Everything your school needs for brilliant debating

Debate Hub is a partnership programme launched by South Hampstead High School. We run competitions and provide lesson plans, debate curricula, video guides, workshops, debate motions and other resources to help you develop your pupils’ oracy skills.

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Fundamentals

Games Pack Four- Assorted Games

Fundamentals

Debating ppt 3.5- Argument Jigsaw

A fun and engaging lesson to strengthen the skill of well structured arguments

Junior School

4.5- Argument Jigsaw

A fun but challenging activity designed to reinforce the skill of structured arguments.

Fundamentals

2.5 Argument Jigsaw

A fun game/challenge to reinforce the skill of making good, structured arguments.

Fundamentals

Debating ppt 9.5- Whips (Additional Practice)

Fundamentals

Games Pack 3- Alternative Debates

Some fun, not so serious modulated debates that can be used for both a more relaxed session or specific skill building.

Junior School

Ethical Dilemmas Expansion Pack

This pack features ten ‘ethical dilemmas’ inspired by the St Andrews University ‘Ethics Cup.’ Featuring issues that should be relatable to nine, ten and eleven year olds, the issues come with prompt questions to help foster discussion. Three of these cases were used in our philosophy themed year 5 competition in summer 2024.

Intermediate

Weighing Part 1- Fundamentals

Intermediate

Weighing Part 2- Metric Grabbing

Intermediate

Weighing Part 3- Whips

Debate Topics

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This House believes that states should financially compensate citizens affected by public infrastructure decisions (i.e. changing bus routes, building new houses, shutting down schools)

This House Supports the anti-tourism trend

This House, as Catherine, would choose to haunt Heathcliff

This House would allow first-time offenders to, with the consent of the victims, pay compensation to them in place of a prison sentence

This House prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely available

Advanced

Advanced Debating 6 Short- Weaponising Knowledge

Advanced

Advanced Debating 3 Short- Game Theory Argument Selection

Advanced

Advanced Debating Short 2- How to Give the Best Speech of Your Life

Intermediate

Intermediate Debating- When Debating Makes Us Cry

Public Speaking

Confidence