What Is This Course About?

Welcome to Speech & Debate 1! In this course, you’ll explore different types of speech and debate, famous speeches, and even skillfully write your own speeches. In semester 1, you will be introduced to a variety of speech types, but you will work primarily with informative speech. In semester 2, you will work primarily with argumentative speech and you'll be debating. Throughout each module, you will be guided on the art of speech writing and in later modules, presenting. This will prepare you to create your own speeches. If speech and debate is new to you or even if you have previous experience in it, you'll enjoy learning in this course and seeing how it links to civics and government. Let's get started!