Model UN

6/18/2014

126 Comments

noah

8/7/2014 10:22:19 am

I can wait to pick my country

haley

8/8/2014 11:01:18 am

I am also very exited to pick my country....

Ben link

8/8/2014 02:35:55 pm

I'm hoping for Austria

Jared Jaggard link

8/11/2014 09:57:33 am

Good luck to us all.

Julia

8/11/2014 11:17:01 am

Jared's right ( scared... :( ) hah well i im pretty sure that we wont all be able to choose the country we want. ( NOBODY PICK ROMANIA!!! )

Ben

8/12/2014 09:36:06 am

I don't know Julia i wanted Italy but it was the first thing chosen i know a lot about its history (assassins creed is mainly in Italy)

noah

8/12/2014 12:02:19 pm

ben Australia is most likely taken :(

noah

8/12/2014 12:08:31 pm

yeah go assassins creed nice call ben

Victor

8/18/2014 11:19:08 am

what

NATHAN

8/13/2014 07:24:22 am

Hope fully I get Spain

Jared Jaggard link

8/14/2014 08:47:51 am

I want the islands that switched days. (I don't remember the names)

Morgan link

8/14/2014 09:07:17 am

Well I don't know about you guys but i want Germany. Most likely not going to happen. :(

Ben

8/14/2014 09:51:12 am

yeah finally some one who likes the game lol anyways i just want one i know not something like Tobago or some thing like that

haley

8/14/2014 10:27:17 am

I WANT POLAND!!!!!

NATHAN

8/15/2014 09:02:09 am

Where do you get the names of what you can pick

Haley

8/15/2014 09:06:25 am

That is what I am looking for.....

Morgan link

8/15/2014 09:33:15 am

ME TOO!!!!!!!!

Joshua link

8/15/2014 10:29:03 am

Is the countries we pick from not up yet? I have searched the whole website.

Anthony

8/15/2014 12:52:35 pm

Hey how do you vote for your countries? I went into the homework but when i click on the vote list it makes me download it. Am i supposed to email it to Mrs.Hirsch ?

Myah link

8/16/2014 03:50:40 am

Whatever you do, DON'T PICK SEYCHELLES. It's so small, it blends in with the ocean.

haley

8/18/2014 08:36:31 am

i am so happy, i got my 3rd choice, i think julia is very happy.......

Myah link

8/18/2014 12:54:46 pm

I got my #1. I FEEL SO SUCCESSFUL.

Joshua link

8/18/2014 11:55:26 am

If your having trouble with your General info sheet, The National Geographic website is a good source. Just type in your country's name with National Geographic next to it and a website should pop up full of basic facts.

tylah

8/22/2014 10:05:54 am

hey can anyone tell me more about model UN

Morgan link

8/27/2014 08:32:35 am

You should ask Mrs. Hirsch for the packet that we all received so that dont get a bad grade on the first assignment.

8/25/2014 11:33:08 am

Sam

8/27/2014 09:40:31 am

I need a website recommendation for the second page of the Model UN packet the Diplomacy Chart because i looked at the 2 websites and they dont seem to have the information.

Mrs. Hirsch

9/4/2014 01:16:06 pm

Please do not use any sites such as infoplease.com, ask.com, about.com, wiki(anything).com, etc. These are not reliable sites as anyone can answer the question, and it is not reviewed for accuracy. Those types of sources will result in an automatic zero on that specific assignment.

Some suggestions:
- Look up recent treaties your country is part of. The other countries that are part of that treaty will be countries you have diplomatic ties with
- Search your country's foreign relations (for example, type in "[your country] foreign relations")
- Look at recent news articles about your country. Any other countries that work with and help your country (or you help them) are countries you have diplomatic ties with. Any countries you don't get along with are countries you would list under "no diplomatic ties"

I will continue to answer questions about this assignment until Monday of next week.

Julia Nista

9/8/2014 01:47:01 am

does anyone know is there is a specific format we are supposed to use to write the current event

Joshua link

9/8/2014 03:56:37 am

Don't work on it yet is what I was told. I am guessing we will discuss how to do them tomorrow (Tuesday).

Sam

9/8/2014 06:22:10 am

We only have 3 days as of today to work on both projects and tomorrow we will have two and i don't even have a website for the diplomacy chart.

Jayden

9/8/2014 12:10:47 pm

What are the Qs for the continents

Josh link

9/9/2014 09:35:06 am

If you need a article for your current event, go to Google, type in the search box your countries name, then press enter. After you do that there should be a tab among the top of the page that says NEWS, click it. It should come up with a bunch of articles. One of them might be political or UN related. Click one of the articles and it might be the article your looking for. WARNING: SOME OF THE ARTICLES MIGHT BE FROM A NON RELIABLE SOURCE PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN CHOSING A ARTICLE.

