Lights, Camera....DEBATE!

[Frank W. Baker]

Four years ago, my colleague Karen Zill and I published an essay in Cable In The Classroom magazine about the importance of how to watch a presidential debate. Thanks to CIC for just republishing "Lights, Camera, Debate".

The accompanying debate watcher's worksheet has been revised, thanks to my colleagues at Middlweb. It asks students to consider the setting,  the techniques of persuasion, favorite phrases,  rehearsed responses, camera cutaways, and post-debate analysis.

I hope you will share this with those who plan to engage students in the upcoming debates and the media coverage of same.