Coaches’ Resources

Tools to help High School Ethics Bowl coaches prepare their teams for the season

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The following resources are intended to help Ethics Bowl coaches and teams prepare for the season. The Cincinnati Ethics Center is available to support teams with guidance on how to best use these resources.

Worksheets created by the
Cincinnati Ethics Center

Quick Reference Guide to the 2024-25 Regional/Divisional Cases

Ethics Bowl Case Breakdown: A simple template for breaking down the elements of a case.

Case Presentation Template: A template to help organize case presentations

Ethics Terms for Analyzing EB Cases: Useful terms for case presentations

Ethics Bowl Round Breakdown

Types of Judges Questions: An explanation of the types of questions participants are likely to see in competitions

National High School Ethics Bowl National Headquarters

National High School Ethics Bowl National Headquarters
National H igh School Ethics Bowl Academy:
- The Library: Home to all the materials – print, graphic, and interactive – that you’ll need to learn about the NHSEB program.
- The Theater: NHSEB created information and instructional content with curated ethics education resources.
- The Studio: NHSEB experts are standing by to consult with you on all things Ethics Bowl, including cases, presentation mechanics, commentaries, Q+A sessions, and practice scrimmages. Appointments needed.
- Academy Live: New series of specially-designed online events for NHSEB Students, coaches, organizers, and volunteers.

Regional Case Set 2024-2025

Recommended books for students
and/or coaches.

Ethics in a Nutshell by Matt Eaton, Ph.D

Ethics-in-a-Nutshell-for-Ethics-Bowlers-3rd-Edition.pdf

The Ethics Bowl Way edited by Roberta Israeloff and Karen Mizell

Videos

2023 Final Round Greater Cincinnati Regional between St. Xavier and Summit Country Day
Four Elements of an Ethics Bowl Round – Tips and Tricks for Doing Well (This is a password protected file: CEC2024)
Ethics in a Nutshell: Matt Deaton, author, has created videos for each chapter of his book.
Delaware Valley High School Ethics Bowl Finals, 2014
Mock Ethics Bowl Round: Two teams held a modified mock Ethics Bowl round during the 2023 Summer Ethics Bowl Workshop. In addition, this session featured an interactive conversation about the Ethics Bowl format, case-based reasoning and match design, various skills and dispositions the format emphasizes, and more.
2024 Ethics Bowl Canada National Final Round
Oregon High School Ethics Bowl Semi-Final and Final Matches 2021

Additional website resources

Ethics Unwrapped: This University of Texas site hosts a range of videos on topics of interest to students. “Curated Resources” has summary lesson plans on a variety of topics. “Case Studies” has Ethics Bowl-style cases followed by discussion questions and relevant videos.
PLATO: Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization: “Philosophy Toolkit” has an array of lesson plans.
Wi-Phi: A collaboration of several universities, “Wi-Phi’s mission is to introduce the public to the practice of philosophy through free, entertaining, and accessible videos featuring experts from around the world.”

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