Topic Areas

Topic Areas

Storytelling: Overcoming Manmade Disasters- Stories of disasters with far-reaching impacts and how the human spirit allowed people to overcome them.

Extemporaneous Speaking topics are listed below:

Round 1

The Trump Presidency (Domestic)

Round 2

Russia and the World (International)

Semifinals

International Hypotheticals- Students will be asked to discuss a hypothetical scenario. (International)

Finals

Big Picture Topics- Students will be asked to engage with big issues with a broad reach. (US and International)

Policy Topic:

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Lincoln-Douglas Topic:

Resolved: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral.

Public Forum Topic:

Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms.