Need Help In Conducting Debate For Small School Groups

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  1. abc00

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    Hello friends,

    I'm looking for some ideas/topics/links/videos to conduct debate for school groups- around 10-15 kids of grades 2 -5. Please give some ideas or sources which can help.
     
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    These seem comprehensive:

    Education World ® Lesson Planning: More Resources for Classroom Debates
    It's Up for Debate! | Education World

    Keep it as simple as possible. Get very familiar with the various forms of debates. Choose one format, simplify that, simplify it even more, and make your own lesson plans.

    Grades 2-5 can be a challenging age to teach debate. Do you have the leeway to change it to public speaking? That is simpler to teach, and you can focus on one child at a time. Do you have any adult or teenager to help you? 10-15 kids can turn the classroom into a zoo. : )

    Often young children (and their parents) are under the impression that debate or public speaking will be mostly about standing up and speaking. They don't realize the amount of hard work that goes into researching and writing the speech. You may want to tactfully edit speeches written by the children, if needed.

    If the performance of the children is going to be seen by parents regularly or at the end of a session, keep in mind that you need to have something impressive enough to show. The parents will only see the end performance, not the hard work that you put into it.

    Get 2-3 cheap phones to use as cameras. Hand them to one or two of the older kids. If you can upload the videos regularly, children will be able to view those and improve. Also becomes a good tracking of the group's progress. Be very sure to get written permission from parents for the video recording. Use thorough language in that digital media authorization form.

    Children love to talk. Working with them on how to talk effectively can be fun. Good Luck.
     
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