Greetings!
At the end of this summer, we’re going to be hosting a week long mini-institute for Lincoln Douglas here at West High School. The “mini-institute” will run 10-14 August 2009 and be from 9am-4pm on those five days. The first two days will be for general activity introduction and skill building for our new debaters. The final three days will be philosophy lectures and focus on one of the possible 10 topics for the 2010 calendar year, culminating in some practice rounds.
If you’ll notice, we’re running this the week prior to the NFL’s September/October topic being released. We believe that this mini-institute will help get interested students started in the activity and dovetail nicely with the start of the first topic of the year!
The information to be covered (tentatively) includes the following:
Warm-up impromptu debates
Introduction to the activity format
Topic analysis
Case writing
Research
Value/Criterion
Cross Examination
Rebuttals
Crystallization
Basic Philosophy to know
Rhetorical Theory
Social Contract
Utilitarianism
Posts (modernism, colonialism, structuralism)
Derrida
Levinas
Rawls
Nozik
Butler
Practice with a possible topic on the skills
· Mini-tournament/round-robin
Here’s the breakdown:
Who: Any students interested in learning Lincoln Douglas Debate or developing more skills in LD
What: End-of-Summer LD Institute
Where: Iowa City West High School (room 128)
Why: To give our junior high debaters a head start for the season, to help shake off the dust and remove the rust before the start of the competitive season for returning LDer, to meet new people and to have a good time!
Cost: $20. This money will cover materials and snacks for the week. Students are responsible for lunch (they’re welcome to bring a sack lunch, or, we’ll collect money the previous day for a deli meal or pizza).
Out of Towners: if you’re coming in from out of town, contact me by 30 June so we can arrange housing for you. Limited space available.
Staff:
· Cyndy Woodhouse—Lincoln Douglas Director at West High
· Dan Boscaljon—PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa, PhD candidate in English, LD consultant
· Katie Monson—State Champion LDer and PF debater
· Al Hiland—Former Waterloo East LD coach, UNI student
· Ernie Rose—University of Iowa law student, coach of many successful debaters
If you have any questions, please let me know!
We hope to see you here in August!
Cyndy Woodhouse
Dir. Of Forensics
Iowa City West High School
