General Resources
Coolidge Resources
Congress Resources
Student Safety and Liability
In an emergency, do not hesitate to call 911.
Rule of Three - no student should ever be alone with just one other person.
Staff should model a professional working relationship for students in person, through messaging, and should not connect with students on social media.
| A great tool for warm-ups or adversarial debates. Includes a random topic generator and a flow sheet you can fill out. | |
This is a useful resource for lesson planning or review! |
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Includes copy/paste “canned” comments for ballots and a guide to setting up your paradigm |
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01. Brief Overview of Congressional Debate, for Absolute Beginners 02. Instructions for Setting Up a Tabroom Paradigm for Judges 03. Glossary of Keywords 04. Judging Criteria 05. PO Cheat Sheets 06. A Guide on How to Use Motions 07. Speaking Etiquette and Delivery Tips 08. Congressional Speech Structure |
Looking for results?
Ballots from BDL scrimmages and lightning rounds are stored here ( tinyurl.com/BDLballotdropbox ) and see below for a summary of recent rounds.
Local and travel tournament results are available on tabroom.com