Debate

The Role-Playing Debate (50 Points)

We will hold a role-playing debate set among suffragists in the United States in 1911. 

In a debate, you do not know ahead of time which side of the debate you will be asked to argue. Therefore you must  prepare  to argue BOTH of these positions:

Position #1) We need to continue the moderate movement.  To be victorious, we must be seen as non-threatening.  

Position #2) We need to develop more confrontational tactics.  To be victorious, we must get headlines and attention.

Step 1: Submit Your Written (Typed) Arguments (20 Points)

What to do:

· Make sure you’ve watched Lecture #8 up through Part 11 before you start preparing for the Debate.  Spend some time reviewing your notes from Parts I and II of Lecture #8. 

· Think of who your 1911 character(s)s are.  It is perfectly acceptable to imagine a different character for each position if it helps you formulate your arguments.

· As a person in 1911, consider:

. In the years before 1911, what strategies (moderate vs. confrontational) worked well for the movement and which strategies did not?

. How old are you?  Where are you from? How have you been involved in the movement? 

2. It may be helpful to include a brief description of who your character is, writing in the first person.  Example: I am a 19 year old white woman, attending college in New York

· Compose at least six arguments for Position #1 and at least six arguments for Position #2.  For each argument, remember that is it 1911, and you do not know anything that happens after 1911.

· Each argument must be at least two complete sentences.  Sentence fragments will NOT be graded.

· Submit your typed arguments (SIX arguments for Position #1 and SIX arguments for Position #2) by the date and time listed on Blackboard.