Homework Due 10/21

Hi students,

Thanks for coming to the first Model UN meeting.

Here's your first assignment. It will be a long one because you have a week off for parent/teacher conferences and lots of time to work on it! You will need to break up this homework over the course of several days:

** Please note the homework is in 2 parts: one for new students and one for returning students**

New students:

1. Bookmark these three web sites (ask a parent if you don't know how to add a bookmark or a favorite)

a. www.cyberschoolbus.un.org

b. www.unausa.org

c. www.un.org

i. You'll be using these web sites for your research. Most of your research will be done with web sites because you will be looking for the most up to date information.

2. Go to the www.cyberschoolbus.un.org site. Click on links (listed in the Model UN sidebar) . Then click on UN intro

3. . Read the information about the history of the UN. Then answer these questions in sentences (except for the chart). You can use lined paper or type your answers. Do not e-mail me your homework. Please bring it to the next meeting on 10/21

4. Questions:

a. What are 5 W's related to the UN? (Who is in the UN? Where is it? When did it originate?) Do not include the How does it work question. Make a chart using columns that shows your answers (answers can be in note form)

b. What are the major goals of the UN?

c. What was in place before the United Nations? Why did it fail?

d. Who is a member of the Security Council? Why do some countries want to change the members?

Returning students:

1. Review the History of the UN on the cyberbus web site. Be prepared to answer typical 5 W type questions at the meeting.

2. Make sure you still have the un.org web site still bookmarked.

3. Go to un.org--->UN at a glance

a. Create a concept map of this information. UN is the main topic, you choose the subcategories (8-10). Concept maps include written info. and pictures. Look for info. that you don't know. Tape two pieces of paper together if you need more room.

4. At the UN at a Glance, click on Goodwill Ambassadors. Make a list of celebrities that you know and which committee they are associated with. Write a short paragraph about the job of the Goodwill Ambassador.

5. Go to the UN News Center. Make a chart displaying this information:

Location	Situation or Problem	UN Action
Developing Countries	Access to appropriate medical care	UN is making good progress in achieving universal access for people afflicted with HIV has been limited in many developing countries according to recent report
UN Headquarters	Child soldiers have been used to fight conflicts worldwide	11 new countries added their name to Paris Principles, a document that seeks to end child soldiers