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= Model United Nations =

What is the UN?: @http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/untour/subunh.htm

7 Billion, the video: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0

Video on a day in the life of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUR0gzFg2ss&feature=my_favorites&list=FLesoYpsFtBil7C7exmWGp-g

Questions for understanding:  -What surprised you about the Secretary General’s day?  -What would be most challenging?  -Would you want to be the Secretary General?

Key Vocabulary for understanding the United Nations: Tier 2: ratified, development

Tier 3: Member States, International Relations, Secretary General

Parts of the UN: General Assembly (UNGA), Security Council (UNSC), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Secretariat

Word Wheel on "ratified" and "International Relations"

Introduction to the UN:

As a class we will be addressing the Use of Drones



Intro video from Human Rights Watch: media type="custom" key="25088588"

Important Vocabulary:

Introductory Reading on The Use of Drones:

Here is the official Model UN page for our topic: http://modelunmps.wikispaces.com/Student%27s+Page+Use+of+Drones

GREAT Article that you should read: Ten Things You Didn't Know About Drones: @http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/27/10_things_you_didnt_know_about_drones

Why drones WORK: @http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139453/daniel-byman/why-drones-work

You will each be assigned a country to research. The links to use for each country's research is on the page above. Scroll down and locate yours!

Sample Position Paper:

@http://www.unausa.org/global-classrooms-model-un/how-to-participate/model-un-preparation/position-papers/sample-position-paper

This sample position paper is NOT about drones. However it is an outstanding example of what your position paper should look like. Notice proper grammar, proper spelling, and engaging text throughout.

The Crisis in Ukraine: How does it impact what we're discussing in the Human Rights Council:

A video of the protests in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv (Kiev) when they were still peaceful back in December 2013:

media type="custom" key="25276794"

View this video of a drone flying over Independence Square in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv (Kiev).

**Ukraine: dramatic drone footage captures battle for central Kiev square - video** media type="custom" key="25276756"

Here's the text associated with the video: Aerial views filmed by a drone-mounted camera shows anti-government protesters in central Kiev on Wednesday morning. Russia has threatened to use its influence in Ukraine to bring the violence to an end, while the US has raised the likelihood on an imposition of sanctions in a possible bid to incentivise joining the EU

(Period 3 and 4 assignments for Wednesday March 5:)

Go to this link: []

Read this document and make 2 column notes on it. **//__Complete__//** the chart on the last page by printing it out and filling it in. There are additional copies on the front table if you’re unable to print it off.

Leave your completed 2 column notes and answers to the questions with Ms. Pember at the end of class.

Once you complete that assignment, open up this link: []

Follow the instructions and analyze the cartoons throughout the entire exercise. Write your answers in your notebooks.

__**Your homework**__: How does what you have learned about Ukraine today influence how your opinion on the human rights record of Russia? Should the UN trust what the Russians say in our committee meeting on drones after they have just invaded Ukraine?



UbD Stages 1, 2, 3 ONLY: