Democracy in Action

Debate develops informed and discerning individuals who are vital for a healthy democracy. We strongly encourage all debaters to be active citizens and to engage in public discourse.

In that spirit, here are two lessons that will help students differentiate the relative reliability of media sources and analyze media coverage of political debates.

Political Debate Analysis, Lesson One

Political Debate Analysis, Lesson Two

Media Literacy Worksheet for Lessons

Source Quality Scale PDF

Source Quality Scale PowerPoint

As another way to engage students in the current political discourse is to have them test their attentiveness to what is being said with a game.

Democratic Primary Bingo