6 pages · Grades 6-12
Debate Prompt Cards
Forty cut-apart debate prompts drawn from real governing dilemmas: taxes, defense spending, immigration policy, trade, and civil liberties, with a structured argument frame on the back.
What's included
- • 40 prompt cards
- • Argument frame template
- • Timekeeping guide
- • Scoring rubric
How to use it
- • Draw a card, assign sides randomly, give five minutes of prep
- • Require one piece of evidence per argument
- • Score with the rubric so it counts as assessment
Debate Preparation Frame
Fill this out in your prep time. You must argue the side you were assigned.
Name: ______________________Date: ______________
Prompt
Side assigned
Prep time used
Speaking order
1. State your position in one sentence.
2. Give your strongest argument and the evidence for it.
3. What is the best argument against you, and how do you answer it?