Nueva Summer Model UN 2014!

Monday's Agenda:

1. Introduction to the Model UN / Great Debate
• Camp Rules
• Public Speaking, Debate, Research, and Writing
• Plan for the Week
2. Interview Introduction Activity
3. Break
4. Assigning UN Nations Activity
5. World Problems Brainstorming
6. (Possibly) Position Papers

Interview Introduction:

We will begin working our public speaking skills by interviewing each other and presenting what we learned! Follow these steps:

1. Pair up with someone you don't know, or would like to get to know better.
2. Interview them for 5-10 minutes.
3. Switch and have them interview you for 5-10 minutes.
4. Take 5-10 minutes to organize what you learned about them into a presentation that has an Introduction, a Body of Information, and a Conclusion.
5. We will then take turns presenting the information we learned about our interviewee and introduce them to the class! :

Should you run out of questions and need sample questions, here are a few:

• Where were you born?
• How long have you lived in the Bay Area?
• What is your favorite sport and why?
• Do you have a favorite book? Why do you like it?
• Do you have any hobbies?
• Where would you like to go to high school or college and why?
• What is your dream vacation?
• Who is your favorite musician or actor?
• What is the best movie you saw last year?

• What is your dream job?

Possible types of organization include:

• Chronological Organization:
• This Organization is probably the easiest because it goes from past to present, and gives the listener a sketch of the interviewee’s life.
• “Carol was born in San Francisco on February 19th 2001...When she was six she started playing saxophone...last year he family went to Hawaii”

• Present Circumstance, Past Influence:
• This organization is a bit trickier because you need to set up pairs that match. The main idea is that A is the way it is because of B.
• Carol wants to go to the University of Hawaii because she loved the vacation her family took there last year...She loves Kenny G because she started playing the saxophone herself…
• Overall Feeling of a Person, Then the Facts:
• This organization forces you to come up with your own conception of the person, and then give the supporting facts as to why you came to that conclusion.
• Carol is a really laid back and fun person. She wants to go to Hawaii to study because of the relaxing atmosphere, and the fact that there is a lot for a musician to do there. She wants to play the saxophone in a jazz band on the island to make money for her studies as well!

Assigning UN Nations:

1. Go to http://www.un.org/en/members/ and choose a member from the list. 
2. You will then come up to me, tell me your country choice, and I will write it on the whiteboard.
• Should their be two people who want the same country, the first person to tell me that country will be the one who shall be in charge of that country.
3. You will then set up a Google e-mail account with the name of your country.
• The email account should be set up like this: NSMUNcountryname@gmail.com
• If we are working in groups, you will add a position at the end of the country. e.g. SC
• Examples: NSMUNGhana@gmail.com or NSMUNGhanaSC@gmail.com
4. You will then make a placard for your country with the pens and paper provided. If you'd like, you can even attempt to draw your flag!

World Problems:

We will decide together what kind of world problems are interesting to us as a camp. What kind of issues do you want to know more about? What would you find fun and interesting to talk about?

Here are some samples of recent events, and ones that may be of interest to us as the United Nations:

• The current crisis between Russia and Ukraine
• The Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Disaster 
• Africa's power shortage issues
• World hunger

Or, since it is summer, it might be fun to use our imaginations to decide on a crisis that could affect the world, but hasn't! 

• Aliens seek to land somewhere on earth and begin diplomatic relations.
• Superheroes have started appearing all over the planet, and their powers are extraordinary! 
• A scientist from a small village in Mongolia has created time travel, and seeks the UN's guidance on how to use it!
• The first artificial intelligence has been created! Does it deserve human rights? 

If we finish all of this, we will start talking about position papers!