| Topic Guides from the Experts
Prepare for November rounds with new tools included with your NSDA membership! Make sure you're logged in to your account to access.
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- Congress Legislation
- Extemp Practice Questions
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PF Topic Analysis
- LD Topic Analysis
- Sample World Schools Motions
- Policy Files
- Big Questions Topic Resources
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| Learn from the Experts by Watching Final Rounds
Watching recordings of NSDA final rounds is a great way to learn more about new events or pick up tips from expert students! You can go behind the scenes of final round performances in the Student Experts video series where champions explain the strategy behind their rounds.
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Final round videos from 2023 and earlier and all student expert videos are included with membership. The 2024 final rounds are only available to schools with the Resource Package. To check if your school has access, ask your coach, or log in to your account and select a 2024 round to see if you can watch it.
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Use Practice Drills and Activities to Improve Your Skills
Membership includes access to dozens of practice ideas from coaches and students around the country for debate, interp, and public address events. Examples include:
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Overload: One person reads their case and another is required to give a rebuttal to it. The next debater must also give a rebuttal to the case but is not permitted to use any of the answers used before. Continue this process until everyone is stumped.
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Emotional Charades: This game is similar to pictionary or charades, but instead of drawing a picture, your partner will act out an emotion for their parter/team to guess. Start with a list of emotions (20 or so), and act out as many as you can for your partner to guess within a minute.
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Zombie Apocalypse: Divide into two teams, one starting "in the bunker" and one trying to persuade those in the bunker that they are the most valuable to join them and be saved from the zombies. The outside the bunker students each have up to 30 seconds to persuade the students in the bunker why they are the most important person that should be selected to be in the bunker. Then each student is provided with another 30 seconds to refute all of the other people’s cases outside the bunker. The bunker-ites now get to vote for who gets to join them.
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Live Info Session: Feedback on Policy Arguments from IP Experts
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Learn more about intellectual property in preparation for the 2024-2025 Policy Debate topic, Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
On Thursday, November 14, you can can join the experts from the Center of Science and Industry's online Extracurricular Intellectual Property Innovation Center to get feedback on their arguments. Learn more or sign up today. Each workshop will be recorded and provided to registered participants.
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Compete in the Springboard Capstone Tournament
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Thanks to the generosity of The Julia Burke Foundation, you and your team can gain valuable competition experience online, completely FREE! Plus you can compete in the Springboard Capstone Tournament Saturday, November 16! The Springboard Capstone is a free, full-day tournament offering live and asynchronous speech events and live debate events.
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
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Join us in honoring and celebrating our Native American students, coaches, alumni, and supporters throughout November! Commemorate the month in your school and communities with our poster series, land acknowledgements, and more.
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Join Us For A Special Event With Justice Jackson!
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Did you know that before becoming a Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson competed on the weekend just like you? A proud speech and debate alum, Justice Jackson is also the author of her new memoir, Lovely One. She’ll be joining us to share her insights on leadership, advocacy, and her speech and debate journey. Have your questions answered LIVE when you join us!
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Learn fun facts about the NSDA's history in preparation for our Centennial Celebration in 2025! 🎉
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What was the first year that computers were allowed in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Congressional Debate, and Extemporaneous Speaking?
A. 2005
B. 1998
C. 2016
D. 2010
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