TEACHERS

Welcome  to

Contemporary  History  Weekly

publishers  of

" SIX  DEBATES  WEEKLY "

The Weekly A4 Debating Sheet about a current controversial issue

[C.H.Weekly changed the title of the weekly sheet in November 2005 from "C.H.Weekly" to "Six Debates Weekly" to meet the criticism mentioned in the TES review below.]

and 

FRIDAY  FORTNIGHTLY  DEBATES

a version of 

SIX DEBATES WEEKLY specially adapted for use at K.S.2 in Primary Schools

[for details of Friday Fortnightly Debates see below in blue lettering]

At this site you will find information about our four elements:-

1. Debating Sheets called " Six Debates Weekly " that are published weekly on this site during school terms (38 times a year). Each one is about a currently controversial news item. They are A4 and photocopiable. A full year's subscription is £110. The first four are free. If you like them, we invoice you and you pay by cheque through the post.    

2. Our 1997 - 2008 Archive of over 400 past Debating Sheets which cost £2 each.  The archive from 1997 - 2000 is free however to secondary schools in England and Wales because  of a large grant to C.H.Weekly from the then Department for Education and Skills.

3. Our "Teaching Guide" explaining exactly how to run successful debates and discussions with classes of 30 in secondary schools. It's free when you place your order for the four free issues.

4. Seminars for teachers on how to run successful large-class debates. They cost £200 a day. A day usually consists of three identical sessions, two in the morning and one after lunch, so that different groups of teachers can participate in the training. A session usually consists of a class being taught for 45 minutes in front of teachers. Then the class departs and the teachers discuss what they have seen with me. Ask for details on the "Contacting C.H.Weekly" enquiry form.

FRIDAY FORTNIGHTLY DEBATES 

comes out each fortnight during term time [20 times a year]. It costs £50 a year. Order from the "Contacting C.H.Weekly" form on the website. The first two editions are sent free for trialling. The Archive has details of past issues in blue lettering. They cost £2 each.

HOW TO USE THIS SITE

• Either click on the buttons on the left
• Or click on the text highlighted in blue lettering
• Or use the BACK button at the top of your screen

If you click on the top button - the C.H.Weekly Logo - on all the other pages, you will get back to this Home Page.

The Times Educational Supplement review of " Six Debates Weekly " ( then called C.H.Weekly ) is reproduced below. The TES also ran a feature article on C.H.Weekly in their "Friday" section of the Friday February 2nd 2001 issue.

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What the "Times Educational Supplement" said about C.H.Weekly on 24th May 2000.

"This site has a rather misleading title. I am certain that it could increase its teacher hits by calling itself something closer to what it is; an archive of really excellent ideas based around the theme of class debates.

It is essentially a source of that precious commodity - the bright idea. There is a strong English, PSHE, Citizenship feel to it.

The archive consists of a series of pages geared to particular themes. The range is fascinating, from Liz Hurley's dress (May 1998) to the question of whether ITV's quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is trivial.

Each page is cleverly structured, providing suggested starter questions. It is easy to see how the lesson ideas could be used with other resources, particularly web based research.

The real value of the site lies in the expertise of its creator. Here we have someone who knows how to teach. It's not technical wizardry, but it's good practice.

I was impressed with the teacher's guide which accompanies the site. It could be used completely independently from the site as a guide to discussion in any subject. It would be particularly valuable for newly qualified teachers or teachers constructing a new programme with more than half an eye on the introduction of citizenship." 

Ben Walsh.

( Reproduced with permission from Times Educational Supplement )