Social and Entertainment Debate Topics

Social and Entertainment Debate Topics

What are social and entertainment debate topics?

These are fun debate topics that are deliberated around a particular theme and supported by facts and informed opinions. Such debates help in merely understanding which person was able to put forward their points lucidly and convincingly. As a debater, one should have a way of entertaining the target audience by selecting fun debate topics. Social entertainment debates tend to instantly engage students, but they can also sharpen their research and public speaking skills. No matter the reason for using them, having these debate topics in your classroom is a sure way to get your students talking and thinking.

Features of good social and entertainment debate topics

• Informative. Social debate topics give room for complete, facts-based information to be presented that serves to make the audience aware of all they need to know about the topic being addressed during the debate.

• Dynamic. A social and entertaining debate topic must develop dynamically such that important points are questioned by one team and answered by the other, more so during rebuttals.

• Well-reasoned. The debate topic must be relevant and competent. This is because arguments are drawn from it and they must be acceptable to the audience who have an average analysis of the issues presented.

• Persuasive. The debate topic should be fun and that enables the debaters to build a rapport with the audience and help them follow the points raised by the debaters.

Importance social and entertainment debates

• Improves critical thinking. Students can analyze situations and form their own argument. It gives an opportunity for self-reflection and making a balanced argument. Students are able to critically examine the topic instead of passively accepting information. They are forced to examine theories and concepts regarding the topic, and adopt the ones that make sense.

• Enhance self-confidence and public speaking skills. Social debate topics enrich the personality of students by making them more confident to speak on a social platform.

• It helps in thought organization. During debating, debaters are required to structure thoughts and opinions logically so that they can be expressed in a proper flow.

• Enhances listening and note-taking skills. Listening is an important trait that most people lack. During debates, you must listen to other people’s points of view and accept contradicting opinions with grace. Debating these topics teaches you how to sift information and at the same time listen to your opponent to get the main points that you will defend during rebuttals.

• Increased student retention. Debating increases information retention of the topics learned. This is because it is active, interest-based learning that engages the mind thoroughly.

• It helps students to identify gaps in their theories and coming up with more balanced arguments.

Examples of social and entertainment debate topics

The following debate topics can be used by students regardless of their academic level.

Debate Topics for Kids/Children

1. Are birthday presents to be ordinary and expensive or special and affordable?

2. Is it right to deny children candies?

3. Is it alright for people to eat animals?

4. Should children prefer eating tasty food instead of healthy food?

5. Is it only good children who receive Christmas presents from Santa?

6. Between a longer recess and a shorter one, what benefits kids the most?

7. Why are pets prohibited in school?

8. Are Barbie dolls and stuffed toys only for girls?

9. Is it okay for children to relegate their assigned homework to parents?

10. Compared to cats, dogs are the best pests.

11. What benefits children the most between cartoons and storybooks?

12. Does a good life originate from good habits and manners always?

13. Is television watching good or bad for kids?

14. What time(s) of the day are perfect for schooling?

15. Should children be allowed to carry junk food in school?

16. Digital learning and classroom learning, what is better?

17. Are school uniforms absolute requirements for all school going kids?

18. Would be beneficial or harmful to allow mobile phones in school?

19. Should children be banned from playing video games?

20. Where do people go when they die?

Debate Topics for Teens

1. Social media has rendered teenagers socially inactive and anti-social.

2. Does college education promote greater financial success in the future?

3. Are student loans assistive or exploitative to beneficiaries?

4. Public schools are better than private schools.

5. Has technology promoted the increased number of teenage pregnancies?

6. Is it ethical to terminate teenage pregnancy at any stage using abortion?

7. Why is peer pressure such an important topic for teenagers?

8. Are teenagers capable of reversing climate change?

9. Should adoption of vegetarian diets be high among teenagers than adults?

10. Does organic farming merit as a viable solution to contemporary environmental issues?

11. Is democracy the best form of government?

12. Is it ethical for campaigning politicians to solicit money from individuals?

13. Would it be okay for teenage girls to access birth control without first seeking parental/guardian consent?

14. Should teenagers be granted autonomous decision making?

15. Does the future success of a teenager depend on parental support?

16. How do teenagers benefit from artificial intelligence?

17. Are existing regulations capable of addressing emerging technological issues effectively?

18. Is it justifiable to legalize marijuana for recreational use?

19. Should the government be fully responsible for funding all healthcare services for all citizens?

20. Can wars be economically justified?

Debate Topics about Love and Relationships

1. What does the phrase ‘Love is blind’ mean?

2. Is it possible to create an app that grades ones level of love?

3. Shortage of money has prompted many couples to divorce.

4. Social media has greatly damaged our love lives.

5. Our ancestors enjoyed better and stronger family relations than we do.

6. Should the conversation on gender equality require women to participate in the same track events with men during athletic championships?

