Wednesday 2/29/12

Starter:

·         Why do you think our society doesn’t value reflection, down time, time to reflect and improve as much?

·         What do you do to stop, reflect, recharge in your busy life?

SLC Prep:

·         Answer the prompts for POL SMART Goal on note cards

SLC Prep:

·         Groups of 3 use rubric to assess each other and give feedback on the back.

MUN Conference 2 Self-Assessmen
How has your perspective changed (on the UN, the world, or the Middle East)based on this project?

·      Look at what you needed to improve on from your last reflection and discuss how you improved for this conference.

·       If we did yet at third conference, what would you most need to improve on from this conference?

·       Give yourself a grade for the following categories and explain why that is the grade you deserve:

o   Overall diplomacy, professionalism, and engagement in the conference

o   Speeches

o   Caucusing

o   Comments

MUN Project DP Requirements:

·        Overall introduction and description of the MUN project

·        Section for each conference that includes

·         Resolution

·         Country Research (for the first conference only)

·         Speech

·         Reflection

Tuesday 2/28/12

In Class:

• Model United Nations Class Debrief
• SLC Prep
• TEA Paragraph, with evidence demonstrating your greatest growth in Humanities this semester
• TEA Paragraph, with evidence, demonstrating the area you have more room to grow in
• Mr. Fisher checks paragraphs and gives out note-cards

Homework:

• Finish SLC note-cards
• If you missed the Iran quiz, make-up happens in class tomorrow

Monday 2/27/12

In Class:

• Speech Practice
• Content Review
• Final Docket Review

Homework:

• MUN Conference Ft. Lewis College Noble Hall rooms 113, 130, 140

Friday 2/17/12

In Class:

• CS Monitor Article - Great read on Iran
• Iran basic facts quiz
• Work on finalizing your resolutions

Homework:

• Email me completely revised and finalized resolution by Sunday morning before I wake up.
• Email subject and document title (lastnameIran) WilliamsIran AndersonIran, Etc.

Thursday 2/16/12

In Class:

• Study for Iran quiz
• Alliances and solutions spectrum activity
• Work on preamble and operative section of your resolution.

Homework:

• Finish preamble and works cited
• Write at least 2 operative phrases

Sentence Development Quiz


Here is a sample resolution with complete citations.

Preamble Requirements, Iran Issue Brief

• Every phrase in your preamble must have an in-text and end-of-text citation
• You must include three to five sources you have found researching your own country's relationship to Iran using the Country Search Termsbelow (or similar searches)
• You must include three to five articles that I have posted below as Iran Important Sources or you may use other sources you find

Country/issue research - Must use 3 sources in preamble

Country Search Terms: (if you were Brazil)

a.       Brazil Iran

b.      Brazil nuclear weapons

c.       Brazil Iran relations

d.      Brazil Iran nuclear weapons

e.      Brazil United Nations nuclear weapons

f.        Brazil Iran United Nations nuclear weapons

Important Iran Sources - Must use 3 in preamble

Full Articles on Iran nuclear issue (difficult but more context).

• Timeline including recent events in Iran/US and Western conflict
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal
• Iran's offer to move nuclear production out of country genuine, or diplomatic stalling?

Juicy excerpts of the full articles (less context, but more easily and directly usable).

• Timeline including recent events in Iran/US and Western conflict (excerpt)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source (excerpt)
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy (excerpt)
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal (excerpt)
• Iran's offer to move nuclear production out of country genuine, or diplomatic stalling? (excerpt)

Homework:

• Study for Iran basic facts quiz Friday
• Finish 6 pre-ambulatory phrases and citations by tomorrow.

2/14/12

In Class:


Starter

• Study for sentence development quiz

Preamble Requirements, Iran Issue Brief

• Every phrase in your preamble must be cited in MLA format
• Your resolution must have citations in perfect MLA format at the end of the text
• You must include three to five sources you have found researching your own country's relationship to Iran using the Country Search Terms below (or similar searches)
• You must include three to five articles that I have posted below as Iran Important Sources or you may use other sources you find
• For this resolution, every phrase in your preamble must have a citation

Country/issue research

Country Search Terms: (if you were Brazil)

a.       Brazil Iran

b.      Brazil nuclear weapons

c.       Brazil Iran relations

d.      Brazil Iran nuclear weapons

e.      Brazil United Nations nuclear weapons

f.        Brazil Iran United Nations nuclear weapons

Important Iran Sources

Full Articles on Iran nuclear issue (more difficult and time consuming).

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal

Juicy excerpts of the full articles (less context and detail, but more easily and directly usable).

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty UN source (excerpt)
• Iran has an Inalienable Right to Nuclear Energy (excerpt)
• West Rejects Iran's Nuke Proposal (excerpt)

MLA Citation Guidelines and Generator

Remember, all citations need an in text component, and and end of text component.


Here is the link to the MLA Citation generator to create your end of text citations.

Here are the rules for your in text citations.

Monday 2/13/12

In Class:

• Sentence development quiz prep
• Uranium enrichment activity
• Iran UN Speech Activity

Homework:

• Study for sentence development quiz Wednesday at the beginning of class

Friday 2/10/12

In Class:


Starter: Iran in the news.

• List details that might help you in the conference.  
• What questions do you have?

Class activity - Iran policy 

• Read and annotate dossier
• Read and annotate policy perspectives and possible solutions
• Complete policy paper activity

Homework:

• Read at least one article or watch one news clip on Iran

Thursday 2/9/12

Nuclear Map Activity

1. Navigate to the nuclear sites section on this page:  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/middle_east/iran/map.html
2. Read each nuclear site description, and label it on your Iran map using the following directions:
• Put an X on the site if it is, in part at least, for peaceful nuclear technology.
• Also put an Y if it there are suspicions of nuclear weapons research happening there.  
• Put a Z if we know for sure if there are nuclear weapons activities happening there (there may not be any Zs).

In Class:

• Starter - Images of Iran
• Web Quest Activity
• Begin annotating Iran dossier

Homework:

• Finish annotating dossier if not done so in class.

Tuesday 2/7/12

In Class:

• MUN Speed Dating Activity
• Self-assessment questions - printed and turned into the box - digital copy on your DP.

1.      What are you most proud of about this conference?

2.      What did you connect with most in this project, and how did that affect your conference performance?

3.      What was the most important thing you learned in this project?  Why?

4.      If you were a teacher or observer, what would you say about your performance in conference?  (Good AND Bad!)

5.      For our next MUN conference, what would you most want to improve in your performance?  How do you plan on doing this?

6.      Did you have a resolution or amendment on the docket?  Yes/No

7.      Did any of your resolutions or amendments pass?  Which ones?

a.       Pass = Passed final vote.  Resolution must passed to get amendments passed.

8.      Estimate the total number of:

a.       Speeches you made (during substantive debate and formal caucus)

b.      Comments/questions you had

• DP Requirements
• Self-assessment (from above)
• Resolution
• Speech

Homework:

• Finish self-assessment and DP update if you have not already done so in class.

Monday 2/6/12

In Class:

• MUN Conference Day!

Homework:

• None

Friday 2/3/12

In Class:

• Starter  
• Speech strengths from Obama's "Yes We Can"
• MUN model video observations
• Speech writing - 1 hour
• Speech practice - 30 minutes
• Finalize document folder and placards

Homework:

• Conference Monday
• On time
• Professional dress
• All materials ready to go!

Thursday 2/2/12

In Class:

• Coaching the Docket
• Begin Resolution speech writing.

Homework:

• None