Summus II B Student & Leader Links
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Summus II B Student & Leader Links
Weeks 1-30
Summus II A&B Parent/Leader Training webinar: https://youtu.be/El0yHufyW4I
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Summus II B Semesters At-a-Glance
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Week I
Theology: Precepts notetaking method: https://www.precept.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Precept-Bible-Study-Method-Overview.pdf
Precepts symbols: https://karikingdent.com/key-word-symbols/
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Logic:
Rhetoric: Speech Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSJrQO4dCe0NPm6CeTaXFBvz0gPjBQl2FAR_TxyS3LPxrQzU9_28rAMkzu8CT3ljEh8sNdJZIiTLYHA/pub
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Stoahub to purchase membership https://stoahub.org/ (optional)
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Novice Track: Intro to Debate Videos (optional-for members only)
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Week II
Logic: Flow Sheet: https://www.stoausa.org/_files/ugd/1b6def_82f0f6c597ce458fb2074eaf0a7f23c8.pdf
Week III
Logic: https://www.stoausa.org/_files/ugd/559d9d_1a9faeae144141d98269066c70e1dc80.pdf
Week IV
Logic:
LD Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyFURJOuF4
Persuasive: https://www.stoausa.org/_files/ugd/559d9d_16ff7e8f7bbd4340b68f1540f9ff94f8.pdf
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Literature:
Iliad Introduction: The Iliad: Translated by Robert Fagles: Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox - OMNIKA
Week V
Logic: Go to 24:28-25:00 and also 25:25-25:45. In the first example, the negative reads the evidence before giving his assertion and reason. Because he goes out of order, he has to circle back and correct himself. In the latter example, the negative does a good job of explaining the impact (without property rights, there are no taxes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIyFURJOuF4
Week X
Persuasive: https://www.stoausa.org/_files/ugd/559d9d_16ff7e8f7bbd4340b68f1540f9ff94f8.pdf
Week XI
Literature: “The Iliad or the Poem of Force” by Simone Weil https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/simone-weil-the-iliad-or-the-poem-of-force-4.pdf
Alternate link: https://archive.org/details/iliadorpoemoffor0000weil/page/n9/mode/2up
Logic:
Persuasive: https://www.stoausa.org/_files/ugd/559d9d_16ff7e8f7bbd4340b68f1540f9ff94f8.pdf
Week XII
Literature: The Odyssey, Fagles’ translation with Introduction: https://archive.org/details/the-odyssey_202303/mode/2up
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Week XX
Literature: Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses
In Canto XXVI, Dante is guided by Virgil down to the eighth bulge of the eighth circle of hell to meet Ulysses and Diomede… https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1001/1001-h/1001-h.htm#CantoI.XXVI
Week XXI
Latin:
Side-by-side, Latin/English Translation of The Aeneid I.1-7: https://www.pantheonpoets.com/poems/the-aeneid-begins/
Week XXII
Latin:
Side-by-side, Latin/English Translation of The Aeneid IV.173-195: https://www.pantheonpoets.com/poems/rumour/
Week XXIII
Latin: Side-by-side, Latin/English Translation of The Aeneid VI.608-627: https://www.pantheonpoets.com/poems/souls-awaiting-punishment-in-tartarus-and-the-crimes-that-brought-them-there/
Summus II B Student & Leader Links
Appendix
Appendix– Latin
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The Aeneid Translation Resources:
Books 1-6 of The Aeneid, Dewey’s Interlinear Translation: https://books.google.com/books?id=dIi6Ci7vM4oC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
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John Dryden’s Translation: http://faculty.sgc.edu/rkelley/The%20Aeneid.pdf
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Original The Aeneid in Latin: https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
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Henle Fourth Year Latin (with Aeneid notes and translations): https://archive.org/details/fourthyearlatin0000henl/page/n5/mode/2up
Appendix– Logic
​Lincoln Douglas Debate
Diplomacy vs Military Intervention
5CT: Circumstance, Question 1:
–Article #1: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R42738
–Article #3: https://www.history.com/articles/us-overthrow-foreign-governments
5CT: Testimony, Question 1:
–Morgenthau: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237473/page/n447/mode/2up
(Especially read Section A: Rule 4, Section B: Rule 4 and the Conclusion.)
–Thatcher: https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108346
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Aff Thought Questions, Question 1:
–Article #1: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/us-military-why-force-fails
–Article #2: https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/regime-change-rarely-succeeds- when-will-us-learn
Aff Thought Questions, Question 2:
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Neg Thought Questions, Research Question 1:
–https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3062.html
DIPLOMACY AC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPgiV5CfqQ0MiH4z-a7Cr-E2YG0ODQhfMmjyl2Imy2s/edit?usp=sharing
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MILITARY INTERVENTION NC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWTtxiv0HxVuELgZYnZtGCn-J-qu-RirA91J5rawLOE/edit?usp=sharing
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Incrementalism vs Radicalism
Aff Thought Questions, Research Question 1:
–Russell Kirk, “Ten Conservative Principles,” from The Politics of Prudence: https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
INCREMENTALISM AC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17rqLg1nJAbBygZDcgd7PTayHHEc9fJFMAmKVux9QwQ0/edit?usp=sharing
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RADICALISM NC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yAVv8DulbqX2XKx4f73x1iAxnd4ZmAFj2puwOHvfQiU/edit?usp=sharing
Practical Skills vs Theoretical Knowledge
Aff Thought Questions, Research Question 1:
–Booker T. Washington, The Future of the American Negro: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26507/pg26507-images.html
Aff Thought Questions, Research Question 2:
–Henry James, Pragmatism: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5116/5116-h/5116-h.htm#link2H_4_0004
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Neg Thought Questions, Research Question:
–Article #1: https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/classical-education-founding-fathers/
–Article #2: https://classicaldifference.com/history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
–Article #3: https://americanreformer.org/2024/07/classical-christian-education-as-a-battle/? utm_source=chatgpt.com
PRACTICAL SKILLS AC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c0bmVFCCZVj3dHNaODxWBxdSdwLXMKIJFM58G8TmLOk/edit?usp=sharing
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THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE NC: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ga6YAsolyUHxMCcwQn34Pmkgd31G4yq-EEdl5HYnIHA/edit?usp=sharing