Monday Week Two!

     Welcome to Nueva Summer's Model United Nations blog for 2014! In this camp we will be learning how to debate, we will practice our public speaking skills, and we will learn the basic functions of the United Nations! 

Monday's Agenda: 

Since there may be a lot of new campers in the class, we will reprise our "Interview Introduction" activity. However, if there are a lot of us who were here in week one, we will do the "Continuous Story Activity" 

1. Interview Introduction
2.  -or- the "Continuous Story"
3.  Break
4. Assigning Countries
5. "Getting to Know Your Nation"

Interview Introduction: 

For this activity we will be interviewing each other, and then presenting on what we have found. We will split up into groups and ask each other questions. For a list of questions, use the "search" option on the blog to find the last interview introduction prompt. You must have a minimum of 10 questions to answer about your interviewee. After the interview process, we will present our findings to the class! 

Continuous Story: 

Monday Activities:

Interview Introduction (only if there is a lot of campers who have not been in the camp before).

                -or-

Continuous Story

·         The Story starts with the sentence:

o   There once was a brave young person, who went on an adventure to….

·         Then in the middle of the story this sentence must occur:

o   But suddenly, everything changed, and the person they thought they could trust betrayed them…

·         Lastly, it has to end with

o   Finally, the long journey came to a close

·         Then the campers take turns adding to the story and keeping it going until the last student says the last sentence .

·         The students must tell the story for a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of a minute and 30 seconds.

What this is supposed to teach us? Good listening skills make it so that we can debate well, and build upon people’s ideas.

What is the goal of this?  We want the story to be cohesive, that is to say, we want the story to build upon itself and work well together. So try to avoid shifting the story entirely and negating other peoples ideas.

Assigning Countries:

Here we will take turns coming up one at a time to assign new countries. There will also be the option to "create" your own nation! If you choose the creation option, you will have to be more rigorous with the next assignment.  

Getting to Know Your Nation:

 In this assignment, we will be researching our chosen nation. You need to be able to answer all of the following questions: 

1) In what year was your nation formed? Which figures were key to your nation's formation? How did the nations formation come about (a revolution, a deceleration, etc.)? 

2) What kind of politics does your nation take part in? Are they a democracy? A dictatorship? What are their main humanitarian issues? What are their main foreign relations stances?

3) What kind of military does your country have? Have they been in any large skirmishes?

4) What is the economic situation of your country? What are their main resources? What do they import and 

export?

5) What does your country look like? What is the geography? What is the climate?

6) What are the people like? What kinds of cultures are there? What types of religions do they practice? What languages are spoken? 

7)  What is the culture like? What does their visual art look like? What kind of music do they make? What kinds of books and poems do they write? What kind of food do they eat? What sports do they play? What movies do they like? 

8) What are the main social aspects of your nation like? How is their healthcare system and what are its concerns? What kind of educational programs do they have and what is the average level of education? 

You need to be able to answer each of these compound questions on a few sheets of paper. After you have answered all these questions, you should know what your nation is like!