Model United nations
Model United Nations is a project where each student represents a different country in the United Nations. You learn about you country until you feel comfortable stating how your country feels. Once you are comfortable, you are given an issue that the United Nations is currently facing, and learn how your country feels about it. And through that, you create solutions to the problem. In the end, you all come together as a class and hold a conference as the United Nations to solve the issue, just as they would.
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Project ReflectionWhat advice would you give to a student beginning this project?
I would tell the students to really focus on this project, and not lose track of evidence or contradicting claims from different sides of the issue you are discussing because then you will really be able to grasp this and be able to make really strong claims. This is really important because, also, you might find something your personally passionate about within the issue. I didn’t think I would find anything, but I found many things I was passionate about in this and wanted to read into the issue further. Think of this project overall - which habit of mind were you most proud of using during the conference? I was really proud of using advocacy. I have never done well with advocating for myself, how I think, how I act, what I need. And in this project, it was necessary for you to voice your opinions and what the country you are representing needs, wants, thinks. I’m really proud of myself for using this skill and using it without even thinking I was doing it. At the conference, it came really naturally and I didn’t even have to worry about it. What would you do differently if you could start the project over? One specific thing I would do differently would be learning a little bit more about other countries. In this project, you have friends in the class room and you learn about what they want later on during the caucusing, so you learn their perspectives. However, I would love to have a greater understanding of what other countries want in order for them to agree with what I want when facing an issue. Then, caucusing would’ve been easier, in a sense, to offer amendments to the resolution in order to be on the same page. What was the most interesting speech, resolution, amendment, or comment by one of the delegates? There were a lot of really interesting speeches and comments by the delegates. But the most interesting thing I experienced was an argument I had during our final unmoderated caucus. I was arguing with the United States about resolution 4a. I was in support of Resolution 1a, and he was in support of resolution 4a. The two resolutions were complete polar opposites, and we both had a lot to say about the two. It was so interesting seeing the facts and opinions about the resolution that I never thought of, and flaws with mine that I never saw. I was pointing out that a purely Jewish state was the reason for the entire conflict, and he was pointing out that a two-part government to favor both religions has never been done before, which could result in failure. It was very interesting to see the resolutions from other points of view rather than my country’s and my own. |