background.] [|College Debate Competition]

1. Warm-up: http://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/equalityanddiversity/cultural-knowledge/World_Knowledge_Quiz.htm 2. This[| one is pretty difficult!] 3. Here is a  [|Newsweek Quiz]
 * October 20th:**

**Here are some good sources to learn more about the world:**
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/asia/ http://www.newsweek.com/id/30166 http://www.economist.com/world/asia/

//Korean schools should close for seven days if more than 3 cases of H1N1 are confirmed.//
//The US Dollar should not be universally accepted as the world's currency.//

1. Watch this video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7937204747114517138#
 * October 6th:**

RESOURCES
//International News// [|British Broadcasting Company: news.bbc.co.uk] //Government Issues and Documents// [|University of Michigan Library: www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html] //Legal News// [|Findlaw: www.findlaw.com][|Legal Information Institute: www.law.cornell.edu] //Sources for Facts// [|Fact Monster: www.factmonster.com](MS) [|Reference Desk: www.refdesk.com][|Nation Master: www.nationmaster.com] //Encyclopedia// [|Altapedia: www.altapedia.com (MS)] //Dictionary and Thesaurus// [|www.onelook.com] [|www.m-w.com/home.htm] //Public and Social Policy Facts// [|Understanding USA: www.understandingusa.com] [|Justice Learning: www.justicelearning.com] //Learning About Debate// [|International Debate Education Association: www.idebate.org] [|Debate Central: debate.uvm.edu]

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/05/19/stories/2009051950050900.htm [] [] []