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World Schools Style Debate Curriculum | 25 Lessons | ClaimLore

$24.99

A complete World Schools style debate curriculum for grades 8-12, built around the 2026 World Scholar's Cup theme "Are We There Yet?", which asks whether human progress ever reaches a definitive endpoint.

What is included

  • 25 lesson slide decks (approximately 23-27 slides each) with embedded teacher guidance
  • Teacher Companion Notes: one page of facilitation guidance per lesson, covering teaching focus, common student mistakes, facilitation tips and differentiated scaffolding
  • Scope and Sequence guide with the unit breakdown, pacing options and skill progression

Content overview

The course works through topical units including space travel physics, transit architecture, migration, artificial intelligence, medical advances, environmental tipping points, colonization ethics, language evolution and the history of timekeeping. Each topic serves as evidence for complete AREL (Assertion, Reasoning, Evidence, Link) cases.

The final three lessons move into tournament formats: timed essay writing using WSC rubrics, Scholar's Bowl drills, and judged 3-on-3 debates featuring Points of Information.

Who it is for

World Scholar's Cup teams, World Schools debate clubs, and grades 8-12 critical thinking courses preparing students for competitive tournament debate.

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Hi, I'm Jerin Parker. I'm a debate and public speaking coach with almost ten years of teaching experience. Through competition, I earned the National Forensic League Quadruple Ruby, and I competed in debate and public speaking through high school and university in the TFA, UIL and NFL systems. I now coach World Scholar's Cup and SPAR debate. My ClaimLore resources use the Steelman Method: students argue the other side's case before making their own, so they learn to reason, listen, and speak with confidence.

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