Exploring Domain Awareness
The Domain Awareness affirmative case aligns with the 2025-2026 NFHS Novice Case Limits for Policy Debate, under “Early Warning Awareness.”
This affirmative argues that the United States should increase its exploration of the Arctic by increasing our ability to sense and detect activity occurring in the Arctic.
The second half of this module goes through the Strategic Stability DA, found inside the Domain Awareness negative file.
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This course is taught in ten parts by Maggie Berthiaume, Director of Debate at Woodward Academy (GA) using the NDCA Novice Packet created by David Heidt and Will Katz of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart (FL).
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In this video, Ms. Berthiaume goes through the Domain Awareness Affirmative and Case Negative positions from the 2025-2026 NDCA Novice Packet.
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Following the Explainer Video, check for your understanding with a brief quiz. In this section, you will have the option to email your quiz results to your teacher’s email address.
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Ready to practice flowing? Listen and follow along to an audio recording reading of the Domain Awareness 1AC.
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Ready to practice flowing? Listen and follow along to an audio recording reading of the Domain Awareness 1NC case arguments.
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This activity walks you through a speech set up where you will view the 1AC and 1NC documents, and then after flowing them, you will give a 2AC.
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In this video, Ms. Berthiaume goes through the Strategic Stability DA inside the Domain Awareness Negative file from the 2025-2026 NDCA Novice Packet.
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Following the Explainer Video, check for your understanding with a brief quiz. In this section, you will have the option to email your quiz results to your teacher’s email address.
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Ready to practice flowing? Listen and follow along to an audio recording reading of the Strategic Stability DA 1NC against the Domain Awareness Affirmative.
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Ready to practice flowing? Listen and follow along to an audio recording reading of the 2AC against the Strategic Stability DA when you are reading the Domain Awareness affirmative.
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This activity walks you through a speech set up where you will view the 1AC, 1NC and 2AC documents, and then after flowing them, you will give a 2NC or 1NR extending the Strategic Stabilty DA.
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EXPLORE OTHER NOVICE PACKET RESOURCES
AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE ON-CASE POSITIONS
Exploring Domain Awareness
Exploring Science Diplomacy
Exploring LNG
Exploring Natives Renewables
NEGATIVE OFF-CASE POSITIONS
Exploring China Soft Power DA
Exploring Arctic Council DA
Exploring Appeasement DA
Exploring the European Union CP
Exploring the Security K