English Language Arts Speech & Debate (2021)
Lesson Plans

Strand 3: Performance and Evaluation

Students will demonstrate fundamental speaking and debating skills and evaluate best practices.

Standard 3.6

Develop presentation skills to convey complex ideas:

• Extemporaneous speech
• Formal register
• Persuasive techniques

• Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!: Simulating the Supreme Court
  This lesson helps students learn about the judicial system through simulating a real court case involving student free speech rights. In addition to learning about how the Supreme Court operates, students will explore how the Supreme Court protects their rights, interprets the Constitution, and works with the other two branches of government.

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