7. If parents perceived their children as assets, daughters would be more valued than sons.

8. Do novels and movies promote extramarital affairs?

9. Bad spending habits destroy family relations.

10. Can love be faked?

Debate Topics about Families

1. Can one seek help for members of dysfunctional families?

2. How can one give a family member a good life in regards to terminal illnesses and palliative care?

3. Older people are always right.

4. Should love be main connecting factor among family members?

5. Should one be cautious or unconditionally loving to a member who was just released from prison?

6. Young adults should be given the necessary family support when transitioning into adult life.

7. What promotes adultery?

8. Why is family counselling so important?

9. How should one cope with unpleasant truth acquired accidentally through family secrets?

10. Should parents force children to inherit family businesses?

Debate Topics with Girlfriend

1. What have you always wanted to tell me but never got the chance to?

2. Given the chance to change one thing in history, what would it be?

3. How would you like people to remember you when you die?

4. Have you got anything you consider as a deep secret?

5. Do you have any regrets in your life?

6. Tell me anything new that we should do together.

7. Do you treasure having children?

8. What is your ultimate goal in life?

9. Do you think we would survive if we were stranded in a desert together?

10. How much money would you ask for in order to break up with me?

11. Assuming that we only had one day to live, what would you like us to do together?

12. Do you feel loved enough?

13. Why is our relationship so strong?

14. Is our relationship based on love on first sight?

15. What really needs to change in our relationship?

Debate Topics with Boyfriend

1. Would you say that you are happy with me?

2. How can we strengthen our relationship?

3. Does our relationship lack anything?

4. What was your first impression of me?

5. Got any guilty pleasures?

6. How do you think we would fare as a couple?

7. What really makes you proud of our relationship?

8. What TV show impressed you the most as a kid?

9. Did you have a crush as a child?

10. Ever had any extremely embarrassing moment?

11. What was your nickname as a child?

12. Have you ever mastered any skill at a young age?

13. What is the most terrible thing that has ever happened to you?

14. Have you done anything for yourself lately?

15. How can I make your day better?

Debate Topics for Lower School

1. Is it possible for blind people to be racist?

2. Is it okay for children to participate in beauty pageants?

3. Should mobile phones usage be restricted in classrooms?

4. Where are toys made?

5. Does a child have the same number of thoughts every day?

6. Should computers fully substitute teachers?

7. Is it acceptable to bully a bully?

8. Do parents own their children?

9. Is it necessary for student IDs to have embedded tracking devices?

10. Should children be courteous to robotic servants?

11. Where is space?

12. Do children benefit more from homeschooling than from traditional education?

13. Is it essential for children to have recess?

14. Do parents love newborns more than the older children?

15. Can you see yourself with a mirror in the dark?

16. Who are the best role models for children?

17. Is it compulsory for children to make their beds before starting their day?

18. Do children find Disney princesses to be heroic?

19. Children should be allowed to bring their pets to school.

20. Boys should never own a Barbie doll?

Debate Topics for Middle School

1. Why is it okay for parents to punish children?

2. Should parents allow children their privacy?

3. Is social media beneficial or detrimental for students?

4. What is the right thing for bullied students to do?

5. Cheating in tests is bad and wrong.

6. Parents should not dictate the kind of music that their children listen to.

7. Are headphones harmful for students?

8. How do plastics destroy the environment?

9. No students should be given homework assignments.

10. When should students be allowed to watch television?

11. Every home must have a pet.

12. The grading system in schools must be banned.

13. Who are the best role models for students, pop icons or sports stars?

14. Repeating in schools should be prohibited.

15. Sports training must be made mandatory for all students.

16. Every student must know how to play a musical instrument.

17. All students in middle school must actively participate in community volunteer programs.

Debate Topics for High School

1. History is not a critical subject in high school.

2. Should schools run throughout the year?

3. Modern computer video games are not extremely violent.

4. Fathers should not perform any household chores?

5. All students must take a cooking class.

6. Would it be more fun for students to go for vacations without any supervising adults?

7. Macs are better than PCs.

8. Should students save or spend all their pocket money?

9. Should student bullies be legally charged?

10. Parents must bawl out and criticize their children for bad grades.

11. Are mixed-sex schools better than their single-sex counterparts?

12. Students should be granted free entry to all public museums.

13. Do movie stars influence students negatively?

14. All parents must take and pass parenting classes before getting children.

15. Peer pressure promotes drug abuse among high school students.

16. Students who continuously and constantly record good grades are assured of a bright and successful future.

17. It is okay for students to have a tattoo.

18. How does working smart differ from working hard?

Debate Topics for College

1. When is the right age for one to get married?

2. Is marital rape justifiable?

3. Religious institutions should not be exempted from paying taxes.

4. Can the world become more peaceful if national territorial borders are eliminated?

5. College students who apply makeup harm their skins.

6. The current taxation system is beneficial for the economy and detrimental for the citizens.

7. Are all feminist advocates of equity or equality?

8. Is global legalization of same-sex marriages practical?

9. The importance of religious education requires its teaching in colleges mandatory.

10. Sharing music online with a friend amounts to a piracy crime.

11. Do women make better bosses than men?

12. The violent nature of video games necessitates enactment of relevant laws for their control and regulation.

13. Are college cheerleaders more effective when they are dressed indecently?

14. Politicians are immoral in their character and unethical in their conduct.

15. Is solar power more beneficial than nuclear energy to planet earth?

16. College students pursuing conventional career paths are more successful than those in pursuit of unconventional career options.

