Final Calendar for MUN Elective Class

• 6/2 - First draft of position papers due (Peter will check them in class and get them back to you). Writing opening speeches in class. 
• 6/9 - Final draft of position papers due. Each student will deliver an opening speech
• 6/16 - Debate and POI practice. Each student will take the podium, state her opinion and take numerous questions from the other students
• 6/23 - Final MUN Elective Class Party (Yay!!!) 

Position Paper

Begin researching your position paper
Find the following information about your issue:

Background

1) What is the issue?
2) Why is it a major problem?
3) Where is it a problem? When did it start?
4) Why hasn't it been solved yet?

Past and continuing action

1) What has been done before?
2) What is being done now?
3) By whom (for both questions)?

Your solutions

1) 4-5 ways to improve the situation for the whole world
2) Be as specific as possible

Your position paper should be one A4-sized sheet of paper with three paragraph. There should be one paragraph about each of the above key points.

The position paper will be due (6/2)

Elective Class Videos!!

Elective Class!!
Your VIDEOS!!!!
Are DUE!!!!
NEXT WEEK!!!!
That's 4/28!!!
Don't FORgET!!!

Your Grades:
40% Presentations (UN Game speeches, reports)
40% Classwork (videos)
20% Journals

Women's Rights Videos

Groups and Topics

Elsa, Wendy, Kitty	Female Illiteracy in Developing Countries
Yiling, Flora, Melissa	Giving Children Gender-specific Toys and its Effects
Iris, Jessie, Madeline,	Child marriage in India and the Middle-East
Vivi, Vivi, and Christine	Women’s Rights in Papua New Guinea and Italy (A Comparison)
Candy, Amy, Alice, Fenny	The Gender Ratio of Engineers in India and Taiwan (A Comparison)
Celine, Natalie, Debbie	Comparing Women’s Rights in Different Areas of China
Jennifer and the Peggies	Women’s Safety in India (The culture of rape)
Tess, Coco, Angel	Religion’s Effects on Women’s Rights
Sheena, Winnie, Karen	Girls’ Education in Pakistan

Video (no less than 100 seconds but less than 1 hour)

Discuss your issue

·     Background of the issue (history, where the problem comes from)

·      What is being done about it (who, what, where)

·      Your thoughts

2 videos (English and Taiwanese/Chinese)

Next week, you will have all 2 hours to film. So make your plans and be prepared to use the time wisely!!

Glass Ceiling Video
Wage Gap Video
A Funny Video About the Wage Gap

SKGNN News

Crisis in Coupo

The violent pictures emerging from Coupo show a country in turmoil. The photos and videos you are about to see were captured by unmanned drones from our sources in Venus. It appears that Coupoan police have begun firing on the protesters and have killed an unknown number of them. Outrage has reached new levels, especially considering Coupo's attitude toward their people.

Our sources at SKGNN have even captured some video of the violence sweeping the country and the government's harsh response.

Despite the violence, protests have not seemed to died down and may in fact be getting larger.

SKGNN News

BREAKING NEWS ---
A new viral video that is being played in Camy and Venus (and soon all over the world) shows the deplorable conditions of male factory workers in Coupo. The female dictatorship is apparently forcing its male factory workers to work 15 days with no rest and virtually no pay. The people of Camy and Venus are outraged by this video and are starting to demand action from their governments. 

In Coupo itself, some riots have started at a few factories. The men of Coupo are beginning to demand their rights and after years of seeing their demands fall on deaf ears, they are finally taking matters into their own hands. Factory equipment has been smashed, vehicles have been overturned and set on fire, and signs have gone up demanding that Queen Kenzafarah step down.

BREAKING NEWS ---

The government of Bom Bom Bamboo has announced that the construction of the Grand Canal has stopped due to funding issues. The government is actively seeking outside parties to help complete the project. The have assured all investors that this project will be very profitable.

BREAKING NEWS ---

Though Wenraise is a relatively rich country, the people could not tolerate less food than they were used to. Though not starving by any means, the people secretly stole into Justbehappy and attacked a food shipment meant for Coupo. They captured all of the food and took it back to Wenraise. It is not known at this time where the bandits are hiding with all the food.

BREAKING NEWS ---

Lake Oleago is home to most of the oil in Bigbearlandia. Currently Coupo and Peace Kingdom have the only oil rigs on the lake, but Camy, which has a long, mountainous border with the lake, has been clamoring to be allowed to drill for its own fair share of oil

UN Game - Post 1

Make sure you submit the following to Peter BEFORE Saturday (2/28)

Name of Country: _____________________________
Name of People: ______________________________
Type of Government: __________________________
Title of Leader: _______________________________
Name of Leader: ______________________________
Ambassador: _________________________________
Minister(s): __________________________________
Language(s) Spoken: ___________________________

Flag (best if a digital .jpeg file)

Cultural and Historical description
(Tell me as much as you can about the history and culture of your people. Anything important or unique is welcome. You could talk about religion, art/music/literature, the national character of the people, the character of the leader/government, history of the nation, history of the government/leader, or anything else important)
The more you write the better.
I may have to change some information, but I will try to stay as close as possible to your original version of the story!!

Journal Due Dates!!

Journals are due EVERY TWO WEEKS

3/3, 3/17, 4/7, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19, 6/2

DON'T FORGET!!