DEBATE CENTRAL
Debating Resources for the World since 1994

FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND DEBATE CENTRAL

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| History How It Started
| Dedication Two Great Supporters - Lawrence & Huber

CURRENTLY FEATURED

World Debate Institute Summer, 2001
Information about WDI's 19th Summer, a number of different residential intensive instructional programs for high school, college, international, policy, parliamentary, politial and public debaters, teachers, and coaches. Programs occur during the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August, 2001.

Search the Debate Central Archives
American and International, College and High School, Policy, Parliamentary, Lincoln-Douglas, and Public Debate tournaments, results, organizational news, jobs, scholarships, graduate schools, and more. This is mostly "hard info" for those already involved in one or more of these debate formats.

Online Instruction Videos for Parliamentary and Policy Debate
A huge library of streaming videos you can play on your computer desktop over the internet. Almost 100 videos now available. Good for novice, intermediate, and advanced debaters.

YOU LEARN - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

YOU LEARN
An introductory menu for our instructional resources.

To Debate
A huge body of information for those who want to learn how to debate and improve their debating. Text, videos, for all different debate formats.

To Coach
Lots of advice and materials for coaches and teachers of debate, both for competitive debate and for those using debate as a classroom tool.

Edwin W. Lawrence
Debate Library
Articles about the theory and practice of debating, covering a variety of formats. Many papers and short essays are included. Please feel free to send us your work in this area, convention papers, speculative essays, etc.

To Speak
Learn to speak in public, especially in a debate format.

To Research
Find out how to research issues before you debate them.

YOU WATCH - VIDEO VIEWING ON THE INTERNET

YOU WATCH
An introductory menu of our video categories. You will need RealPlayer installed on your computer to watch streaming videos.

A Debate
Videos of debates in various formats - public, policy, parliamentary, etc.

A Lecture on
Policy or
Parliamentary
Debate
A huge library of streaming videos you can play on your computer desktop over the internet. Almost 100 videos now available. Good for novice, intermediate, and advanced debaters.

A Discussion
Discussions about debates and debating. Also features many Flashpoint television shows, spirited discussions of issues and ideas.

An Event
Keynote speeches, special lectures, other events of note, capturted on streaming video.

Debate Central
Broadcasting
Live broadcasts, special events, international debates, promotional videos, and much more.

YOU DEBATE - GET INVOLVED IN A DEBATE TODAY

YOU DEBATE
An introductory menu of some unusual debate opportunities.

Internet
Debates
Use two way streaming video to debate people on the other side of the world! Find out how you can join in.

Watch Video of USA-UK Internet Debate

Text debates at Debates.com
International internet site, hosts many different debates, unique debate format and structure.
Text debates at
PeoplesForum.com
Many different debates going on, some with cash prizes. Vigorous community of critical thinkers!

Judge
Coming Soon!

Schedule
Coming Soon!

GET INFORMATION - HUGE ARCHIVES WITH LOTS OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION

YOU GET
INFORMATION
An introductory menu of our debate information services.

Addresses
Archive contains many different address lists, including email addresses.

Judge
Philosophies
Archive of judge philosophies from recent CEDA Nationals

Links
Links to many other debate websites.

DEBATE CENTRAL ARCHIVE
American and International, College and High School, Policy, Parliamentary, Lincoln-Douglas, and Public Debate tournaments, results, organizational news, jobs, scholarships, graduate schools, and more. This is mostly "hard info" for those already involved in one or more of these debate formats.

Travel
Get what you need to take a debate trip, including maps, addresses, airline tickets, and weather forecasts.

Topics
Get more information about current topics, look at a huige list of debate topics, find out what people are arguing.

YOU SHOP - CHANCES TO BUY DEBATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

YOU SHOP
An introductory menu of our product offerings

Evidence
Buy evidence handbooks for specific debate topics.

Textbooks
Buy debate textbooks.

Videos & CD-Roms
High quality VHS tapes and revolutionary new multi-media CD-ROMs available for order today and shipment tomorrow.

Topic Books
Coming Soon

Software
Coming Soon

YOU JOIN - JOIN ORGANIZATIONS, LEAGUES, GROUPS, EMAIL DISCUSSIONS

YOU JOIN
An introductory menu of the organizations and groups you can belong to.

Directory of
Debate
Organizations
Lots of them to choose from.

Various
Debate
Listservs
Join email discussion groups of many different types and for different debate formats.


I.D.E.A.
International
Debate
Education
Association
[Watch Video]
Promoting debate in many newly emerging democracies and other nations.

E.S.U.
English-
Speaking
Union
Promoting debate in the English languiage in over 30 nations around the world.

N.F.L.
National
Forensic
League
The organizing body for high school speech and debate in the USA.

CEDA
Policy debate in the USA

NDT
Policy debate in the USA

NPDA
Parliamentary debate in the USA

APDA
Parliamentary debate in the USA

ALL COLLEGE GROUPS

YOU GROW - OPPORTUNITIES IN DEBATE

YOU GROW
An introductory menu of the opportunities we feature

Institutes
Summer debate programs give opportunities to learn and grow.

Scholarships
College financial assistance linked to debate

Graduate Study
Grad school fellowships and assistanceships linked to debate

Coaching Jobs
Job listings at colleges, high schools, and in the professions

College Opportunities
Find out about colleges which have debate programs so you can make a better school choice

YOU EXPLORE - OTHER EXCITING OFFERINGS

YOU EXPLORE
An introductory menu of the opportunities we feature

Urban Debate Leagues
Exciting program bringing debate to America's inner city schools, now in many cities nationwide, take a tour of them!

Dread
Library
Essays about the rhetoric of reggae music

Reggae
Music
Coming soon: Listen to reggae over the web!

Rhetoric of
Impeachment
Spring, 2000

Debate Class
Fall, 2000

Argumentation Class
Fall, 2000

Time
travel
Doctor Who lives on!

You will need RealPlayer and QuickTime installed on your computer to watch streaming v ideos.

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This website is made possible by a gift from PeoplesForum.com, which facilitates debate on many issues at http://peoplesforum.com.