Mentor Binder
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Mentor Binder

The complete facilitation reference: weekly notes, reading and debate resources, protocols, fade, appendices, and worksheets.

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  1. START First-timer cold start + debate move by move p. 5
    1. Start Here: You Have Never Run This Beforep. 6
    2. The Forge Debate, Move by Movep. 8
    3. Where First-Timers Stumblep. 9
  2. WHY Philosophy in one page p. 10
    1. Why Debate?p. 11
    2. The Capacity Trianglep. 12
  3. MENTORS Mentor configuration: 2-mentor + 3-mentor variants p. 13
    1. The Forge Runs on Three Functionsp. 14
  4. WEEKS 1–25 Facilitation notes for every week p. 15
    1. Week 1 · Trial Forgep. 16
    2. Week 2 · Unit 1 Arms Roomp. 18
    3. Week 3 · Unit 1 The Forgep. 20
    4. Week 4 · Unit 1 The Tavernp. 22
    5. Week 5 · U2 Arms Roomp. 23
    6. Week 6 · U2 Forgep. 24
    7. Week 7 · U2 Tavernp. 25
    8. Week 8 · U3 Arms Roomp. 26
    9. Week 9 · U3 Forgep. 27
    10. Week 10 · U3 Tavernp. 28
    11. Week 11 · U4 Arms Roomp. 29
    12. Week 12 · U4 Forgep. 30
    13. Week 13 · U4 Tavernp. 31
    14. Week 14 · U5 Arms Roomp. 32
    15. Week 15 · U5 Forgep. 33
    16. Week 16 · U5 Tavernp. 34
    17. Week 17 · U6 Arms Roomp. 35
    18. Week 18 · U6 Forgep. 36
    19. Week 19 · U6 Tavernp. 37
    20. Week 20 · U7 Arms Roomp. 38
    21. Week 21 · U7 Forgep. 39
    22. Week 22 · U7 Tavernp. 40
    23. Week 23 · U8 Arms Roomp. 41
    24. Week 24 · U8 Forgep. 42
    25. Week 25 · U8 Tavernp. 43
  5. CYCLE Unit cycle template + fade map p. 44
    1. The Repeating Three-Week Shapep. 44
    2. What Changes by Unit — The Fade Mapp. 45
  6. UNITS Per-unit cards U2–U8 p. 47
    1. Unit 2 · Perseverance (Little Women)p. 49
    2. Unit 3 · Interdependence (The Boys in the Boat)p. 50
    3. Unit 4 · Resilience (Pride and Prejudice)p. 51
    4. Unit 5 · Acceptance (A Man for All Seasons)p. 52
    5. Unit 6 · Courage (All the Light We Cannot See)p. 53
    6. Unit 7 · Hope (The Picture of Dorian Gray)p. 54
    7. Unit 8 · Moral Courage (A Good Man Is Hard to Find)p. 55
  7. READING Reading guides U1–U8 p. 56
    1. U1 · Discipline Journal (Project Hail Mary)p. 58
    2. U2 · Perseverance Journal (Little Women)p. 60
    3. U3 · Interdependence Journal (The Boys in the Boat)p. 62
    4. U4 · Resilience Journal (Pride and Prejudice)p. 64
    5. U5 · Acceptance Journal (A Man for All Seasons)p. 66
    6. U6 · Courage Journal (All the Light We Cannot See)p. 68
    7. U7 · Hope Journal (The Picture of Dorian Gray)p. 70
    8. U8 · Moral Courage Journal + Re-readp. 72
  8. DEBATE Debate questions U1–U8 p. 75
    1. U1 · Project Hail Maryp. 75
    2. U2 · Little Womenp. 77
    3. U3 · The Boys in the Boatp. 79
    4. U4 · Pride and Prejudicep. 81
    5. U5 · A Man for All Seasonsp. 83
    6. U6 · All the Light We Cannot Seep. 85
    7. U7 · The Picture of Dorian Grayp. 87
    8. U8 · A Good Man Is Hard to Findp. 89
  9. DOC STUDY Document studies U1–U8 p. 91
    1. U1 · McRaven · Make Your Bedp. 92
    2. U2 · Frankl · Man’s Search for Meaningp. 94
    3. U3 · Shackleton · Southp. 96
    4. U4 · Douglass · Narrativep. 98
    5. U5 · More + Joan · Paired Contrastp. 100
    6. U6 · White Rose · Leaflet 4p. 102
    7. U7 · Stockdale · Courage Under Firep. 104
    8. U8 · Bonhoeffer · After Ten Yearsp. 106
  10. WORKSHOPS Forge Workshops FW1 / FW2 / FW3 overlays p. 108
    1. Three Taverns Double as Forge Workshopsp. 109
  11. FINALE Final Forge · Anvil · Reveal (weeks 26–30) p. 110
    1. Final Forge: Draft to Rehearsalp. 111
  12. PROTOCOLS Operational protocols p. 113
    1. Operations Overviewp. 113
    2. If You Are One Adult Todayp. 140
    3. Class Size & Seatsp. 141
    4. Seat Collapsep. 142
  13. FADE Mentor fade: advancement + reversion triggers p. 118
    1. Mentor Fade Sectionp. 118
    2. Intervention Decision Treep. 121
  14. DICTIONARY The Forge dictionary p. 124
    1. Dictionary A–Zp. 124
  15. APPENDICES Appendices A–C + mentor reference p. 128
    1. Appendix A · U1 Hook Artifacts & Mock Topicp. 128
    2. Appendix A · Volunteer Agreementp. 129
    3. Appendix A · Trial Forge Mock Topicp. 130
    4. Appendix A · Worked Examplep. 131
    5. Appendix B · Moderator Whisper-Cardp. 132
    6. Appendix B · If the Moderator Gets Stuckp. 133
    7. Appendix C · U8 Sealed Mentor-Only Insertp. 134
    8. Appendix C · U8 Tavern Scriptp. 135
    9. Skill Bankp. 136
    10. You Ran It Right If…p. 137
    11. Materials Manifestp. 138
  16. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS Every mentor worksheet on its own page p. 145
    1. How to Use These Sheetsp. 146
    2. 30-Week Guidep. 147
    3. Unit Coverp. 149
    4. Unit Cover · Quote 1p. 150
    5. Unit Cover · Quotes 2–3p. 151
    6. Unit Cover · Blade / Shield / Rangep. 152
    7. Moderator · Run Sheetp. 153
    8. Moderator · Vote Tallyp. 154
    9. Debater · Prepp. 155
    10. Debater · Quote 2p. 156
    11. Debater · Quote 3p. 157
    12. Debater · External Sourcep. 158
    13. Debater · Impact + Countersp. 159
    14. Debater · Live Notesp. 160
    15. Researcher · Evidence Packetp. 161
    16. Researcher · Negative Evidencep. 162
    17. Researcher · After-Actionp. 163
    18. Jury · Evidence Map Affirmative 1p. 164
    19. Jury · Evidence Map Affirmative 2p. 165
    20. Jury · Evidence Map Negative 1p. 166
    21. Jury · Evidence Map Negative 2p. 167
    22. Jury · Pre-Votep. 168
    23. Jury · Post-Votep. 169
    24. Bench · Prepp. 170
    25. Forge Reflectionp. 171
    26. Story Layer · 5 Years Outp. 172
    27. Story Layer · Draft 2p. 173
    28. Story Layer · Draft 3p. 174
    29. ACTOR Nightly Logp. 175