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 Staffing, role duties, and unit-by-unit guidance p. 13
    1. The Forge Runs on Three Functionsp. 14
    2. Mentor Roles Field Guide · Who Does Whatp. 15
    3. Mentor Roles Field Guide · Unit by Unitp. 16
  4. WEEKS 1–25 Facilitation notes for every week p. 17
    1. Week 1 · Trial Forgep. 18
    2. Week 2 · Unit 1 Arms Roomp. 20
    3. Week 3 · Unit 1 The Forgep. 22
    4. Week 4 · Unit 1 The Tavernp. 24
    5. Week 5 · U2 Arms Roomp. 25
    6. Week 6 · U2 Forgep. 26
    7. Week 7 · U2 Tavernp. 27
    8. Week 8 · U3 Arms Roomp. 28
    9. Week 9 · U3 Forgep. 29
    10. Week 10 · U3 Tavernp. 30
    11. Week 11 · U4 Arms Roomp. 31
    12. Week 12 · U4 Forgep. 32
    13. Week 13 · U4 Tavernp. 33
    14. Week 14 · U5 Arms Roomp. 34
    15. Week 15 · U5 Forgep. 35
    16. Week 16 · U5 Tavernp. 36
    17. Week 17 · U6 Arms Roomp. 37
    18. Week 18 · U6 Forgep. 38
    19. Week 19 · U6 Tavernp. 39
    20. Week 20 · U7 Arms Roomp. 40
    21. Week 21 · U7 Forgep. 41
    22. Week 22 · U7 Tavernp. 42
    23. Week 23 · U8 Arms Roomp. 43
    24. Week 24 · U8 Forgep. 44
    25. Week 25 · U8 Tavernp. 45
  5. CYCLE Unit cycle template + fade map p. 46
    1. The Repeating Three-Week Shapep. 46
    2. What Changes by Unit — The Fade Mapp. 47
  6. UNITS Per-unit cards U2–U8 p. 49
    1. Unit 2 · Perseverance (Little Women)p. 51
    2. Unit 3 · Interdependence (The Boys in the Boat)p. 52
    3. Unit 4 · Resilience (Pride and Prejudice)p. 53
    4. Unit 5 · Acceptance (A Man for All Seasons)p. 54
    5. Unit 6 · Courage (All the Light We Cannot See)p. 55
    6. Unit 7 · Hope (The Picture of Dorian Gray)p. 56
    7. Unit 8 · Moral Courage (A Good Man Is Hard to Find)p. 57
  7. READING Reading guides U1–U8 p. 58
    1. U1 · Discipline Journal (Project Hail Mary)p. 60
    2. U2 · Perseverance Journal (Little Women)p. 63
    3. U3 · Interdependence Journal (The Boys in the Boat)p. 66
    4. U4 · Resilience Journal (Pride and Prejudice)p. 69
    5. U5 · Acceptance Journal (A Man for All Seasons)p. 72
    6. U6 · Courage Journal (All the Light We Cannot See)p. 75
    7. U7 · Hope Journal (The Picture of Dorian Gray)p. 78
    8. U8 · Moral Courage Journal + Re-readp. 81
  8. DEBATE Debate questions U1–U8 p. 85
    1. U1 · Project Hail Maryp. 85
    2. U2 · Little Womenp. 87
    3. U3 · The Boys in the Boatp. 89
    4. U4 · Pride and Prejudicep. 91
    5. U5 · A Man for All Seasonsp. 93
    6. U6 · All the Light We Cannot Seep. 95
    7. U7 · The Picture of Dorian Grayp. 97
    8. U8 · A Good Man Is Hard to Findp. 99
  9. DOC STUDY Document studies U1–U8 p. 101
    1. U1 · McRaven · Make Your Bedp. 102
    2. U2 · Frankl · Man’s Search for Meaningp. 104
    3. U3 · Shackleton · Southp. 106
    4. U4 · Douglass · Narrativep. 108
    5. U5 · More + Joan · Paired Contrastp. 110
    6. U6 · White Rose · Leaflet 4p. 112
    7. U7 · Stockdale · Courage Under Firep. 114
    8. U8 · Bonhoeffer · After Ten Yearsp. 116
  10. WORKSHOPS Forge Workshops FW1 / FW2 / FW3 overlays p. 118
    1. Three Taverns Double as Forge Workshopsp. 119
  11. FINALE Final Forge · Anvil · Reveal (weeks 26–30) p. 120
    1. Final Forge: Draft to Rehearsalp. 121
  12. PROTOCOLS Operational protocols p. 123
    1. Operations Overviewp. 123
    2. If You Are One Adult Todayp. 150
    3. Class Size & Seatsp. 151
    4. Seat Collapsep. 152
  13. FADE Mentor fade: advancement + reversion triggers p. 128
    1. Mentor Fade Sectionp. 128
    2. Intervention Decision Treep. 131
  14. DICTIONARY The Forge dictionary p. 134
    1. Dictionary A–Zp. 134
  15. APPENDICES Appendices A–C + mentor reference p. 138
    1. Appendix A · U1 Hook Artifacts & Mock Topicp. 138
    2. Appendix A · Volunteer Agreementp. 139
    3. Appendix A · Trial Forge Mock Topicp. 140
    4. Appendix A · Worked Examplep. 141
    5. Appendix B · Moderator Whisper-Cardp. 142
    6. Appendix B · If the Moderator Gets Stuckp. 143
    7. Appendix C · U8 Sealed Mentor-Only Insertp. 144
    8. Appendix C · U8 Tavern Scriptp. 145
    9. Skill Bankp. 146
    10. You Ran It Right If…p. 147
    11. Materials Manifestp. 148
  16. PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS Every mentor worksheet on its own page p. 156
    1. How to Use These Sheetsp. 157
    2. 30-Week Guidep. 158
    3. Unit Coverp. 160
    4. Unit Cover · Quote 1p. 161
    5. Unit Cover · Quotes 2–3p. 162
    6. Unit Cover · Blade / Shield / Rangep. 163
    7. Moderator · Run Sheetp. 164
    8. Moderator · Vote Tallyp. 165
    9. Debater · Prepp. 166
    10. Debater · Quote 2p. 167
    11. Debater · Quote 3p. 168
    12. Debater · External Sourcep. 169
    13. Debater · Impact + Countersp. 170
    14. Debater · Live Notesp. 171
    15. Researcher · Evidence Packetp. 172
    16. Researcher · Negative Evidencep. 173
    17. Researcher · After-Actionp. 174
    18. Jury · Evidence Map Affirmative 1p. 175
    19. Jury · Evidence Map Affirmative 2p. 176
    20. Jury · Evidence Map Negative 1p. 177
    21. Jury · Evidence Map Negative 2p. 178
    22. Jury · Pre-Votep. 179
    23. Jury · Post-Votep. 180
    24. Bench · Prepp. 181
    25. Forge Reflectionp. 182
    26. Story Layer · 5 Years Outp. 183
    27. Story Layer · Draft 2p. 184
    28. Story Layer · Draft 3p. 185
    29. ACTOR Nightly Logp. 186
  17. APPENDIX D · FORGE RECORD Mentor-only roster and year-long record p. 189
    1. The Forge Recordp. 189