Rhetorical 1 ages 14+ Live
About Course
What Will You Learn?
- Research - how to research and properly list your sources
- How to write great essays
- How to organize thoughts properly for a research paper or essay
- How to ask questions that produce great answers
- Reasoning (logic)- recognizing fallacies and practicing formal logic
Course Content
Semester 1 Week 1
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The Apology
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The Argument Clinic
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Chemistry with Crash Course
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Acids and Bases
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Call of the Wild Discussion Questions
Semester 1 Week 2
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Achilles and the Tortoise
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Occam’s Razor
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Euthyphro
Semester 1 Week 3
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon Debate
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Lab 1- Microscope
07:55
Semester 1 Week 4
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The Apology by Plato
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Lab: An Amoeba
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Lab: Cheek Cells
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Lab: Elodea
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Lab: Elodea Wet Mount
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The Giver Discussion Questions
Semester 1 Week 5
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Zeno’s Paradoxes
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Zeno’s Paradoxes Pt.2
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Osmosis in Elodea
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Debate between Senator McCain and Senator Obama
01:39:26
Semester 1 Week 6
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Sherlock Holmes: “A Case of Identity”
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Dennet & D’Souza Debate
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Wikipedia Gun Control Entry
Semester 1 Week 7
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GunCite
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Just Facts: A Resource for Independent Thinkers
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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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Dennet & D’Souza Debate Pt.2
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Arguments about Gun Control
Semester 1 Week 8
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Open to Debate Website
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“Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman”
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“Our View of the Second Amendment: Preserve Limits on Guns”
Semester 1 Week 9
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To Kill a Mockingbird Discussion Questions
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Michael Mandelbaum; Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman
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Matthew Parris; Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman
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Frequency Analysis
Semester 1 Week 10
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Douglas Murray; Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman
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Ian Bremmer; Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman
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The Adventure of the Dancing Man
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Calvin and Hobes Comic Strip
Semester 1 Week 11
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Q&A Session after debate for “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman”
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Article exploring arguments regarding crime and guns
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Euthypro
Semester 1 Week 12
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Closing Arguments for the debate “Resolved: America should be the world’s policeman”
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Quotes from the Framers and their Contemporaries
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Quotes from the Constitutional Commentators
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The myth of Nazi gun control
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Article on the racist roots of gun control
Semester 1 Week 13
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“Up from Slavery” Discussion Questions
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Article on a Bigfoot sighting and interview
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Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Semester 1 Week 14
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Universal Health Care Debate Pt.1
05:55
Semester 1 Week 15
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Universal Health Care Debate Pt.2
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Math Definitions
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Another website for Math Definitions
Semester 1 Week 16
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Robert F. Kennedy addressing MLK JR’s death
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Universal Health Care Debate Pt.3
07:26
Semester 2 Week 17
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Q&A Session Intelligence Squared Pt.1
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Obama’s Acceptance Speech 2008
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LTW Introduction
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LTW Comparison Essay One: Invention
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How Viruses Work
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Archaea
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Bacteria (updated)
07:31
Semester 2 Week 18
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Q&A Session Intelligence Squared Pt.2
09:26
Semester 2 Week 19
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Protists Video
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How Microscopic Hunters get their Lunch video
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Pond Water video
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Closing arguments for Intelligence Squared Debate on Universal Healthcare
08:11
Semester 2 Week 20
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Fungus Cannon in Slow Motion video
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Dance of the Spores video
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(Optional)The Life of the Forest film
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Crito by Plato
Semester 2 Week 21
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Illegal Immigration Debate Pt.1
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Intro to Animals Video
12:21
Semester 2 Week 22
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Intelligence Squared Debate Illegal Immigration Pt.2
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Jonathan Bird’s Blue World: Sponges
09:44
Semester 2 Week 23
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Hydra Under a Microscope
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Jellyfish Dissection
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Sea Anemone Dissection
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Blue World: Cnidarians
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Illegal Immigration Debate Pt.3
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Illegal Immigration Pt.3
08:11
Semester 2 Week 24
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About Emily Dickinson
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Dickinson Electronic Archives
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Q&A Session for Illegal Immigration Debate
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Worm Dissection
07:40
Semester 2 Week 25
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Q&A Pt.2 for Illegal Immigration Debate
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Shakespeare Excerpt
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Leopard Slug
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Colossal Squid
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Guy helping an octopus
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Hooded Cuttlefish Experiment
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Bivalves
03:26
Semester 2 Week 26
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Debate Resources
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Q&A Session Pt.3: Illegal Immigration
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Closing Arguments for Illegal Immigration Debate
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Arthropods
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Crayfish Dissection
00:00
Semester 2 Week 27
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Echinoderms
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Sea Star Dissection
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Tobias Parks’ YouTube Channel
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Video 1.1: What is LD?
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Video 1.2: Sample LD Round
41:17
Semester 2 Week 28
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Chordata- Lamprey
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Dogfish Dissection
04:29
Semester 2 Week 29
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Reptiles vs. Amphibians
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Frog Dissection
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Sample LD Round
41:17
Semester 2 Week 30
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Moss Spores being released
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Antheridia Slides
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Moss slides
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Moss is Cool! Video
04:43
Semester 2 Week 31
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Pinecones and How They Work
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External View of a Pinecone
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Pinecone under a microscope
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Lilly Microscopy
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Edgar Allen Poe- The Golden Bug
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Edgar Allen Poe- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Semester 2 Week 32
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Riot and the Dance: Ecology