Homework Due 10/27/11

New Students

1. Watch BBC with parent and record 2 news stories.

2. Go to the cyberschoolbus web site.

3.. Click on Millennium Development Goals of the UN (grey box). List the 8 goals and draw their symbol.

4. Using this web site as research, write a short paragraph about each of these topics:

-what are MDGs

-current progress

-how are goals related to each other

-how countries can achieve goals

-special role of developed countries and goal #8

Returning students (Willow and Maryn)

1. Watch BBC with parent and record 2 news stories.

2. Go to the cyberschoolbus web site.

3.. Click on Millennium Development Goals of the UN (grey box). Study and review the 8 goals-see if you can memorize for the next meeting.

4. I would like a flashcard with a symbol for each goal on one side, and the goal on the other (8 cards in all). Divide up this work between the two of you. You can draw them or print an image. Please make them look good. :)

5. Read this article about Guatemalan coffee cooperatives: http://www.equalexchange.coop/profile-of-manos-campesinas-in-guatemala

6. Look up the words: cooperative, middlemen and small scale if you don't understand them.

7. Be prepared to talk briefly about this idea:

Why is it better to form a cooperative instead of staying a individual farmer? Take notes so you can share ideas with the group.

** Willow and Remi: please finish up Lower El presentation and bring your poster to the next meeting.

Homework due 10/20/11

New and returning students:

Here's your homework:

1. Bookmark the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/

2. Watch the BBC 1 Minute new with a parent. Record at least 2 news stories that you watched.

3. Read through these sections in your Model UN handbook: Present Day and What the UN Can and Cannot Do

4. With a highlighter or colored pencil, mark some ideas that you are think are important about the UN.

5. See how many questions you can come up with (minimum of 10). Write your questions and answers on index cards (question one one side, answer on the other).

6. Read the section The Six Main Organs of the UN. Take notes on each UN body (General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, etc.) using lined paper or type it.

Make sure your notes answer these questions:

a. What does this part of the UN do?

b. Do the members rotate? Who are the members?

c. What type of problems do they solve?

Middle School

1. Watch the BBC 1 minute news and record 2 stories.

2. Complete the next phase of your UN presentation.

3. Divide up your work: who will contact your teachers, the lower el teachers. If you want to write them a note, please e-mail it to me first.

4. Be prepared to answer the Upper El questions about this section of your handbook: Present Day UN and What the UN Can and Cannot Do. Read these sections and take notes if you don't know the information.

Homework due 10/20/11

New and returning students:

Here's your homework:

1. Bookmark the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/

2. Watch the BBC 1 Minute new with a parent. Record at least 2 news stories that you watched.

3. Read through these sections in your Model UN handbook: Present Day and What the UN Can and Cannot Do

4. With a highlighter or colored pencil, mark some ideas that you are think are important about the UN.

5. Using the ideas that you highlighted, turn the fact into a question.

a. Ex: fact: The UN does not make world laws ---Question: Can the UN pass global laws?

5. See how many questions you can come up with (minimum of 10). Write your questions and answers on index cards (question one one side, answer on the other).

6. Read the section The Six Main Organs of the UN. Take notes on each UN body (General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, etc.) using lined paper or type it.

Make sure your notes answer these questions:

a. What does this part of the UN do?

b. Do the members rotate? Who are the members?

c. What type of problems do they solve?

Middle School

1. Watch the BBC 1 minute news and record 2 stories.

2. Complete the next phase of your UN presentation.

3. Divide up your work: who will contact your teachers, the lower el teachers. If you want to write them a note, please e-mail it to me first.

4. Be prepared to answer the Upper El questions about this section of your handbook: Present Day UN and What the UN Can and Cannot Do. Read these sections and take notes if you don't know the information.

Last Homework for 2011!

Dear students,

This week I would you to focus on the following things:

1. perfecting your speech to the best of your ability

2. printing out a copy to bring to the conference

3. making sure your paperwork is turned in (including student contract signed)

4. looking over packing list to make sure you have what you need

5. discussing your baggage plan with Mom and Dad-are you checking a bag? You will need to bring $50 in cash ($25/bag, for both ways)

6. make sure to pack itinerary AND flight information

7. Review past homework about Brooklyn bridge and NYC map-we will finally get to it at the next meeting

Homework due 3/31/11

1. Continue to watch and read the BBC and stay up to date with major news stories.

2. Continue practicing your speech: are you speaking slowly, loudly, and clearly?

3. Go to the MMUN web site. Click on 2011 resolutions (left side) and then Committee on the Rights of a Child.

4. Read through the 1st resolution passed by this committee last year. Answer the following questions:

list 2 sponsor countries from Africa:

list 2 signatory countries

which solutions listed in this resolution are the most specific?

Do you think Tanzania would have signed this resolution? Write a short paragraph explaining why or why not.

5. Don't forget the car wash on Friday, April 1st!

Homework due 3/24/11

New and Returning Students:

1. Have you sent or turned in your thank you note?

2. Remind your parents about the Model UN Parent Meeting, which is after our regular meeting on Thurs. 3/24

2. Watch the BBC and listen for any news about Libya, Yemen, Ivory Coast, or Tunisia. Record at least 2 stories.

3. Practice your speech another ten times. Have someone time you to make sure your speech is between 1 and 2 minutes long.

4. Make sure you have written 5 questions about the Brooklyn Bridge article.

5. Go to this web site: http://www.nysubway.com/map/index.html

Click on "larger version of this page."

Zoom in and out, and click and drag to read the small fonts

Study the map, and find these locations:

Brooklyn

Borough Hall

Manhattan

Queens

Liberty Island

Ellis Island

South Ferry

Grand Central

East River

United Nations

Central Park

Be prepared to identify these locations on a blank map of Brooklyn and NYC!

Homework due 3/10/11

All students:

1. Go back to watching the BBC 1 Minute News. Record at least 1 African new story.

2. Write your speech. Your speech can have the same sentences as your paper! It should have the intro., body and conclusion, but will be shorter. Choose phrases that show emotion:

The delegation of Tanzania strongly supports

The delegation of Tanzania discourages . .

It is important that the members of the UN come together to ____________________

The United Republic of Tanzania believes that by 2015, the goal of _________________ must be reached.

3. Practice your speech 10 times. Give your speech to family members so they can give you some feedback.

4. Finish your thank you card. Bring it in with your speech on Thursday.

5. We are staying at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. Let's learn a little about our neighborhood.

Read this history article about the bridge: http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/brooklyn/

Write at least 5 questions about what you read (choose your questions from different sections of the article). Pay attention to the construction details!