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Experienced · Grades 9–12

Congress · High School · Experienced

Tournament prep — gavels and ballots. Real policy framings, real evidence, tournament-style examples.

18 min lessons

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Unit 1

Strategic Argument Engineering

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Engineer offense with tested assumptions, multiple warrants, and strategically chosen burdens.

Unit 1 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 2

Strategic Case Design

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Build a coherent route to the ballot, with modular options for different round trajectories.

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Unit 2 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 3

Advanced Refutation Systems

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Create efficient, layered responses and exploit contradictions across an opponent’s advocacy.

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Unit 3 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 4

Rebuttal Prioritization and Crystallization

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Control the late round by selecting, resolving, and comparing the issues that can determine the ballot.

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Unit 4 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 5

Comparative Weighing and Impact Calculus

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Compare risk and value through justified metrics, interaction, and meta-weighing.

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Unit 5 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 6

Advanced Cross-Examination

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Use adaptive questioning to expose commitments, test evidence, and set up later strategic choices.

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Unit 6 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 7

Evidence Strategy and Research Design

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Build research systems that produce comparative, round-ready evidence rather than undirected files.

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Unit 7 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 8

Round Strategy and Case Adaptation

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Manage dynamic rounds through path dependence, selective collapse, and judge-conscious adaptation.

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Unit 8 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 9

Advanced Persuasion Under Constraint

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Make complex strategy legible, credible, and memorable without sacrificing analytical rigor.

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Unit 9 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%
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Unit 10

Tournament Simulations and Mastery

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Integrate preparation, execution, adaptation, adjudication, and deliberate practice across difficult rounds.

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Unit 10 Test
5 questions · Pass at 80%