Modern+UN

Putting together the world after WWII was challenging.

You are going to be exploring this in a Model United Nations style format.

Before that you will learn about the United Nations and how Roberts Rules of Order works. Your participation rubric will be posted. General readings for the era will be posted, but you will be coming to the conference representing your country and speaking for your country. You need to be incredibly well informed.
 * Step 1:** Each person will complete research pages for 5 countries (10pts each). From those sheets you will be representing one of those countries in the United Nations. Our General Assembly conference will convene 4 times.


 * Step 2:** Conference one, 1950s, **The Cold War.** The US and USSR are at odds and the world has lined up on opposite sides, who takes which side and why? We will spend one day in our simulation. You will be evaluated on your thoughtful comments representing your country in a historically faithful manner. Your goal will be to avoid total nuclear annihilation, June 2 Friday, long 4. 15pts


 * Step 3:** Conference two, 1970s, **The Energy Crisis.** Some countries have energy resources and others want it. China is starting to emerge. We will spend one day in our simulation. You will be evaluated on your thoughtful comments representing your country in a historically faithful manner, W June 7th with the option to go into Thursday the 8th. 18 pts


 * Step 4:** Conference three, 1990s, **The Soviet Union has collapsed.** Energy issues, clean water, famine, HIV/AIDS, and instability in former colonies are all issues that have to be faced by the UN, or do they? The EU is forming. You will be given a crisis situation and will be asked to respond as your country might have in the 90s in a long 4, Monday June 12th into T simulation. 20 pts


 * Step 5:** Conference four, 2009, **Global Economic Crisis.** The EU decided to "bail out" their weaker members, some countries were pleased, others resentful. Every economy slows down, NATO adds countries. Other major issues on the table are terrorism and global climate change. You will be given two days for this simulation, you will be submitting proposals before this begins, June 14 and June 15. 30 pts total for verbal participation and proposal

This will take us up to the cumulative final exam. If you are unable to attend on the conference date, you will be submitting a footnoted and fully Turabian cited 2-3 page analysis of what your country would have had to say regarding a minimum of 5 topics of the day.

You will have a reading to complete before each General Assembly session, but most of the research is on you.

__Asia Pacific__ Australia Japan Vietnam
 * Peoples Republic of China

__Eastern Europe__ Greece Turkey Romania
 * USSR

__Western Europe and Others (ME)__ Iran Saudi Arabia Israel Spain Syria Pakistan Norway Netherlands
 * Germany
 * France

__Africa__ Nigeria Egypt South Africa Tunisia Sudan

__America and Caribbean__ Colombia Brazil Argentina Chile Haiti Canada
 * USA