Jared Jaggard link

9/9/2014 10:02:37 am

If a relative tells us something about our countries, can we use that information?

Sam

9/9/2014 10:09:27 am

You have to know where they got their info from, cite the website ,and find if it is a reliable site, and yeah i don't think you can use your relative.

Sam

9/9/2014 10:11:07 am

Also Jared you have to do all the work but your relative's can help you find a website but you have to find the info.

Joshua link

9/9/2014 10:11:42 am

Make sure the information's true before you use it. I don't know how your going to be able to cite that information though.

Jared Jaggard link

9/9/2014 10:11:47 am

Thanks, but its not from a website.

jared jaggard link

9/9/2014 10:16:43 am

And if anyone needs information on countries in N.A.T.O. Here is the link. http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/organisation.htm

Sam

9/9/2014 10:25:43 am

What does N.A.T.O. stand for and is Albania in N.A.T.O.

jared jaggard link

9/9/2014 10:29:11 am

North Atlantic Treaty Organization,and yes, Albania is in it.

Sam

9/9/2014 10:38:07 am

Yes! and i typed in this
a big deal current event in (country name) that the UN would deal with.
and i got a current event that the UN would deal with so type in that sentence.

jared jaggard link

9/10/2014 08:57:55 am

How should I quote in model U.N.?

Ben

9/10/2014 09:29:32 am

i want to know that to jared

Morgan link

9/10/2014 11:03:13 am

You should only quote if it supports your writing.

Sam

9/10/2014 09:40:22 am

Use the normal way we quote in any text

Ben

9/10/2014 10:31:23 am

thanks sam your a big help

Sam

9/10/2014 11:32:48 am

Your welcome Ben (or are you being sarcastic because it is sort of hard to tell :-) )

noah

9/15/2014 01:28:08 pm

I cant find a current event I need help

Sam

9/15/2014 02:04:25 pm

Noah type in your country on google and then click on the news tab and you probaly will find a good current event and it will be recent. Thats how i got my current event. Noah could you please tell me the questions on the back of the lesson for Ela that we had to do today.

Ben

9/29/2014 12:02:08 pm

I wasn't being sarcastic

Sam

9/29/2014 12:22:55 pm

Ben its a bit late to talk about that now because it is 14 days later.

Sam

9/29/2014 12:28:42 pm

I mean 19 days ago

Marcielo

9/30/2014 10:33:28 am

Am I allowed to quote in the history report?

Sam

9/30/2014 10:41:44 am

I think Marci but just to be sure ask Mrs.Hirsh

Jayden

10/7/2014 12:54:42 pm

What do you have to require on the history report I did not get back my packet

Sam

10/7/2014 01:45:13 pm

Jayden it is:
1. How was your country founded?
2. what other important events take place in your country's history other than wars?
3. What was the biggest war your country fought in? What influence did the country have on the outcome of the war?
4. Describe influential leaders and powerful people from your country.
5. Describe any crisis that has taken place in your country.
6. When did your country join the U.N.?
7. What role has your country played in the U.N. since joining?

kayleb

10/8/2014 01:17:35 pm

if anyone is on please tell me how we aphebeticalize the site :0

Sam

10/8/2014 01:20:55 pm

We alphabeticalize the citations by the first letter in the citiation and thatnk you for reminding me to do that.

Jared Jaggard link

10/8/2014 01:35:00 pm

Did we have to make a separate title slide for the history report

Sam

10/8/2014 02:06:33 pm

Yes or you could just do a header.

Jared Jaggard link

10/8/2014 11:50:09 pm

HOW

(i know we went over this but i don't have my notes)

Jayden

10/17/2014 09:52:38 am

What do we do for the Region Report

Ben

10/25/2014 02:24:05 am

hey can somebody help with the region report i need to know font, size ect for the project i left my binder at school sorry for the trouble but i need to know PLEASE HELP!!!

Jayden

11/6/2014 09:09:05 am

Its Times New Roman

Jayden

11/6/2014 09:04:22 am

What are the topics u can write on for the region report

Sam

11/6/2014 12:42:02 pm

Social issues, war, women's rights, ect.

Sam

11/24/2014 09:54:52 am

We are allowed to start on our next current event!

Anthony

12/8/2014 08:56:51 am

Can anyone tell me a good source for the government report because I have been looking for a very long time. I keep coming across unreliable sites and would appreciate if someone could tell me one

Sam

12/9/2014 07:31:34 am

Tony go to The World Factbook. Then type in your country and go to the government section

Anthony

12/9/2014 07:38:32 am

Thanks sam :)

Sam

12/9/2014 07:47:40 am

No problem Anthony :)

haley

12/9/2014 07:54:10 am

He, I can't remember... If we already have an appendix a of sources on another assignment, do we make an appendix b?? If anyone rememer, can you tell me?

