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6 Topics Across the Content Areas

Topic selection is critical to the debate process; in fact, the topic can make or kill the debate. Avoid topics such as abortion and euthanasia as religious arguments tend to dominate; and persuasive argumentation for or against religious positions may become volatile. As students begin participating in the debate process, some will become excited to participate. Debate is a situation of controlled argumentation (in all learning paramenters: affective, cognitive, and behavioral). Teachers must be sensitive to and aware of students such that emotional outbursts are prevented before they occur. Ad hominem attacks are not tolerated in debate. In fact, this is an opportunity to teach good sportsmanship. At the end of the debate, students should shake hands with one another and tell the other debaters, "Good debate!"

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