Presidential Debate Viewing Guide: Template to Summarize Any Political Debate

Presidential Debate Viewing Guide: An Essential Tool for Educators

The Presidential Debate Viewing Guide is a vital resource for educators that keeps students engaged and well-informed about current societal issues by ensuring critical viewing of political debates. This guide can be used irrespective of the debate type - a general election, primary race, gubernatorial race, or senate discussion. It enhances students' understanding of different viewpoints and improves their communication skills in expressing personal beliefs.

This resource has been extensively utilized by teachers over the years, proving its efficacy repeatedly. An interesting aspect of political debates is that they vary each season; these debates are usually available free on various news outlets, ensuring versatility and repetitive usage.

• The guide now includes recent updates with improved features accessible both as a printable PDF file or digital Google Drive format - accommodating diverse teaching methods.
• The document comprises beneficial directives suggesting effective ways through which teachers can observe and deduce important insights from political debates with their students.
• A highly adaptable viewing form aligns with any debate season or participating candidates

The template incorporates reflection questions into the template to stimulate critical thinking amongst students post-viewing-discussion.

- Classroom collective viewings

- Homework assignments involving individual analysis and small group discussions

1 PDF file.