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2024
World Debate Stars with the Harvard MUN Team (ICMUN)
A Unique and Intensive 2-Weekend Program on developing fundamental skills in argumentation and persuasion in personal and academic life.Eligibility
Grades 6th-12th
Duration
2 Weekends
Early Application Date
10 August, 2024
[Regular Date: 31 Aug, 2024]
Program Fee for Early Applicants
USD 300
[Regular Fee: USD 400]
Application deadline
31 August, 2024
Program Delivery
Zoom Led
World Debate Stars with the Harvard MUN Team is a course spread over two weekends and is led by qualified Student Mentors who have gained valuable experience debating through their involvement competing on the collegiate MUN circuit.
This course aims to prepare students in the art of argumentation and persuasion that will be widely transferable in a variety of other settings. From writing essays for an academic assignment to persuading friends where to go for lunch, making claims and supporting them with evidence, is critical to so much of what we do as humans. Students will emerge from this program as stronger thinkers and debaters.
minds from across the world - will identify,
brainstorm, and solve some of the biggest challenges of today
and tomorrow under the watchful guidance of illustrious IVY
league mentors.
As their inner leader emerges, the once-in-a-lifetime
experience will change the way they interpret the future,
andtheir ability to influence it.
What You’ll Gain
Learn the art of eloquent debating
Past Mentors
Our expert mentors from previous sessions
Awards & Recognitions
Showcase your achievements to the world
Schedule
Time are in EST time zone
Date
September 14, 2024 -Saturday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-EST
Theme: The Fundamentals of Argumentation
Students will attend a webinar on creating convincing arguments, focusing on rhetorical strategies and selection of evidence for arguments.
Topic 1: Rhetorical Strategies in Debate
Topic 2: The Keystone of an Argument: Evidence
Date
September 15, 2024 -Sunday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-EST
Students will attend a webinar on counterarguments, focusing on anticipating what others might say and effective methods of rebuttal.
Topic 1: Planning for Your Opponent’s Argument
Topic 2: Refute and Rebut: The Core of a Counterargument
Date
September 21, 2024 -Saturday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-EST
Theme: Thinking on Your Feet
Students will attend a webinar on necessary debate skills, focusing on public speaking in debate and ways to capture attention in an argument.
Topic 1: Being a Successful Orator in Debate
Topic 2: All Eyes on Me: Standing Out in an Argument
Date
September 22, 2024 -Sunday
Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pm-EST
1 - Students will attend a session on coming up with arguments on the spot, focusing on general frameworks for building an argument and strategies for avoiding getting flustered in a debate.
2 - Mock Debate
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