Debate Club Practice

What this lesson teaches

Structured debate argument and rebuttal.

What you need

The learning connection

Arguing a position you don't personally hold develops intellectual empathy — the ability to understand a view from inside it. This skill is foundational to law, diplomacy, ethical reasoning, and evidence-based decision-making, and is almost never explicitly developed in standard schooling.

Try it with your learner

1. Pick topic. 2. Assign sides. 3. 2-min argument each. 4. 1-min rebuttal. 5. 1-min summary.