The Great Slavery Debate

Should slavery be abolished? Students at Constitution High School debate the advantages and disadvantages of abolishing slavery from an antebellum 19th century perspective. Having students focus on the social, economic, cultural, and to some extent political nature of this debate, helps students understand the context of America's "peculiar institution", roadblocks African Americans needed to overcome in order to abolish slavery, as well as frame the upcoming 10th grade American history course. The purpose of this blog is to create a forum in which students can self-reflect and continue the process of peer-to-peer evaluation as they debate in class.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Fengting vs. Yi

Its Saturday morning and I'm still smiling over this one!  Each presented 3 strong arguments filled with evidence and challenged each other during the cross.  When described as the happiest, Fengting found evidence in the reader suggesting otherwise-using evidence to counter evidence.  Great debate and a wonderful way to conclude our debates.  Congratulations to both teams!
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4 comments:

  1. Sally PhungJune 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM

    They both did a good job, they had a lot of evidence to support their arguments. Fengting handle herself well in the CX, and Yi did good too. Overall it was a good debate. Congrats to both debaters!

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  2. SydneyJune 13, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    This was a great debate! They both used all their time, for the open agurments. And both came up with a lot of evidence to support anti or pro slavey. Also, they handle their selves in the cx.

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  3. ZahirahJune 13, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    Both debaters did a wonderful job i would like to commend both Yi and FengTeng on a job well done. The both spoke very clear and had good points.Congradulations Fengteng.!

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  4. ArshiaJune 14, 2010 at 4:53 AM

    The debate was good. both have excellent argument. Fenghting had a lot more evidence than yi. Fenghting was strong cx. Yi did very good debate. both did good debates. Congrats to both.

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