Comet Cards De-extinction: Novice & JV
Learn a case, explain why its evidence matters, and practice answering an opponent. Comet Cards De-extinction: Novice & JV provides a guided high school Lincoln-Douglas packet for the resolution "Resolved: De-extinction is unethical."
The four affirmative cases examine animal welfare, protecting living species, the limits of replacing what extinction destroys, and the full path from producing an animal to ecological recovery. The four negative cases consider repairing human-caused loss, restoring a missing ecological role, requiring evidence before the next risky step, and evaluating a research program's contribution to knowledge.
Each case includes:
- A plain-English explanation of its claim, reasoning, value, criterion, comparison, and limits.
- A prepared opening with marked READ and PREP material.
- Three ready-to-read responses to specific objections: 24 response modules in the packet.
- Cross-examination prompts, a rehearsal challenge, and later-speech practice.
- Selected read-aloud evidence with citations and preparation context beside its use.
A quick-start section explains values, criteria, warrants, and concessions. Vocabulary help, interpretation guidance, timing instructions, and a source directory support preparation. The novice route starts with one case and its first response; the JV route compares cases with different criteria. Both emphasize understanding the reasoning rather than simply adding more material. Some sources recur across cases.
Important case-selection limit: The fourth negative, "Count the knowledge, keep the limits," is only for rounds whose interpretation includes organized recovery research. It is insufficient by itself in a completed-recreation-only round or against a supported net-harm or conservation-priority affirmative. Otherwise, choose one of the first three negatives.
Timing examples use 200 spoken words per minute: approximately six minutes for a 1,200-word affirmative opening and 3:45 for a 750-word negative case before responses. Actual delivery varies; rehearse and select responses that address the live round.
Download: CC_DeExt_Novice_JV.zip contains the matching editable DOCX and 76-page PDF editions.
Independent educational material; no NSDA endorsement or promised competitive result. These are new companion cases, not a replacement for an earlier topic file.