17. Parents are allowed to dictate the career paths of their children.

18. A monarchical system of governance is more effective than a democratic one.

Debate Topics for KS2, KS3, & KS4

1. Are students prone to be addicted to smartphones?

2. Is it advisable to enact more laws to limit what students can access on phones?

3. Since junk food is considered unhealthy, should it be taxed more than other food categories?

4. Should obese students be enrolled to compulsory diet programs?

5. Is it okay for parents to help students with their homework?

6. If homework was to be completely banned in schools, what would be the most ideal replacement?

7. Top-earning professional athletes must make mandatory charitable donations.

8. Is racism a big issue in professional sports?

9. Schools must adopt and cultivate a culture of recycling.

10. What sources of renewable energy can be used in schools to avert environmental pollution?

11. Should the education grading system be subjective or objective?

12. How can extra-curricular activities be incorporated in the grading system?

13. It is okay for college students to take part-time jobs.

14. Should students have daily chores back at home?

15. At what time should students sleep?

16. Is pocket money a mandatory requirement for students?

17. Replacing the summer holiday with a week-long monthly holiday would be more beneficial to students.

18. Is it okay for high school students to engage in compulsory internships during holidays?

Funny/Interesting Debate Topics

1. People who play video games have higher IQ levels than people who don’t.

2. British accent sounds better than American accent.

3. Is it better to have dreams at night or daydream?

4. Are ninjas more heroic than pirates?

5. I would rather be an introvert than be an extrovert.

6. Are there sufficient reasons to support banning of homework and assignments from schools?

7. Why should one drink bottled water rather than tap water?

8. Raisin cookies are way better than oatmeal cookies.

9. Majority of the people in social media are stalkers.

10. Do you live to eat or eat to live?

11. Pepsi is more refreshing than Coke.

12. What do men really want in women?

13. The engineering profession is more important than medicine.

14. Why do women gossip more than men?

15. Would you rather stay behind the scenes or have 10 minutes of fame?

Debate Topics in Sports

1. Are the concussion rules in the NFL enough?

2. Should sports be compulsory for students?

3. Sports is an important part of any society.

4. Often, sportspeople are not book-smart.

5. Most athletes do it for the money.

6. Is baseball given more priority over other games?

7. All kinds of drugs should be banned in sports.

8. Are AFLs overpaid compared to cricketers?

9. Playing golf signifies a certain class.

10. Is the risk for injury hire among Olympic gymnasts?

11. Are there enough rules to regulate how coaches treat their students?

12. Red Sox is trading off most of its talented players.

13. The Greenbay Packers are arguably the best in sports franchise.

14. Can the success of some athletes be credited to their improved sportswear?

15. Who is better: The Yankees or the Astros?

Debate Topics for/between Friends

1. Is it ethical to sacrifice live animals for experiments in order to save human lives?

2. Pride and prejudice makes the elite oblivious of all the suffering in the world.

3. Atheists are religious people.

4. Is truth relative or absolute?

5. How much control should the government exert on its people?

6. How much trust should one put in spoken words?

7. Are men naturally good or bad?

8. Is it okay to stop believing in something that one once believed in strongly?

9. The number of realities is infinite for any given situation.

10. Were you the same person yesterday that you are today?

11. Does the soul and the spirit differ?

12. The world would be a much better place if the number of optimists exceeded that of pessimists.

13. Why does one get reluctant in pursuing things that guarantee his/her enjoyment?

14. Who resembles you the most: your father or mother?

15. What is your greatest achievement in life?

16. What do you consider to be your greatest weaknesses in character?

