Faceoff Debate Lesson Plan

Share On Facebook

Share On Twitter

Share On Pinterest

Share On LinkedIn

Share On Microsoft Teams

Share On Facebook

Share On Twitter

Share On Pinterest

Share On LinkedIn

Share On Microsoft Teams

Close Up

Subject English Language Arts — Speaking and Listening • Social Studies — Current Events

Grade Level Grades 6-12

Resource Type Activity

Standards Alignment

Common Core State Standards

License

Attribution Non-commercial NoDerivative

CC (BY-NC-ND)

About This Lesson

Learn how to use Close Up’s Controversial Issues in the News library to help your students debate topics. In this new virtual lesson plan, students develop critical thinking and communication skills through research, collaborative argument strategizing, and oral debate.

Includes: Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, and Digital Worksheets

High School English Lesson Plan

Resources

Files

beta

EDBRAIN IT

EdBrAIn uses AI to customize lesson resources for your students’ needs.

CUIC-Faceoff-Debate.pdf

Activity

April 13, 2020

1.46 MB

Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1.d

Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue; resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3

Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.