Basic Downloads

Are you new to speech and debate? The following downloads are for you. They contain introductions to various events that the Monument Membership explores. These downloads are updated every summer to prepare for the new year of competition.

Your Basic Downloads Source Material for Season 22:

File Name	Easy-Entry-Digital.pdf
File Size	1.17 MB
Date added	April 26, 2020
Category	Archived, Keys, Textbook Library
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Easy Entry guides you through the complicated yet rewarding journey of speech and debate competition.

Easy Entry is written for students and educators to build a foundation for speech and debate competition. The information of the world of forensics can get rather complicated, but Easy Entry will keep it simple and to-the-point. “Cut the fluff,” I like to say. Easy Entry will be your guide to speech and debate success.

You’ll be competing at your first tournament before you know it, and with this book, you’ll do great and perhaps come home with an award.

Excerpt taken from the Introduction

I jumped into the world of forensics competition in 1993 when I took my first teaching job. I was young and perhaps a little naive, happily taking on the extracurricular “debate coach” position that apparently no one else in the school wanted. I took it on with gusto, and I immediately recognized the benefits of the activity. Wow, was I impressed, as you likely have been, too, if you’ve seen young people in competition. I remember sitting in awe watching kids as young as twelve stand up and confidently communicate their position on highly detailed political and value propositions. They were sights to see!

My problem then is a problem I still see among teachers, coaches, parents, and (especially!) students entering the speech and debate world: I knew nothing! There was so much to learn. Leagues to join, competitive events to enter, rules that seemed to change constantly, all new vocabulary, conflicting coaching philosophies, what tournament attire to wear, registration deadlines with late penalties and email announcements…gah!

I was drowning in information, just as you probably are right now. This book shows you the way into the complicated-but-awesome world of speech and debate — minus the headache of years of trial-and-error that I put myself through. I’m not complaining, I enjoyed every minute of it, but what I know now would have helped tremendously.

All I wanted back then was to be a decent coach, to not let my students down. So I challenged myself to master the chaos. I recall taking my hard-earned vacations to “cuddle up” with several inch-thick textbooks (there are plenty!) and devour them. I traveled the country to countless tournaments, always the first in line to snag up ballots, and got to know some of the world’s most renowned coaches. I was an English teacher who became an avid student of speech and debate.

Since my first year of coaching I have coached countless numbers of students, several national contenders and champions, some of whom were my own children. I’ve collected quite the trophy case of awards from all over the country (I’ll share it with you later). I’ve run the largest tournaments, started several speech and debate clubs in schools and homeschool co-ops, published best-selling texts on numerous competitive events, and served on the boards of established leagues — even helped start organizations that promote speech and debate competition.

That’s me. I love speech and debate and want the whole world involved, especially you. Now let’s talk about you and how this book will help you get involved AND SUCCEED in the world of speech and debate.

Easy Entry is written for students, parents, coaches, teachers or administrators to establish a foundation for speech and debate competition. The information can get rather complicated, but Easy Entry will keep it simple and to-the-point. “Cut the fluff,” I like to say. Easy Entry will be your guide to speech and debate success.

You’ll be competing at your first tournament before you know it, and with this book, you’ll do great and perhaps come home with an award.

Download Your Preseason Documents, too:

You may still access Season 21 downloads here.

All Season 22 Basic Downloads will be updated by August 31, 2021. They will remain available through Season 22.

Easy Entry to the World of Speech and Debate

All Members have access to the digital copy of Easy Entry to the World of Speech and Debate by Chris Jeub. Download it below or order a hard copy.

Season 22 Release Schedule

Monument releases content all year long, from one national tournament to another, in what we call "seasons." We are entering Season 22 (2021-2022). For a list of all Member downloads for Season 21, click here. The following is the general release schedule for Season 22:

End of Season 21 - Officially archived on June 28, 2021. The new Season 22 releases begin July 5, 2021.
July-August - The first Monument Monday releases July 5, 2021. Basic informational material will continue through the summer (e.g. summaries, resolutional articles, etc.).
August 30, 2021 - End of the Pre-season, beginning of the official year of Monument Speech and Debate.
~~Christmas~~ Thanksgiving 2021 (we finished early!) - All foundational downloads are complete! Summaries of all releases are now available.
Through March 2022 - BONUS material released to members on a more as-needed basis using our Coaching Request Form.
April-June, 2022 - Qualifier and Nationals Preparation work is arranged...and Monument Members will be prepared to win!

Season 22 Debate Resolutions

Resolutions for Season 22 are posted here as they are announced by various speech and debate leagues.

Policy (all season):
- NCFCA: "Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction."
- NSDA: "Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of water resources in the United States."
- NSDA Vote for Season 23 (Due December 15, 2021):
  - OPTION 1 – GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its support of multilateral greenhouse gas emission reduction regimes.
  - OPTION 2 – GLOBAL GEO-POLITICAL CRISIS: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES – Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.
- Stoa: "Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform the use of Artificial Intelligence technology."
Lincoln-Douglas:
- NCFCA (all season): "Resolved: In the context of innovation, the proactionary principle ought to be valued above the precautionary principle."
- NSDA releases six resolutions through the year:
  - Sept/Oct Novice: "Resolved: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified."
  - Sept/Oct Varsity: "Resolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines."
  - Nov/Dec: "Resolved: A just government ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike."
  - Jan/Feb: "Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust."
  - Next release is due February 1, 2022.
- Stoa (all season): "Resolved: In the field of biomedical engineering, restraint ought to be prioritized over scientific advancement."
Other Formats:
- Big Questions Debate (all season): "Resolved: On balance, societies benefit from religious belief and practice."
- Public Forum for Sept/Oct: "Resolved: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization should substantially increase its defense commitments to the Baltic states."
- Public Forum for Nov/Dec: "Resolved: Increased United States federal regulation of cryptocurrency transactions and/or assets will produce more benefits than harms."
- Public Forum for January: "Resolved: The United States federal government should legalize all illicit drugs."
- Public Forum's next release is due January 1, 2022.

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