de·lib·er·ate v.
:to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully

Welcome to C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations! This website is designed to engage students in classroom deliberations about current issues being debated in the United States. Here you will find a set of C-SPAN primary source video clips and newspaper articles that concisely present the leading positions on each issue. Teachers will find handouts, current events, lesson plans, and deliberation strategies that make it easy to engage students in the issues.