Tips For a Great Presentation (and a better grade)

Look up the backround information on your topic, do not get intimidated by long articles, they can only do good for you and make you sound like an expert on your topic.

Check out discussions and forums going on about your topic, or check out webpages of opposing views, then not only can you learn some good arguements for your topic, you can anticipate some of the hard questions the opposing team will ask you. This way you can be prepared and confident.

If you can, try to find an interactive website like I did for bride burning, you can talk to an expert on any questions you have

DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE CROSS EXAM I've done this before, and what decides a lot of kid's minds on who they will vote for is who crushed who during the cross exam.

To do a vicious and awesome cross exam, follow the same steps I mentioned above for your opposing team as soon as you find out who they are.

Do your best to poke holes in the other team's plan for ending their issue, like who will actually follow it, where are the incentives, and is it actually practical

Bride Burning

Great backround information at Wikipedia
Click me Don't be afraid to read the whole article!!! You will learn a lot and sound much better than people who don't know as much on their actual topic. Use the links at the bottom of the page too!

Even better backround info

Ask an author of a book on bride burning some questions!
includes excerpts of the book

NPR radio series: The Partisans of Ali

Still confused about the whole Shiite/Sunni split? ...

Five-part series

Turn up your speakers and get comfortable

Click on the links to listen to each part of the story, loads of information

AIDS

AIDS Statistics Worldwide

AIDS Facts

Doomsday Clock

See if you can figure the alarming trend of this doomsday clock, and what can you do to help push it back

Doomsday Clock

Make a Difference in Darfur! Stay Informed

Please sign try to sign as many as possible! (Some of the sites may appear similar, but they are all different petitions)

Petition Site #1

Petition Site #2

Petition Site #3

Petiton Site #4 (Tell your friends)

Some sites to keep you informed:

http://www.care2.com/news/member/932990365/177232

http://www.movingideas.org/blog/2006/08/congress_falls_short_in_effort.html

http://www.care2.com/news/member/745699847/291666

Rwandan Genocide Timeline

Powerpoint Timeline of Rwandan Massacre