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Argument

Teaching Trump (and Other Controversial Topics) Without Losing Your Job

September 10, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 5 Comments

Last February, I showed an Ezra Klein video on the rise of Donald Trump in some of my history classes. The video’s thesis was that Trump is “the most dangerous major presidential candidate in memory.” My stated purpose was that the video served as a timely example of how one’s claim need not always come at the very start of an argument. […]

Refutation Two-Chance: A New Frontier for Pop-Up Debate

August 16, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

If you ever want to work ahead of me on developing student achievement in the “Go Big on Argument” portion of the Non-Freaked Out Framework, you need to go no further than The Debatifier, the blogging arm of Les Lynn’s stellar Argument-Centered Education. The way Les approaches argument is the Tour De France of my tricycle-riding Pop-Up Debate. In fact, […]

A Conversation with Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

May 14, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

In today’s installment of the interviews I conducted while creating Teaching with Articles, we get to sit down with a powerful pair of minds that long-time readers will be very familiar with. I’ve written about Gerald Graff and/or Cathy Birkenstein in some of this blog’s most popular posts: A Simple, Two-Paragraph Template that Helps Kids to Really […]

The 300-Word Guide to Pop-Up Debate

October 17, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 12 Comments

Notes from Dave: I treat pop-up debate extensively in Chapter 4 of These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most. Teachers around the world tell me it’s one of their favorite chapters on argument in any source. Pick up your copy today! Pop-up Debate is a method for managing and facilitating in-class debates; […]

Beyond the Fear of Public Speaking: Making the First Pop-Up Debate a Success for All Students

August 17, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 10 Comments

Every school year, I have students who are anxious to the point of nausea about speaking in front of their peers. And, every school year, I have a student or two who goes through a transformation similar to Rebekah’s. Let’s take a look at her story (click here for video). I’m not sure if Rebekah’s newfound desire for a career in politics is something I should celebrate or mourn, but what I do know is that Rebekah is a zestier, more courageous and confident young woman…

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