Welcome to JumpStart Debate Camp
JumpStart Debate is all about helping kids learn the beautiful art of public speaking and debate.
Crucial Skills that Debate Provides
Critical ThinkingDebating helps you to develop essential critical thinking skills. Debating helps you think outside of the box, challenge your opponent and be ready to identify any loopholes in their counter-argument.
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Public SpeakingDebate leads to being a better public speaker as you need to do debate rounds in front of people. This boosts your confidence and helps you improve overall.
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Writing SkillsDebate improves your writing skills greatly. Debate forces you to write out cases, blocks, frontlines, etc. These things require content which in its own way improves your writing skills.
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How this camp will work
Schedule
Dates: Wednesday July 21st - Thursday July 29th Times: 12:00PM - 4:00PM (ALL TIMES PST) Location: ZOOM Price: $350 USD (via PayPal) Student Teacher Ratio: 8:1 student teacher ratio. The purpose of this is a more direct learning environment so that kids can engage with their instructors effectively. |
Daily Schedule |
Overall this is basically what things would look like every day besides the tournament :
12:00-1:30 Lab teaching 1:30 - 2:00 Break #1 2:00 - 3:00 Demo Debates 3:00 - 4:00 Discussions and Questions |
Tournament
This camp will have an in camp tournament hosted on the last two days! The camp will be using a previous debate topic for some practice and to use at the camp tournament. The topic is
Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income
The winner of the camp tournament will get a Prize!
Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income
The winner of the camp tournament will get a Prize!