The Great Debate – Resources for Speech and Debate Competitors

Welcome to GreatDebate.net, the internet home of The Great Debate handbook for policy debate written by Jonathan Wolfson with contributions from Jonathan Krive. Our materials have been used by thousands of students, coaches, and parents worldwide in training debaters at the junior high, high school, and collegiate levels. Our website has served as a resource for numerous speakers and debaters over the years.

This website exists as a resource for all forensics competitors. While there is a special emphasis placed on the education of NFL, NCFL, NCFCA, STOA, and UDL Policy, Lincoln-Douglas value, and Public Forum debaters, this site is intended for all speakers and debaters.

Follow us on twitter for hundreds of links to this year's NFL/NCFL, NCFCA, and STOA topics, visit us on facebook for details about a forthcoming teacher's edition, and catch our brand new debate training videos on YouTube (LD debate training and public forum debate training videos and materials available free of charge). Finally, don't miss our brand new blog where we'll be hosting a weekly "Introduction to Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate" class completely free of charge.

Students, coaches, and parents in the high school forensics leagues - National Forensics League (NFL), National Catholic Forensics League (NFCL), Urban Debate League (UDL), STOA Home School Speech and Debate League (STOA), and National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA) - are our main focus. Our materials for policy, Lincoln-Douglas, and public forum debate are aimed at training high school students to be able to communicate their message in a coherent and concise manner to the world around them.