17. Between nature and nurture, what has played the most significant role in shaping your character?

Debate Topics for Couples

1. How about buying a lovemeter machine to measure our love in degrees?

2. Women empowerment is an overrated topic.

3. Who qualifies to be your role model?

4. What definition do you ascribe to a perfect day?

5. What values do you consider to be the most basic?

6. Spending a fortnight skiing and scuba diving is the most ideal romantic date.

7. In five years’ time, where do you see us as a couple?

8. Is it right or wrong to have sex before marriage?

9. Online dating is better than traditional courting.

10. What social issues are you more concerned about?

11. Before you die, what would you like to accomplish?

12. When do you find it difficult to express yourself?

13. Who should be in charge of the newly bought family car?

14. Who would you choose to die for, me or the kids?

15. Would you rather be blind or deaf?

16. One should sleep for at least seven hours to be fully energized.

17. If our infertile family friends implored us to donate them sperms, would you agree?

18. For the past five years, I have changed for the worst but you for the best.

Popular Movies Debate Topics

Harry Potter Debate Topics

1. Harry would have been a different character if he had grown up in Dursleys.

2. Ariana Dumbledore was a perfect Obscurial.

3. How would you describe Peeves?

4. Voldermort could not receive a Dementor’s kiss.

5. Was Hagrid the best professor in the series?

6. Which character was the worst enemy?

7. Crookshanks initially belonged to James Potter and Lily.

8. Would you describe Trelawneys prophesying as brilliant or terrible?

9. Which characters represented death and Peverell brothers?

10. What did the prophecy say about Harry’s immortality?

11. Draco Malfoy was a werewolf.

12. Neville could not have been the chosen one.

13. Snape was an anti-hero.

14. The Dursleys were terrible because of the Horocrux.

15. Ron Weasley was a time travelling Dumbledore.

Star Wars Debate Topics

1. Between Greedo and Han, who shot first?

2. Why weren’t midi-Chlorians mentioned in the original trilogy.

3. Ewoks were cute and furry teddy bear-like creatures.

4. Stormtroopers had the worst combat skills.

5. With six films and two animated series, how does one decide on the viewing order?

6. Was it important to show the path of Akin Skywalker from such as young age?

7. What do parsecs measure.

Battle of the Sexes Debate Topics

1. The movie directors and producers flip-flop and condense some events.

2. Have men always been chauvinistic?

3. What was the original intent of creating a practical compassion of King’s Husband?

4. This movie features the fight for gender equality.

5. Are men more competitive, stronger and faster when playing games?

6. How did the movie downplay Barnett’s the match.

7. Was King affected when her burgeoning love affair with Barnett ended?

8. King was a great champion in the court and for women’s rights.

Doctor Who Debate Topics

1. Why is it too hard to imagine that the Doctor was a woman?

2. Who will be featured as the next Doctor Who in the upcoming season?

3. The movie suffers a lack of creativity since its first debut in the 1960s.

4. How many tries were necessary before getting Matt Smiths outfit right.

5. The show has become too politically correct.

6. Why do ethnic minority characters raise so many issues with the show?

7. Systems are not the problem but people who use and exploit the system.

8. The show has a strong history of LGBT representation.

9. The Doctor has always been a beacon of empathy and compassion.

Debate Topics on Lord of the Flies

1. What was so important about the movie title?

2. The idea of order and society is crucial to survival.

3. Which of the boys on the island is the well-developed character.

4. The setting of the movie could have taken place in another point of history.

5. Why was the ending of the movie unexpected?

6. When recommending this movie to a friend, what would you describe?

7. The movie should be censored or banned.

8. Is it justifiable that the movie has been banned in the past?