Chapter 2: Why Debate?
- Link 2-1: Read the full dialogue of Euthyphro: http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/euthyfro.html.
Chapter 3: Debate: The Janus-Faced Discipline
- Link 3-1: Watch a clip of the 1960 debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gbrcRKqLSRw.
Chapter 5: Deciding to Debate
- Link 5-1: Watch a presidential debate between Senator McCain and the then-Senator Obama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBqLBsu-o4.
Chapter 6: Overview of Debate
- Link 6-1: Watch the first part of this debate in which Dennett presents his arguments: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iw7J15TeDG4.
- Link 6-2: Answers will vary. Use the following link to find these sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control.
Chapter 7: External Resources
- Link 7-1: GunCite: http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndpur.html
- Link 7-2: Just Facts: A Resource for Independent Thinkers: http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp
- Link 7-3: The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: http://www.bradycampaign.org/
- Link 7-4: Watch the other half of the Dennett and D’Souza debate in which D’Souza gives his arguments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7MGyayvAa8.
Chapter 8: Inductive Logic: Introducing the Common Topics
- Link 8-1: But you can consult both dictionary and thesaurus online: http://www.merriam-webster.com/.
- Link 8-2: You will find a wide array of debates on the Open to Debate website: https://opentodebate.org/. (Open to Debate was formerly called Intelligence Squared.)
- Link 8-3: Next, you are going to watch one of the Intelligence Squared debates on the following proposition: “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vj9Svxu_s
- To listen to the full episode please visit the link below:
- http://www.npr.org/2008/02/20/19180589/should-america-be-the-worlds-policeman.
Chapter 9: Inductive Logic: Definition
- Link 9-1: The next two speakers in this debate are Michael Mandelbaum and Matthew Parris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZrw_30Dzo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1tHfKb7iD4
Chapter 10: Inductive Logic: Compariso
- Link 10-1: Watch the third set of speakers—Douglas Murray and Ian Bremmer—in the continuation of the debate: “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_1XW1kZFo4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwu3J0rvAA or http://www.npr.org/2008/02/20/19180589/should-america-be-the-worlds-policeman.
Chapter 11: Inductive Logic: Relationship
- Link 11-1: Now that you have listened to all of the presentations on the topic “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman,” listen to the question-and-answer sessions by the moderator, presenters, and audience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfj2DYvJZSw or http://www.npr.org/2008/02/20/19180589/should-america-be-the-worlds-policeman.
- Link 11-2: The following resource is a helpful article students can use to examine arguments regarding crime and guns: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/07/us/gun-control-explained.html?_r=1.
Chapter 12: Inductive Logic: Circumstance
- Link 12-1: To finish up the Intelligence Squared debate, “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman,” watch the closing arguments of the speakers or http://www.npr.org/2008/02/20/19180589/should-america-be-the-worlds-policeman.
- Link 12-2: “Quotes from the Framers and Their Contemporaries”: http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndfqu.html
- Link 12-3: “Quotes from Constitutional Commentators”: http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndcom.html
- Link 12-4: “The Myth of Nazi Gun Control”: http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcnazimyth.html
- Link 12-5: The following site contains an article on the racist roots of gun control http://www.claytoncramer.com/scholarly/racistroots.htm.
Chapter 13: Inductive Logic: Testimony
- Link 13-1: The following is an article about a sighting of a Bigfoot-like creature and the ensuing investigation. Read the article and answer the following questions: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/skeptical2001.htm.
- Link 13-2: Title: “Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey,” by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227744.pdf
Chapter 14: The Special Topics
- Link 14-1: Watch the introduction and the first two speakers of the universal health care debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQSRkF8jMB8
Chapter 15: Deductive Logic: Categorical Syllogisms
- Link 15-1: Watch the second set of arguments from the Intelligence Squared debate on universal health care: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMsLhx9coxo
Chapter 16: Internal Resources: Ethos
- Link 16-1: I recommend listening to the entire speech/Listen to Robert F. Kennedy’s speech about Martin Luther’s assassination: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rfkonmlkdeath.html.
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- Link 16-2: Watch the third set of arguments from the Intelligence Squared debate on universal health care: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VR2yh3-tlM
Chapter 17: Internal Resources: Pathos
- Link 17-1: Watch President Obama’s acceptance speech on election night 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHbw3n0EIM.
- Link 17-2: Watch the first question-and-answer session of the Intelligence Squared debate on universal health care: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5eBRDgqFE
- Link 17-3: If students need a launching point for their research, I suggest the following sites: https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/armed-citizen/ (against gun control) and http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/mar/25/guns-protection-national-rifle-association (for gun control).
Chapter 18: Style and Rhetorical Devices
- Link 18-1: Locate and list at least three rhetorical devices King uses in his speech: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.
- Link 18-2: Watch the second question-and-answer session of the Intelligence Squared debate on universal health care and then answer the following questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXQvL1ls6Y.
Chapter 19: Humor
- Link 19-1: For a resource for student-appropriate, clean jokes, instruct your students to check out the JokesClean.com website: http://www.jokesclean.com/.
- Link 19-2: Watch the closing arguments of the Intelligence Squared debate on universal health care and then answer the following questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUcKawB_FG8.
Chapter 20: Arrangement: Affirmative
- Link 20-1: Read Crito by Plato: http://www.san.beck.org/Crito.html.
Chapter 21: Arrangement: Negative
- Link 21-1: Watch the first two speakers of the Intelligence Squared debate on illegal immigration: Heather MacDonald and Daniel T. Griswold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWl4CzXVRA4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esv1E7xmtEk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxoAXrWjVY.
Chapter 22: Arrangement: Cross-Examination
- Link 22-1: Watch the next two speakers on the Intelligence Squared debate on illegal immigration: Vernon M. Briggs Jr. and Enrique Morones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM6vSyVCpx8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=873F423Lzws.
Chapter 23: Arrangement: Rebuttal
- Link 23-1: Watch the last two speakers on the Intelligence Squared debate on illegal immigration: Mark Krikorian and Karen K. Narasaki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPVRkHqD64 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVQfZ436M4.
Chapter 24: Memory
- Link 24-1: You can either choose a poem for your students, or ask them to visit the links provided and make their own choice: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/emily-dickinson.
- Link 24-2: You can either choose a poem for your students, or ask them to visit the links provided and make their own choice: http://archive.emilydickinson.org/.
- Link 24-3: Watch the first question-and-answer section on the Intelligence Squared debate on illegal immigration and then answer the questions below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EabQ8WeziGc.
Chapter 25: Delivery: Keys to Effective Presentation
- Link 25-1: Watch the second question-and-answer section in the Intelligence Squared debate on illegal immigration, then answer the questions that follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcUBqiXECIo.
- Link 25-2: It may help you and your class to discuss the soliloquy as Shakespeare wrote it before they watch the clips: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.3.1.html.
Chapter 26: Other Types of Debate
- Link 26-1: NAUDL: National Association for Urban Debate Leagues: http://urbandebate.org/
- Link 26-2: National Speech and Debate Association: http://www.speechanddebate.org/
- Link 26-3: Watch the third and final question-and-answer session from the Intelligence Squared immigration debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSRF1PqYC-w.
Conclusion: Debate Opportunities in Life
- Link 27-1: Watch the closing arguments from the Intelligence Squared immigration debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb9rIjyoN1E and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CZ0Fiu2oW8.