Junior School Resources
Debating is one of the best activities you can do in your primary school. Students love it; they learn a huge array of skills and, most importantly, they learn to enjoy expressing their ideas with confidence and listening to other points of view.
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An example course structure
This is a suggested way to structure two terms of weekly debate lessons in your primary school, using our resources.
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A little bit of ethics
Some moral dilemmas to prompt class discussion and debate that are not so rigidly for and against.
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Dragons Den
A great game/scaffolded debate
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8- A little bit of rhetoric
Three speeches to watch and discuss with your students
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Citizens’ Assembly Expansion Pack
Detailed examples for doing citizens’ assemblies in your class
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The Primary School Debating Course: A Guide
An overview of our year long primary school debating course and how to use all the resources to best effect
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How to run competition style debates
Our junior school debate competitions are run in the ‘South Hampstead’ format which is much simplified version of the world championship format. It is our recommendation that year 5 and 6s work towards practicing full debates in this format.
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Line Debates
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Citizens’ Assembly
A great debate format for working on stakeholder analysis with easy tie in to regular subjects
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Games Pack Two- More Challenging Games
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Games Pack One- Quick and Easy
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7- Summary Speeches
In most debating formats, the final speaker on each side of the table is called the summary, whip or reply speaker, and must give an evaluative speech rather than presenting new arguments.
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6- Points of information
A key part of making debates more dynamic and interactive, but can lead to chaos if we are not careful!
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5- Analogies
A great persuasion tool!
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4- Steps to Victory
The junior school version of chains of analysis, a hugely important life, debate and essay skill
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3- Chunking
The first technique we teach to get students EXPLAINING their points
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2- Points & Prioritisation
How to come up with points when stuck, and which arguments to prioritise.
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1- Argument Structure
The first of 8 skill lessons
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