| Sub Modules | Description | Learning Outcomes | Projects | Child investigations |
| Debate: Introduction | Introduction to Debates. Understanding Stances and arguments | Know the Three stances in a debate Identify the stance in relation to the topic and know their stance | Given a topic, come up with a set of statements for others to identify their stance. Provide these statements to at least 10 different people and record their answers | Are there statements for which they are unable to make up a stance? |
| Facts and Opinions | Facts and opinions form key parts of arguments. Knowing and understanding them can help use them well in debates | Describe What is a Fact. Demonstrate with examples what is a fact and what is not. Describe why Describe What is opinion. Demonstrate with examples what is Opinion and what is not. Describe why | Talk about what you think of your friends or family in 10 sentences Given a set of statements, identify if they are facts or opinions | What are some keywords that we use when we state facts and when we use opinions? |
| Speaking Confidently | Confidence while speaking is a key part of speaking. Along with other body language traits, this plays a key role in the impression it makes on the audience. | Tips and tricks to speak confidently Managing Nervousness and Stage Fear Knowing some practices like breathing, practice, visualization, research, preparation, making friends with the audience can help to feel more confident | Practice Visualisation Practice Deep Breathing Exercises | What else do you think can help you feel confident before speaking? |
| Getting your Content Right | Researching for your speech and deciding the content is winning half the battle in a debate. | Researching for a topic Find, cite, quote, and connect information appropriately Incorporating stories, anecdotes, poetry in your speech | Make simple poetry with your special words to praise your opponent Make a quiz given a set of topics and ask it to another team Build an Explanation to convince an evil overlord who captured you to release you | What were you comfortable with? What were you uncomfortable about? How did you figure out what to say? |
| Anatomy of a Debate | What goes on in a debate, what are the parts of. Diving into them helps to break them down to build a strong argument | Describe what is a debate Describe the following Debating Terminology Affirmative and Negative side Rebuttal Resolution Point of information | Give an example for each of the debating terminologies, given a topic Watch a debate and note down when the debating terminology events happen Make a written debate for both sides. Follow the structure of the formal debate | Is there any other scenario you think can happen in a debate? Is there a word for it? Next time you have an argument, make a mental note of what is happening. After it is over reflect on Was it a debate? Did it follow the structure of a debate? Were there parts of it similar to a debate? |
| Listening and Rebuttal | Listening is a key part of Debate Skills. Without listening you would not be able to refute or support the arguments. An argument can be mild and focus on supporting your claim or can be strong and focus on destroying the other’s claim. | Know that listening is an important skill Improve capacity to listen to small details Listen and Summarise Know types of arguments Understand how to structure a rebuttal | Listen to instructions only and perform an action Prepare an argument Prepare a Rebuttal | When would you use which approach for rebuttal? |
| Verbattle | Ethos, Pathos Logos from the times of Plato has formed the basis of rhetoric. | Know and Apply ways to support your argument Ways to win an argument | “Can you Distract me?” Turncoat Convince Me Team Debate | What strategies while constructing arguments convinced you? |
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22 Mar 2021
17 May 2021
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