Learning policy debate is made simple, successful and fun with Blue Book and its related materials. Policy debaters have relied on Blue Book since 1998, a true staple for their preparation. Co-authored by Chris Jeub and Vance Trefethen, the sourcebook teaches readers the structural demands of policy debate, provides summer releases for league-specific preparation, and gives strategic substance to excel in the round to win ballots.
Debaters who trust Blue Book to get the tools necessary for successful policy debating.
What Comes With Blue Book
1. Twelve lessons in four units to walk you through the essential instruction in policy debate.
2. Worksheets customized to each lesson to help measure retention. Activities for each lesson to be done as you study the lessons.
3. Each release comes with ready-to-run topical case, affirmative extension, and negative brief.
4. All tags and evidence are triple-checked and hyperlinked, ensuring top standards for evidence integrity.
5. Digital access to the Summer Releases, resolutional analysis and spotlight cases/briefs written specifically for the current year s resolutions. A $30 value! (see below)
Summer Releases Included ($30 value)
By summer, several leagues release new policy debate resolutions. Blue Book authors gather topical overviews and three spotlight cases after resolutions are released. Blue Book owners use the digital code inside their book to download the Summer Releases, supporting the following leagues:
(1) NSDA. Their resolution releases in January every year after its membership votes.
(2) NCFCA. Their resolution releases in June at their national tournament.
(3) Stoa. Their resolution releases in May at their national tournament.
The releases will be similar to Unit III of Blue Book consisting of a full chapter of a history of the topic plus Understanding the Status Quo, where the authors list a variety of issues the resolution sets up. A followup student worksheet to test reading comprehension is included. Each of the Spotlight Cases consist of an affirmative case, 2A extension evidence, and a full negative brief ready to run in a debate round.
"Coach Vance" Trefethen debated in National Forensic League debate while in high school from 1979-1982. In college, he judged at high school NFL tournaments in North Carolina. A homeschooling dad himself, he realized the growing potential and benefit of homeschool debate and switched over to coaching homeschoolers a couple years later. In 2001, he helped Chris Jeub with bringing The Blue Book to a more advanced level. He has been co-authoring Blue Book ever since.
Chris Jeub is owner of Monument Publishing. He authors and co-authors several of the publications, but enjoys plugging other speech and debate talent into key writing positions.Mr. Jeub resides in Monument, Colorado, with his wife and children. Over the years, his family has carried five titles in two different leagues.