Sam

12/9/2014 08:31:16 am

Haley the answer I wrote like 1 min ago is in HomeWork section

Joshua link

12/10/2014 11:58:55 am

If you plan on doing Topic Papers over winter break, It would be best to copy down the topics now and put them somewhere in your Model UN binder so you wont forget. I'm saying this because you wont have your packet over winter break to help you.

NATHAN

12/20/2014 11:25:19 pm

Mrs hirch didn't write them down (topic papers) what are they?!?!

tylah

12/21/2014 04:38:45 am

idk wht they are but I need to know them because I want to start as soon as possible !!

Sam

12/21/2014 09:53:56 am

These are the topics for the committees.

Human Rights:
-Situation in Ukraine
-Human rights in North Korea
-Syrian refugee crisis

Economic and Social:
-Social and Economic impact of refugees
-Access to energy
-Gender equality

Security Council:
-Threat posed by ISIS
-Terrorism in Africa
-Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula

CDIS:
Iran weapons threat
-Prohibiting lethal weapons systems
-Control of biological weapons

Environmental:
-Pollution control
-Fracking
-Climate change

World Health Organization:
-Containing the spread of Ebola
-Eradication of hunger
-Water Safety & Public Health

tylah

12/22/2014 04:05:18 am

THANKYOU SAM!!

Sam

12/22/2014 04:19:14 am

Your Welcome.

TYLAH

12/23/2014 02:29:46 am

do you know the format of the topic papers ?

Sam

12/23/2014 03:32:02 am

Tylah the format is: Times New Roman, 12 pt, Double Spaced. Just like a current event.

Julia

12/23/2014 12:48:37 pm

Does anyone know how old our articles for topic papers can be? It's the day that Mrs Hirsch gave us the topics, I dont remember.

Sam

12/24/2014 01:37:58 am

It is about at least 1 month in the past like since it is December 24 you can take a topic from December. Although just to be careful I think I would personally go with 2 weeks because I am not so sure about the month time limit.

Sam

12/24/2014 01:40:28 am

Merry Christmas Eve everybody, and Happy holidays everybody! :). Christmas is tomorrow! :()

Julia

12/25/2014 05:41:32 am

Hey I'm really confused.
On our topic papers what do we write about?
For example: pollution control
Do we write about countries working toward it, companies working toward it, our country's status on it, the effects?

Sam

12/25/2014 11:21:01 am

Julia do everything else that is specific like the topic "Human Rights In North Korea" and then tomorrow I will find out about your question.

Sam

12/25/2014 11:46:19 pm

If the topic has a specific point to a specific country, then you talk about that country otherwise you write the event about the general idea (I think that's it but you can ask Mrs.Hirsch when we get back from break and for right now just do the topics that have something to do with a specific country).

Julia

12/27/2014 12:58:00 am

Ok thx again Sam ♡

Sam

12/27/2014 10:38:44 am

Your Welcome

Anthony

12/31/2014 03:03:05 pm

Happy New year everyone !

Sam

1/1/2015 01:17:49 am

Yes Happy New Year Everyone! Who was up till 2015? I was.

Anthony

1/1/2015 06:41:11 am

I also stayed up till 2015! I'm glad at least some one responded to me :)

Mrs. Hirsch

1/1/2015 07:09:26 am

Overall Sam has answered all the questions correctly. To be more specific, below is a reminder of what we discussed in class about Topic Papers. All of these steps (and the topic paper subjects) are on this website under the "Model UN" tab.

1. Search for an article on the subject. Some of the topics are specific to a country (such as denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula), in which case you will need to look for an article that specifically addresses trying to rid the Korean Peninsula of their nuclear weapons. Some topics (such as pollution control), are much more general; in which case, you would find a news article dealing with pollution control somewhere in the world. As always, it should be a reliable article/source and be relevant to the topic (not how one college in the USA is trying to recycle, but more like how China is setting political policies to control their pollution output).

2. All articles should be recent (within one month of the day you are searching for the article). So if you look for an article on January 1st, your article should be from December 1st or later.

3. Read your article a few times to really understand what it is saying about the topic.

4. Follow the topic paper format (Heading should have name, date, student # and title with committee name & topic). Paper should be in Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced etc.

5. Type a 1 page summary of the article you found (just like you did with your current events). Make sure you have a separate page with the source properly cited. I suggested having the last 1 or 2 sentences address how this topic influences your country and/or how your country can help with this issue.

Joshua link

1/2/2015 07:37:18 am

Can we use the example about China with pollution control or anything related to it in one of our topic papers?

