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At the high school level, the predominant league is the National Speech and Debate Association, which offers seven debate events and eighteen speaking events. [34] Other high school leagues, such as the National Catholic Forensic League , National Christian Forensics and Communications Association , and Stoa USA , offer similar events.
High School Tournaments. Most high school debaters debate in local tournaments in their city, state or nearby states. Hundreds of such tournaments are held at high schools throughout the US each weekend during the debate season. Structure. Tournaments at the high school level often include individual, or speech events, in addition to debate.
Congressional Debate (also known as Student Congress, Legislative Debate) is a competitive interscholastic high school debate event in the United States. The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) and many state associations and national invitational tournaments offer Congressional Debate as an event.
The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United States. [ 1 ] NSDA was founded by Bruno Ernst Jacob , a Ripon College professor, in 1925 as the National Forensic League.
Resolved. (film) Resolved is a 2007 documentary film concerning the world of high school policy debate. The film was written and directed by Greg Whiteley of New York Doll fame. [1] The film captured the "Audience Award" title at its debut on June 23, 2007 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. [2] The film was produced by One Potato Productions. [1]
World Schools Debating Championship debates use a special format known as ' World Schools Style Debating '. This is a combination of the Asian Parliamentary and Australian formats, designed to meet the needs of the tournament. Each debate comprises a total of eight speeches delivered by two three-member teams (the Proposition and the Opposition).
Public forum debate. Public forum debate is a form of competitive debate where debaters use their evidence and impacts to outweigh the benefits and harms of the opposing side. The topics for public forum have to do with current-day events relating to public policy. Debaters work in pairs of two, and speakers alternate for every speech.
Most high school debaters debate in local tournaments in their city, state or nearby states. Thousands of tournaments are held each year at high schools and certain colleges throughout the US. A small subset of high school debaters, mostly from elite public and private schools, travel around the country to tournaments in what is called the ...