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These resources are designed to help you learn more about the Better Arguments framework, and to help you put these principles into practice. You are currently viewing our complete library; use the navigation tabs to filter your search.

Report on Key Operating Principles

Learn more about the Better Arguments Project’s concepts, principles, and mission with this report.

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Brainstorming Guide

Consider how Better Arguments can apply to your community using this brainstorming guide.

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School Curriculum

This flexible curriculum is designed with middle and high school students in mind.

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Better Arguments Exit Ticket Exercise

This brief exercise is designed for use in a single class period.

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Better Arguments Current Events Exercise

This brief exercise is designed for use in a single class period to address current events.

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Facilitation Guide

This guide compiles facilitation tips for navigating disagreement from various experts.

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Civic Dinners: In this together?

Explore the tension between individual freedom and collective responsibility during COVID-19.

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Workbook

Bring Better Arguments to your office with this workbook, created with The Good Project.

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Tech Boom Tensions

The creation of a robust, local tech economy – and the attraction of the high-wage earners who work in it – can be transformative for a local economy. But others wonder how their community will ensure equitable access to these new opportunities.

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Liberty and Equality

The push-pull between liberty and equality manifests in all kinds of ways. Many of today’s most heated political debates relate to which ideal should be prioritized, or how to strike the right balance between liberty and equality.

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Voter ID Laws

One of the most significant debates around voting rights relates to voter identification laws. A tension exists between ensuring that elections are as secure as possible and ensuring that there are as few barriers to voting as possible.

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Free Speech

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution grants Americans arguably “the most protective free speech standard in the world.” Today, there exists tensions over whether, or to what extent, our institutions – from schools, to newspapers, to social media platforms – should embrace freedom of expression as a guiding ethic.

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Monuments and Memorials

There has been a national movement to rename buildings or tear down statues that are named after or dedicated to problematic historical figures. Today, there are tensions and ongoing debates over whether such initiatives brush our history under the rug or offer a more nuanced understanding.

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Better Arguments can help colleagues work more productively across diverse viewpoints.

Human resources, corporate relations, and DEI professionals may be interested in bringing Better Arguments to the workplace. Below are resources that are applicable for workshops, employee resource groups, team meetings, and trainings.

Workbook

Bring Better Arguments to your office with this workbook, created with The Good Project.

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Better Arguments can be used to build relationships and make progress around specific local issues.

Community leaders and organizations can guide their neighbors to apply Better Arguments locally. Below are resources that are applicable to community gatherings and public forums.

Civic Dinners: In This Together?

Explore the tension between individual freedom and collective responsibility during COVID-19.

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Faith Workbook

This workbook follows the Better Arguments Project framework and invites users to think about the influence of faith and spirituality in bridging divides.

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Educators can bring Better Arguments to their school community and classroom.

Better Arguments can help students learn to engage productively across differences and grapple with differing viewpoints. Below are resources that are applicable to school-based learning activities and after school programs.

School Curriculum

This flexible curriculum is designed with middle and high school students in mind.

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Better Arguments Exit Ticket Exercise

This brief exercise is designed for use in a single class period.

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Better Arguments Current Events Exercise

This brief exercise is designed for use in a single class period to address current events.

Download exercise PDF

Check out the Join Us page to learn other ways to engage with the Better Arguments Project.

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All of the guidance you need to host your own Better Argument can be found in our toolkits.

We offer pre-designed Better Arguments related to current hot-button topics, longstanding philosophical debates, and complex multi-player tensions. These conversations can take place in a virtual setting, or in an in-person setting in accordance with local regulations.

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