Other Debate Rule Systems

For explanations of other debate systems, check the following:

• The Sydney 2000 Rules :
  http://worlddebating.blogspot.ru/2000/03/wudc-sydney-2000-rules.html
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate Rules: https://www.uiltexas.org/files/academics/speech/LDRulesProcedures.pdf
• British Parliamentary Debate:
  http://www.willamette.edu/cla/china_debate/doc/ReviewerOnlyFiles/Ch%2003%20BP%20DebateAsModelOfSocialAndEducationalDebate.docx
• Catholic Schools' Debating Association:
  http://www.csda.nsw.edu.au/debatingRules.html
• Saskatchewan Elocution and Debate Association:
  http://www.saskdebate.com/media/32277/2013revisedgeneral%20rules%20of%20debate.pdf

Learning to Debate

• http://www.learndebating.com/    offers a free downloadable e-Book on debating.
• The Monash Association of Debaters offers a free Guide to Debating- http://www.monashdebaters.com/downloads/Schools%20Training%20Guide.pdf
• MIT Debating 101: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.141/spring2013/pub/lectures/Forum-7_Debate101.pdf
• A set of video tutorials on debating: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmx7Qc5fx1sglz8Gz5MFN3A
• Toronto Debating tutorials and examples: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNJPhtaO5a974DyFTRMByA
• Coursera course on negotiation: https://www.coursera.org/learn/negotiation
• (Commercial) The Art of Debate, from The Great Courses series : https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-art-of-debate.html

Debate Topics

For ideas about debate topics, as well as arguments for both sides of a topic, check the following debate-centered websites:

• https://www.kialo.com
• https://www.procon.org
• http://www.debate.org/  
• https://idebate.org/
• http://www.urbandebate.org
• http://www.parli.org/resolutions/

Also, check the NY Times list of debate topics : https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/our-100-most-popular-student-questions-for-debate-and-persuasive-writing/

NY Times' list of 301 topics for argumentative writing:

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/301-prompts-for-argumentative-writing/

282 Original Ideas for argumentative writing:

http://www.myspeechclass.com/ideas-for-argumentative-speech-topics.html

Debate Videos

For sample debate videos of debates in other organizations, you can watch the following:

• The Munk Debates - https://www.munkdebates.com/
• Debate Matters - http://www.debatingmatters.com/resources/debatingmattersonfilm/
• http://videos.apdaweb.org/
• Recordings of Debate Contests of in the High Schools of the US - http://www.parli.org/resource/
• Debate Central videos -http://debate.uvm.edu/wudcvideo.html
• Intelligence Squared Debates: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkZmdWVCTDvaXAYk3JyrohSS-tuQs9mlt
• The Munk Debates: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMunkDebates