Lincoln-Douglas+Debate

= **Lincoln-Douglas Classroom Debate I: 2nd and 8th Periods ** = = = = = = **Lincoln-Douglas Classroom Debate I: 3rd and 5th Periods ** = Lincoln-Douglas Classrom Debate Propositions 1
 * __ Lincoln-Douglas Classroom Debate __**

Lincoln-Douglas debate began as a reaction to the excesses of team policy debate in high school. The idea was to have a debate focused on discussing the merits of competing ethical values in a persuasive manner. The famed debates between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the 1850s inspired the name and format for this style of debate. Lincoln-Douglas is a one-on-one debate, and as in team policy debate, the proposition and opposition teams are called the **//__Affirmative__//** and the **//__Negative__//** respectively. A good introduction that attracts the audience’s attention and interest in the topic Clearly state the resolution Clearly state each of your arguments Support with reason and evidence
 * Format: ** A round of a Lincoln-Douglas debate consists of five speeches and two cross-examination periods.
 * **__Affirmative Constructive – 3 Speakers__**
 * //__Cross Examination of the **Affirmative** by the **Negative – 3 Speakers**__//

Ask questions – have a strategy or at the very least a direction for questioning
 * **__Negative Constructive – 3 Speakers__**

A good introduction that attracts the audience’s attention and interest in the topic Clearly state the Negative’s position on the topic Clearly state the Negative’s Observations Support with reason and evidence
 * //__Cross Examination of the **Negative** by the **Affirmative – 3 Speakers**__//

Ask questions – have a strategy or at the very least a direction for questioning
 * **__Affirmative Rebuttal– 3 Speakers__**

Response to Cross Examination Questions
 * **__Negative Rebuttal– 3 Speakers__**

Response to Cross Examination Questions
 * **__Affirmative Rejoinder– 3 Speakers__**

Restate position/contention/argument
 * **__Negative Rejoinder– 3 Speakers__**

Restate position/contention/argument
 * **__Negative Final Summary– 3 Speakers__**

Conclude effectively
 * **__Affirmative Final Summary 3 Speakers__**

Conclude effectively