Wednesday! 

Tuesday's Agenda:

1. The "2 to 3 Minute Speech"
2. The "Newspaper Article Hunt"
3. Finishing up Position Papers, and turning in the position paper handout.

The 2 to 3 Minute Speech:

In this exercise, you are going to write a two minute speech, which you will then present to the class. You have to write down and work on your speech. You will have 20-30 minutes to work on your speech. After everyone is done with their speech, you will then present your speech to the rest of the camp! 

The topics for this speech are:

1) If you could change one thing about the world today, what would you change and why?

2) You have found a treasure chest full of gold, with a note attached saying that the gold belongs to you. What do you do with it? 

3) You have one day that you can spend in any way you want (within reason) how would you spend it?

4) What superpower would you have? Why would you have it? How would you use it to change the world?

5) If you could travel back in time to any era, what time would you visit? Why? What is it that is attractive to you about that time period? 

6) You've met your hero (from any time period) and you only have two minutes to say something to them, what do you say?

7) You've woken up one day and have become the President of the United States, what is your first order of business and why?

8) What is your favorite (book, movie, music group) and why? You should try to convince us to like it as well. 

After you have given your speech, you will either turn the draft of it in to me by hand (if you used paper or pencils) or you will e-mail it to NSMUNDais@gmail.com

The "Newspaper Article Hunt":

In this activity you will find a recent newspaper article dealing with one of the crises we are currently dealing with, or the state of affairs in your nation. You will have about 10 to 15 minutes to find an article, and then another 30 to 40 minutes to read the article and answer the below questions: 

1) What is the article's main point? How does the writer feel about the crises or the country? Can you tell?

2)What are the repercussions of the article on the world? On your chosen country? 

3)What would you propose be done to solve the problem at hand? How would you ease tensions? Or if everything is going well, how could you aid another country in their struggles?

You should be looking at reputable news sources: CNN, Reuters, Huffington Post, AL-Jazeera, or any reputable news site. Please refrain from using blogs or forums. Finally, it must be an article and not a video report. 

After you have answered these questions, you will also write a short (5 or 6 sentences) summary of the article. We will then share our summaries with the class and discuss the issues. You will mail both your summary and your answer of the three questions to NSMUNDais@gmail.com

Position Papers:

You should be, by the end of the day, done answering the questions on the position paper hand out. If you have finished answering the questions, please share the drive document with NSMUNDais@gmail.com.

After finishing the handout, you should start writing a formal position paper. I will hand out a sample of a formal position paper in class.