Monument Posts
Our New Year’s Break (Sneak Peak into 2022)
We’re taking this week off for the holidays, but Monument Monday will return next week with hot-off-the-press material for Extemp, Impromptu, Parli, Lincoln-Douglas, and Policy.
Merry Christmas from Monument
If you aren’t yet on board with Monument Members, do so this Christmas season…
Monument Monday for December 20, 2021
Bonus Releases include extemp, impromptu, parli, and policy downloads, and an archive highlight to improve competitive success.
Monument Monday for December 13, 2021
Bonus Releases include extemp, impromptu, parli, and policy downloads, and an archive highlight to improve competitive success.
Monument Monday for December 6, 2021
Bonus Releases include extemp, impromptu, parli, and policy downloads, and an archive highlight to improve competitive success.
Monument Monday for November 29, 2021
Bonus Releases include extemp, impromptu, parli, and policy downloads, and an archive highlight to improve competitive success.
Monument Monday for November 22, 2021
All summaries of Season 22 are released along with a sneak peak into bonus material to come.
Monument Monday for November 15, 2021
Issue #12 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice is from Chris Jeub and his teaching on the SCORRE method for developing speeches.
Monument Monday for November 8, 2021
Issue #11 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice is from Coach Vance encouraging debaters on how to use analytical thinking in their rounds.
Monument Monday for November 1, 2021
Issue #10 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice leads speakers and debaters toward mastering the “Monument Method” for competition.
Monument Monday for October 25, 2021
Issue #8 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice encourages all speakers and debaters to get registered for their league.
Monument Monday for October 18, 2021
Issue #8 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice encourages all speakers and debaters to get registered for their league.
Monument Monday for October 11, 2021
Issue #6 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice encourages all homeschool speakers and debaters to register for SpeechRanks.com.
Monument Monday for October 4, 2021
Issue #6 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice announces the extension of our Season 22 membership through October.
Monument Monday for September 27, 2021
Issue #5 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice points you to “Coach Vance” Trefethen’s research lab.
Monument Monday for September 20, 2021
Issue #4 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-Douglas and Policy debate. Today’s coaching advice invites members to submit questions and brief requests with the “Content Request Form.”
Monument Monday for September 13, 2021
Issue #3 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-douglas and Policy debate. Today’s archive advice points you back to some original, foundational courses to help you get started in competition.
Monument Monday for September 6, 2021
Issue #2 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-douglas and Policy debate. Today’s archive advice points you to the now-unprinted textbooks (free for members!). We also updated apologetics source material for NCFCA in response to their prompt changes made last week.
Monument Monday for August 30, 2021
Issue #1 for Season 22 includes downloads for apologetics, extemp, parli, Lincoln-douglas and Policy debate. We also encourage you to download the archive on the Middle East from 2015. Tuesday is the final day to our 70% off sale from Monument Publishing’s website.
Monument Monday for August 23, 2021
Let’s dig deeper into the resolution and explore the status quo for both NCFCA and Stoa resolutions.
2021 Stoa Policy Debate Topic Lecture: Artificial Intelligence
Vance Trefethen walks through his Debate Camp presentation on all you need to know about the Stoa policy debate topic on Artificial Intelligence. This 3-hour lecture is a must-watch for all Stoa policy debaters.
Monument Monday for August 16, 2021
Our last two pre-season releases will cover Policy debate in both NCFCA and Stoa!
Monument Monday for August 9, 2021
Parliamentary debate, often referred to as “parli” or “world schools” debate, is a debate format consisting of teams that receive the resolution minutes before they debate. This week we kick off the year of parli debating!
Monument Monday for August 2, 2021
Parliamentary debate, often referred to as “parli” or “world schools” debate, is a debate format consisting of teams that receive the resolution minutes before they debate. This week we kick off the year of parli debating!
Monument Monday for July 29, 2021
Pre-season Release #4 (of 8): Writing speeches — either ahead of time for platforms or on-the-fly for limited-prep or debate — takes some precise effort. This preseason release delves into speech writing and how Members can get ready for a successful year! Impromptu...
Monument Monday for July 26, 2021
Pre-season Release #3 (of 8): Monument pays particular attention to extemp, an event that we believe every debater should participate. This week's preseason release focuses specifically on extemp, how we prepare you for success in it, and how you can get ready early...
Monument Monday for July 12, 2021
Pre-season Release #2 (of 8): Big announcement: Apologetics will re-open as a Monument Member category! This week's preseason release focuses specifically on competitive apologetics, how we prepare you for success in it, and how you can get ready early on....
Monument Monday for July 5, 2021
Pre-season Release #1 (of 8): In the Monument world, Season 22 has begun! For the next eight weeks Monument will be releasing each of its release categories, today starting with introductory downloads, archives, and videos... Introduction to Competitive Speech for...
Upgraded Process for Getting Paid
I'm getting ready for a stronger season of speech and debate, and I discovered* that three affiliates did not get paid last year. I'm so sorry! I've contacted each affiliate and have manually paid them for their loyal affiliation. Most affiliates get paid immediately...
Season 21 Round Up
In the Monument world, Season 22 has begun! For the next eight weeks Monument will be releasing each of its release categories, today starting with introductory downloads, archives, and videos…
Monument Monday for June 7, 2021
Chris Jeub’s newly revised YouTube channel is launching videos all summer surrounding the idea of the “speech and debate family.” Subscribe!
European Immigration Policy
Resolved: The European Union should substantially reform its immigration policy.
Right to Know vs Right to Privacy in Elections
Resolved: In democratic elections, the public’s right to know ought to be valued above a candidate’s right to privacy.
Economic Stability vs Economic Growth
Resolved: Economic stability is more important than economic growth.
US Military Commitments
Resolved: The USFG should considerably decrease its military commitments.
Impromptu Prompts from Season 21
Zip folder of all impromptu downloads from the 2020-2021 school year of competition.
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