Julia

1/3/2015 11:23:50 pm

Does anyone know if when we write about pollution control, can write about how pollution has effected the country, then how our country can help? Or do we have to write about how the country has worked toward pollution control?

Sam

1/3/2015 11:55:03 pm

Julia, I believe it is how the country has worked toward pollution control.

Julia

1/4/2015 04:02:44 am

Another thing, for pollution control we can do any type of pollution right? Or does it have to be overall?

Mrs. Hirsch

1/4/2015 06:15:51 am

You should find an article on pollution control (policies being made by a country to help control the amount of pollution they are causing or companies in that country are allowed to produce). It can be on any type of legitimate pollution that affects a country (pollution in the ocean, ozone/atmosphere etc. -but I wouldn't do something like light pollution).

Sam

1/4/2015 05:38:09 am

I don't know but you can ask Mrs.Hirsch tomorrow.

Julia

1/4/2015 07:34:54 am

Sorry for asking sooo many questions. But i'm trying to write about fracking, and after finding out what it means I am unsure what on fracking I am supposed to write about. Do we write about how a country is using fracking, a country getting rid of fracking, ect.

Sam

1/4/2015 08:02:09 am

Since the definition of fracking is to extract natural gas from shale rock layer deep beneath the ground, it seems like it would be using fracking.

Andrew

1/27/2015 09:35:46 am

what is the Ebola topic called?

Sam

1/27/2015 10:07:10 am

The Ebola topic is called "Containing The Spread of Ebola" and it is in the "WHO" committee or as known as "World Health Organization"

Joshua

1/28/2015 06:32:14 am

Would Global Warming apply to the topic of Climate Change?

Sam

1/28/2015 08:59:23 am

Global warming is changing the climate, so yes.

Ben

2/11/2015 05:41:10 am

Hey what\t does CDIS stand for?

Sam

2/12/2015 11:29:34 am

Many meanings:
Acronym Definition
CDIS Center for Distance and Independent Study
CDIS Cross-Domain Information Sharing
CDIS Centre de Distribution du Courrier (French: Mail Distribution Center)
CDIS Chengdu International School (Chengdu, China)
CDIS Counter Drug Intelligence System
CDIS Combined DNA Identification System
CDIS Care Detail Information System (TRICARE)
CDIS Centre de Défense et d'Intégration Sociales (French: Center for Defence and Social Integration; est. 1991)
CDIS Call Data Information Source
CDIS Command and Data Interface Simulator
CDIS Combined Diving & Inspection Services (Offshore Diving and Inspection Services company)
CDIS Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound Inc.
CDIS Comité Départemental des Intermittents du Spectacle (French: Departmental Entertainment Committee)
CDIS Common Delivery of Installation Services (US DoD)
CDIS Champus Detailed Information Systems
CDIS Combat Developments Information System (US Army TRADOC)
CDIS College Drinking Influences Survey (alcohol consumption study)
CDIS Child Development Information System
CDIS Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
Source: "CDIS." TheFreeDictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. <http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/CDIS>.

Andrew Sullivan

3/4/2015 07:29:14 am

does any one know a good website for prohibiting the lethal weapons systems

Andrew Sullivan

3/4/2015 08:22:44 am

or at least just a site for model UN

Sam

3/5/2015 08:58:54 am

New York Times, NYTimes (Both examples are the same site).

Andrew

4/8/2015 11:54:07 am

Did any one else get the email saying corrections were due friday.

Noah

4/8/2015 12:15:48 pm

Yeah I got that message too Andrew

Noah

4/8/2015 12:16:42 pm

Are the Topic Paper corrections really due on Friday Mrs Hirsch

andrew

4/8/2015 02:27:28 pm

i emailed her that question and she has not responded

Andrew

4/18/2015 04:06:22 am

Hi, is the position papers format the same as the topic papers

Andrew

4/18/2015 04:45:00 am

Is any one on

Sam

4/18/2015 04:56:09 am

Yes Andrew but in the header you would do it like this
(Name) (Your Committee):(Topic You Chose)
(Date) Position Paper
(Student Number)

Sam

4/18/2015 04:57:12 am

But you have to center your committee, topic, and Position Paper

Andrew

4/18/2015 05:13:56 am

Thank you Sam.

Sam

4/19/2015 01:08:47 am

No Problem

Andrew

4/26/2015 03:03:34 am

Are we aloud to use more than one source for the position paper

Marcielo

4/26/2015 06:18:04 am

Yes, we can use more than one source

Andrew

4/26/2015 09:04:25 am

do they have to be recent

Andrew

5/3/2015 07:22:01 am

does anyone know a website where i can see Guinea Bissau's Enemies and allies

Nathan Greene

2/1/2016 05:00:39 pm

Andrew we need to start using this!
Let's go!

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