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Debate Class: Model United Nations Info

Security Council USA: Andrew Russia: Kirsten (Expelled 5/20) China: Darcie France: Carrie United Kingdom: Rooster South African: Willem (For African Affairs) Other nations are located here. Our Secretary General, who will be setting the docket, is Marshall (Syria). Topic Areas Public Health Developing World Overpopulation Terrorism Space Global Warming Womyn UN Reform Former Soviet Union […]

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba

Speed Dating: AP Argument Practice Prompts

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Instructions Give yourself about 5-7 minutes for each of these. In that time, develop and write your intro and thesis statement. I will post more here if you are interested in doing them. Prompt 1 In his 2004 book, Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton argues that the chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain […]

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba

Debate Class: Model United Nations Info

Debate Class

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba

Speed Dating: AP Argument Practice Prompts

Student Blogs

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba

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Debate Class: Model United Nations Info

Debate Class

Security Council

USA: Andrew
Russia: Kirsten (Expelled 5/20)
China: Darcie
France: Carrie
United Kingdom: Rooster
South African: Willem (For African Affairs)

Other nations are located here. Our Secretary General, who will be setting the docket, is Marshall (Syria).

Topic Areas

Public Health Developing World
Overpopulation
Terrorism
Space
Global Warming
Womyn
UN Reform
Former Soviet Union

Resolution Proposals

Once you have decided on a topic and direction for your resolution, edit the Google Doc here.
The actual resolutions for debate are located here.

Background Information on the United Nations

Information for Class Activity

Document Sharing

Once you have completed your position paper and your resolution, please share them with dpogreba@gmail.com. When you do, please put your name, country, and title in the title of the documents.

Rules of Procedure

Rules of Procedure Chart

Position Paper Information

This is the link for your position paper guide. Every student will need to submit a position paper before the session. Your position paper will need to state your country’s position (based on politics, beliefs, and region) for at least three of the topics being debated. Your position paper should have the following requirements met:

No more than two pages in length, 12 pt. font
Single Spaced
Divided by topic

This is an example of what a position paper looks like.

Resolution writing guide is located here. Key terms for resolutions are located here.

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba

Speed Dating: AP Argument Practice Prompts

Student Blogs

Instructions

Give yourself about 5-7 minutes for each of these. In that time, develop and write your intro and thesis statement. I will post more here if you are interested in doing them.

Prompt 1

In his 2004 book, Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton argues that the chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain but “to convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” Think about the implications of de Botton’s view of the role of humorists (cartoonists, stand-up comics, satirical writers, hosts of television programs, etc.). Then write an essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies de Botton’s claim.

Prompt 2

In his famous “Vast Wasteland” address to the National Association of Broadcaster in May of 1961, Newton Minow, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, spoke about the power of television to influence the taste, knowledge, and opinions of its viewers around the world. Carefully read the following, paying close attention to how timely it is today, especially in light of the worldwide Internet.

Minow ended his speech warning that “The power of instantaneous sight and sound is without precedent in mankind’s history. This is an awesome power. It has limitless capabilities for good—and for evil. And it carries with it awesome responsibilities—responsibilities which you and [the government] cannot escape…”

Using your own knowledge and your own experiences or reading, write a carefully constructed essay that defends, challenges, or qualifies Minow’s ideas.

Prompt 3

Former Vice President Al Gore argued that “we are monumentally distracted by a pervasive technological culture that appears to have a life of its own, one that insists on our full attention, continually seducing us and pulling us away from the opportunity to experience directly the true meaning of our own lives.”

Using your own knowledge, experience, or reading, defend, refute or qualify Gore’s assertion.

May 6, 2015/by dpogreba