BL Debate Camps Summer Workshop 2023

Public Forum | 2-Week-Session
The First Week – Session Sample Schedule

Day 1: Monday

1:00 PM         Welcome to Public Forum Division Meeting 

1:30 PM         Evidence & Ethics Lecture

2:30 PM        Introduction to Public Forum Lecture

3:00 PM        Lab

Day 2: Tuesday

1:00 PM         Topic Lecture

1:30 PM         First Speaker Strategies

2:15 PM         Second Speaker Strategies

3:00 PM        Lab

Day 3: Wednesday

1:00 PM         Topic Lecture

1:30 PM          Lab

2:30 PM         Using & Debating Research in Public Forum

3:00 PM         Debating Legal & Governmental Issues 

3:30 PM          Lab

Day 4: Thursday

1:00 PM            Crossfire OR Refutation Skills

1:45 PM             Lab

2:45 PM            Maximizing Partnership, Team, and Tournament Success

3:00 PM            Lab

Day 5: Friday

1:00 PM              Debating Economic Issues

1:30 PM              Lab

2:30 PM             Debating Environmental Impacts

3:00 PM             Lab

The Second Week – Session Sample Schedule

Day 6: Monday

1:00 PM              Weighing Impacts Lecture

1:30 PM               Lab

2:00 PM              Casing, Rebuttal, and Theory

2:30 PM              Gender in Debate and Society

3:00 PM              Lab

Day 7: Tuesday

1:00 PM              Debating International Relations

1:30 PM              Performance, Persuasion, and Adapting to the Judge

2:30 PM              Casing, Rebuttal, and Theory

3:00 PM              Lab

Day 8: Wednesday

1:00 PM              Skills Session: Speech Redos

2:00 PM              Case Disclosures (PRO & CON)

3:00 PM              Practice Round

Day 9: Thursday

1:00 PM              Check-in/Announcements

1:30 PM              Round 1

2:30 AM              Round 2

3:30 PM              Round 3

 Day 10: Friday

1:00 PM              Round 4

2:00 PM              Round 5

3:00 PM              Final Round

4:00 PM             Ceremony

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