Free classroom resources for teachers
Print-ready lesson plans for running debates with your class: minute-by-minute procedures, assessment rubrics, topic banks. Free, no account, no email required.
ESL Debate Lesson Plan — a 60-minute procedure that gets the whole class talking (B1-B2)
A complete, timed lesson that gets every student speaking — including the ones who never raise their hand. Print-ready.
B1 → B2 (CEFR) · secondary and post-secondary · 60 minutes · 12 to 32 students
Oral Assessment in the Age of ChatGPT — have them defend the work instead of detecting it
A short-defense procedure: each student defends their submitted work for four minutes under questioning. Timed, workable with 30 students, and scored on command of the content rather than on public-speaking polish.
Middle school, high school, undergraduate · any subject · 55 min per defense session (8 students) · 4 sessions to cover a class of 30 · Whole class, up to 32 students
Debate Topics Bank — 100+ topics sorted by theme and level (A2 → C1)
Ten themes, more than a hundred motions, each tagged with a CEFR level. Plus a short method for getting the class to write its own.
A2 → C1 · A bank of 100+ topics · Any class size
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