The following consists of the complete season releases from for the Lincoln-Douglas value topic listed below. Upon purchase, you will have access to a ZIP file containing the material listed. Take note of the release dates, as the timing may conflict with arguments of the current year.
Resolved: That the United States of America ought to more highly value isolationism.
Table of Contents- Acknowledgements
- Research Assistants
- Case Writers
- Jack of All Trades
- Chapter 1: The Value Resolution
- Setting Your Compass: Resolutional Analysis
- Scouting the Route: Research
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Chapter 2: Choosing a Value
- Picture a Destination, Plan a Route, Shoot for the Moon
- Mile Markers: Criteria
- Views from the Road: Applications
- Scouting the Route: Research in context
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Chapter 3: Mapping your Quest: Creating the Affirmative Case
- Photos & Testimonials: Evidence in Value Debate
- Organizing Evidence
- Alternative Case Models
- Value-Driven Cases
- Resolution-Driven Cases
- Scouting the Route: Research in context
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Chapter 4: The Diverging Road: Creating the Negative Case
- Negative Philosophy
- Negative Strategies
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Scouting the Route: Developing a Negative Case
- Chapter 5: Challenge! The Art of Cross-Examination
- Preparing Your Challenge
- Before the Debate
- Bolster your own arguments
- Prepare a challenge for opponents
- The Primrose Path: Clarify, Probe, Prompt Admission
- Practice Makes Perfect
- During the Debate
- Informal Logical Fallacies
- Receiving Cross-Examination
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Scouting the Route: Anticipating Objections, Cross-Ex
- Chapter 6: Champion! Rebuttals
- Crystallize conflicts
- Accentuate advantages
- Rivet the resolution
- Voting Issues (“Voters”)
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Scouting the Route: Anticipating Objections, Crafting Rebuttals
- Chapter 7: Checkpoints for Destination Victory
- Flowing a Value Debate
- Value Round Responsibilities
- Burden of Proof & Presumption in Value Debate
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Scouting the Route: Putting it Together, Practice Debates
- Chapter 8: There and Back Again…
- Practice smart!
- Preparing for a Tournament or Round Robin
- Tournament Survival Tips
- Safari Guide Trail-Marker
- Scouting the Route: Practice Smart
- Chapter 9: The Marco Polo Club: Advanced Debate Theory
- Presuming Burdens: Affirmative & Negative Responsibilities
- Definition Battles: How to wield your weapon
- Friend or Foe? Analyzing the Power and Limitations of Applications
- The Best Laid Battle Plans: Strategies for those difficult rebuttals
- Chapter 10: Marco Polo Club Treasure Maps: Research Aids
- Glossary of Relevant Terms
- The “isms” of international Relations: the impact of relational philosophies on the Lincoln-Douglas resolution
- expedient politics or Ideological pursuits
- Searching for practical solutions in a complex world of foreign affairs
- Proscribing Protectionism, Protecting Prosperity
- An Introduction to Free Market Principles in 21st Century International Relations
- “This is Not Team Policy”
- All about economics, isolationism, values and their place in the LD round.
- Appendix: Value-Driven Cases
- Political Insolation
- Affirmative Core value case
- Basic rights are not basic
- Negative Value Plus Case
- The Last Best Hope
- Affirmative Value–plus case
- Have a Nice Life
- Negative Value Standard case
- Robin hood of the world
- Affirmative Value Standard case
- Liberating Liberalism
- Negative Value System Case
- Virtuous Isolationism
- Affirmative Unified Analysis Case
- Isolated Obsolescence
- Negative Unified Analysis
- Coaches’ Appendix: Judging & Coaching
- Coaching Value Debate
- Novice Club Training Schedule
- Advanced Club Training Schedule
- Mixed Club Training Schedule
- Developing a Culture of Debate
- Judging Value Debate
- Bibliography
History of This Resolution
