Online Debate Resources: Learning Policy, LD Debate, and civic discussion
Free Internet Debate Resources
As a former successful college debater and someone who coached nationally ranked teams at various colleges, I thought this list might be helpful to those interested in civic discourse and democracy.
Online Political and Philosophical Debate
These resources can be used by students and teachers alike to stimulate discussion and debate around important and controversial social issues.
Online High School Debate Resources
Debate Central at the University of Vermont. Helpful videos and resources for policy, parlimentary, and lincoln-douglas debate.
Debate Coaches.org is created by the NDCA for teachers and students of debate. It includes a growing library of instructional, PR, and other teaching resources for both lincoln douglas and cross-examination style debate.
Cross-X High School debate message board for exchange of ideas, answers, strategies, tournament info, and randomness.
Global Debate Blog edited and maintained by professor Alfred Snider of Vermont University
Debate Wiki at Michigan State University-defines and clarifies key debate terms
Urban Debate League a non-profit out of Chicago which has several branches which provide free debate services to urban youth.
Other High School Debate Websites and Resources
Debate Across the Curriculum (debate text for teachers also available on Amazon to mainstream debate in other subject areas)
Planet Debate has a limited number of free debate resources and sells debate materials
West Coast Publishing has a number of paid resources for teachers, debaters, and students including text books.
Victory Briefs focuses on Lincoln Douglas debate, includes a blog with tournament information
LD Debate articles hosted by the National Forensic League
LD Lesson Plans at the National Forensic League website
LD Forum Place to discuss philosophers, debate strategies, politics and the latest National Forensic League topic with other high school debaters.
Individual and the Political Order by professors Norman E Bowie and Robert L Simon. A great an introduction to philosophy and political theory. Also available on Amazon and Questia (1986 version).
Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions 
Here is a quick list of syllabus and curriculum resources:
http://www.forensicsonline.net/forum/local_links.php?catid=29
Also if you scroll down this post you can find an argumentation and LD specific curriculum:
http://debatecoaches.org/?s=curriculum
It may also be that utilitarianism and critique resources from the Open Evidence Project may prove helpful:
http://www.debatecoaches.org/openevidence/
Any other suggestion for policy debate or lincoln-douglas debate resources for students or teachers????
I also blog at, which I believe has 240+ posts about critical thinking, aff & neg strategy, answering Ks, ethics, etc…
http://learnpolicydebate.wordpress.com/
And I noticed this aggregation of policy resources from the Rostrum:
Here are a number of others:
http://speechvideos.co/
I believe signing up is free. Not sure.
Here are some college debates:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHjQk7L3qVKmfS0y-94ax9w/videos?view_as=public
They may be advanced for a number of HS-ers, but possibly worthwhile.