Group items tagged

"Browse full debates and highlights. stop Track how candidates debate specific issues. stop React to the content using Microsoft Pulse."

"The Points of View Debate Blog is a forum for students to voice their opinions and exchange ideas about topics in the news. It's a free service from EBSCO Publishing's Points of View Reference Center."

"a great resource that students can use to evaluate the many arguments in hot-button global topics. By providing webbed diagrams of arguments students can see and explore the many facets of debate

"one-stop channel for key political moments from now through the upcoming U.S. election day on November 6. You can watch all of the live speeches from the floor of the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions...You'll find live and on-demand reporting and analysis from ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, The New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univision and the Wall Street Journal. Each will put their own stamp on the Presidential race-from the conventions to the debates to election night."

This is the Government search component of Google. This is a GREAT way to find a lot of details and information for debate and diplomacy.

"an oral history website produced by SUNY Albany for the purpose of sharing history lessons and audio artifacts. Every week Talking History publishes two audio segments about various historical topics. One of the segments features historians talking about an event or theme in history. The other segment features an audio artifact about an event or theme."

site aims to "expand our understanding of history by exploring the audio dimensions of our past, and we hope to enlarge the tools and venues of historical research and publication by promoting production of radio documentaries and other forms of aural history."

"Talking History, based at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is a production, distribution, and instructional center for all forms of "aural" history. Our mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere."

"If you've been looking for a crash course in basic logic - or just want to explain to a friend exactly what a logical fallacy is - turn your attention to these simple, easy-to-understand videos, which lay out the basics of critical thinking."

Council on Foreign Relations guide to contemporary global issue and debates

Interactive guide to foreign relations and policy

Shared originally by Scott. Lots of useful links and activities relating to current issues in the world