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| What
to do before you come to
the Summer Debate
Institute |
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| In order for
you to gain the most from
your week at the Summer
Debate Institute, we would
strongly suggest that you
read and complete the
following homework
assignments before you
arrive. These assignments
are not intended to burden
you, but rather to enhance
your learning and
performance. |
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Novices...
Novice team policy and
Lincoln-Douglas debaters
should familiarize
themselves with the schedule
and read the materials they
have been sent prior to the
Institute. |
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Intermediates...
Intermediate debaters
have the foundations
necessary to begin enhancing
their debate skills. As
such, preparation before the
Institute is vital
- Students should
familiarize themselves
with the schedule and
read the materials sent
out prior to the
Institute.
- Additionally, policy
students should begin
their examination of the
resolution, begin
formulating case ideas
and write a
plan-meets-needs case
complete with supportive
evidence to bring to
camp. L-D students
should prepare an
affirmative case to
bring to camp.
- Students should bring
any briefs, cases, and
articles they have found
in order to expand the
knowledge base regarding
the resolution.
- Finally, students
should bring potential
generic negative
arguments.
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Advanced...
Advanced students are those
who have two or more years
of experience, have competed
at national level
competitions, have written
and debated a variety of
case structures, and have
studied some advanced debate
theory. These debaters have
foundational skills and
enough in-round experience
to prepare them for taking a
step to the next level.
However, experienced
debaters often lose sight of
the basics and get lost
focusing on the individual
arguments rather than the
big picture. Thus,
preparation before the
Institute will determine
their success both here and
in the year of competition
to come.
- Advanced students
should arrive at the
Summer Debate Institute
with a good
understanding of the
topic. The main policies
that are typically cited
as harmful, the main
thinkers behind the
topic, and the major
arguments that should be
apparent in the
resolution.
- Advanced students
should refresh
themselves on the debate
basics. Looking over an
old debate book or
pretending to be a
novice can help you
reinforce the
fundamentals so as not
to lose sight of them in
the whirlwind of new
theory.
- Finally, advanced
students ought to arrive
at the Institute with
substantial preliminary
research, a developed
affirmative case,
negative paradigms, and
general disadvantages.
If these foundations are
sound, the camp will be
very rewarding.
- • Advanced policy
students must prepare
and bring to camp a full
case complete with
supportive evidence,
briefed affirmative
backup evidence from 20
unique sources and
briefed negative
evidence from 10 unique
sources. (Highlighted
articles are not
acceptable forms of
briefs.) Advanced L-D
students must bring a
full affirmative case
and a full negative case
as well as quotations
that relate to the
resolution from three
philosophers
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