Welcome
to Bigbearlandia:
You
have been given a card with information about your country and a map of your
world.
You
will notice that the population for each country is dramatically different. Raju
has 527 Million people while Panem has only 233 Thousand…why? Because the world
is not fair.
On
your card, you also have resources. Oil,
Textiles (clothing), Food, IG (Industrial Goods such as cars, ipods, etc.), Luxuries (diamonds, furs, spices, etc.)
and Arms (things used to defend your
country).
If
you have 0 of any resource, that means you have a demand for that
resource that affects your country in a negative way. So you need to solve that
problem.
1
means you have enough. You CANNOT trade that resource.
2
means you have a surplus and can trade 1 resource to another country.
3
means you have a major surplus and can trade 2.
When
you trade with a country, you establish a Trade Route with that country.
Trucks or ships will leave your country and travel to theirs with the resource.
You will continue to supply that resource until the trade is renegotiated.
NOTE:
You don’t have to trade directly to one country. (example: 1 Oil from you for 1
Food from them.) You can do multiple country trade agreements. (example:
Country A supplies arms to B who supplies oil to C who then supplies textiles
to A.)
Today
you have two jobs:
1.
During
the Stock Market part of
class, you must solve your shortage problem. (NO TRADE is BAD)
2.
After
the Stock Market, you need to establish Talks with other countries. You are welcome to travel to as
many countries as you can in the time given or to organize a Summit You can make Alliances, talk
about ideas to increase the availability of certain resources, or draft
joint statements about global issues (war, slavery, free speech, the
environment, religious freedom, education, etc.)
3.
Finally,
we will have our first UN meeting. At the meeting, each country will be
required to make an official statement to the United Nations about a
topic of their choosing.
4.
Before
the statements, we will choose one student to be the Secretary General of the
UN.
5.
At
the end of class, give Dustin your resource card, and a copy of your official
statement, plus any trade agreements or treaties.
RULES: 1. Countries are allowed to speak
their “native language” in their home country, but must speak ENGLISH when
talking to other countries.
2. Dustin is the only
one allowed to change resource numbers on resource cards; he must approve all
trades.
3. All international
business must occur during class time.
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