50 Debate Prompts for Kids

Very interesting ideas for creating lesson plans on debating. Good for teachers who want to introduce debating to their classes.

I think this is a fabulous book to introduce kids to debates. I use it with my fifth grade class and they can't get enough! They always look forward to our debate days. The information on for the pros and cons may be limited; however, to extend the activity, students can go out and search for more information to make their arguments stronger. Plus, as a teacher, you can help mediate and play devil's advocate to stretch their minds. My students are so enthusiastic about the debates that they stay after school to keep the debate going!

When first looking at the title of this book I was interested. However, now that I have looked at an excerpt of the book I find myself dissapointed. This book is a joke. The section I looked at was about using products on animals. However it provided ONE PAGE of information and it was basic ideas that were pretty obvious without the books help. Like the fact that some animals die? We all knew that. So it really had no help whatsoever. Do not buy this book unless you are interested in reading fifty topics with minimal information.

I teach an oral expression class to upper elementary students and this book was really usfull in helping me to get them use to debating! The debate promts were things that they could relate to and were passionate about. Good book.