Mar 13/14: Course Selection + prep for summative debate

Prep for Summative Debates...

Helpful Resources for Today's Class and for Preparing for Debate:

• Link to Debate Slide Template (1 group member makes a copy & shares)
• Google Form to submit link to group's summative debate slide deck (slides are optional)
• Link to exemplars for argumentative claims and counterclaims exemplars
• Link to Persuasive/Debate Speech Rubric

Sample Debate Speeches (Videos):

• Sample Debate: SAS Debate  (2013) - Introducing the Proposition (Speaker #1)
• Sample Debate: SAS Debate (2013) - Opposition Speaker #1
• Tutorial for Role of First Affirmative (Proposition) Speaker (Speaker #1)
• Sample Debate: Oppoosition Speaker #1
• Sample Debate Affirmative (Proposition) Rebuttal (Proposition Speaker #2)
• Sample Debate Negative (Opposition) Rebuttal (Opposition Speaker #2)
• Debating Rebuttals Tutorial​
• Sample Debate: Television is a bad influence
• Sample Debate: School Uniforms
• Debate Tips
• Why Debate is Important: “Debating Can Change Your Life” TEDTalk​

Topic-Specific Videos to Learn the Topic:

• TEDEd: How Did Hitler Rise to Power? (TED Ed)
• Dictators, Tyrants, Authoritarian Government: Despotism (1946 Encyclopedia Britannica Films)
• Stalin: Inside the Terror  (BBC)
• The World Wars: Mini Bio Joseph Stalin (History Channel)
• What is Fascism? (NowThisWorld video)
• History Brief: The Rise of Imperial Japan (Reading Through History)
• Crash Course World History: WWII (Crash Course w/ John Green)
• Crash Course WWII: A War for Resources (Crash Course w/ John Green)

DBQ Packets for your Team’s Research:

• Authoritarian Regimes: Communist Russia (DBQ)
• Authoritarian Regimes: Nazi Germany (DBQ)
• Authoritarian Regims: Fascist Japan (DBQ)

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​Tips for preparation:

• Focus on ensuring you have strong evidence to back up your argument (claim and reason(s) you are presenting and/or defending.  
• Know thy enemy!!! Anticipate what your opposing team will say and have prepared counterclaim statements, and evidence/analysis you can use against them in your debate.
• Prepare a speech for up to 2 minutes (not the entire 3 minutes)--this gives you some cushion so that your speech doesn't go over, and allows you to be able to pause for emphasis (...dramatic pause...), allows time to make more eye contact, reference an image on a slide, and/or add to your speech last minute if a new idea or strategic statement occurs to you.

​Course Selection for your Sophomore Year:
While there may be some additional non-AP/AT courses added to the course menu starting your Junior year, the current Course Program Planning Guide (PPG) will provide you with all courses currently scheduled and offered next year and the list of AP/AT courses available to you through graduation.  It is important that you plan out which courses you plan to take for the remaining 3 years so that you are intentionally seeking the appropriate level of challenging coursework and balance to your course load. 

Some topics we will discuss today include:

• Social Studies course on offer at each grade level
• Deciding on U.S. History, APUSH or American Studies (for those required to take a U.S. History credit)
• The AT/AP courses on offer to Sophomores (AT History, APUSH)
• The differences between the AP and AT courses (specifically AP/AT World History, AP/AT Geography, AT Entrepreneurship)
• Other non-AP/AT courses on offer other than U.S. History:
  • Economics (semester)
  • Behavioral Economics & Game Theory (semester)
  • History of Malaysia/Singapore (semester)
  • Business (Semester) note: it is a Social Studies "elective"--does not meet Social Studies requirement for graduation)
• Process for requesting overrides to prerequisites (overrides will only considered for students who earned a B+ Semester 1 and earn an A Semester 2).

​Helpful resources for you to refer to in planning and selecting the appropriate courses for you:

• Program Planning Guide (Course Descriptions) for 2019-2020 (Social Studies begins on page 14)
• Social Studies Course Offerings for 2019-2020 (presentation slides)
• Advice on Selecting Courses for Next Year (Yale University article)
• Advanced Study FAQs