Activity
Day 1 – Preamble & Homework
1. Display Overhead 1 as students walk into the room.
2.
Begin class by having students read the UN Preamble in
class. After the initial review, have students offer
words or phrase descriptors that translate the formal
language. The teacher or a facilitating student writes
these words along the left side of the overhead for
the different sections. (The Teacher Key sheet gives
some
idea of what possible answers could be.)
3.
When finished, the teacher should note that many articles
elaborate
on the ideas presented in the Preamble
written
by the founders of the UN. For class purposes, the
articles that address international human rights
and equal rights
will be focused on in the following activities.
4.
If the teacher chooses, overheads of these articles
can be made. They are the ones listed in Handout
1. Each article clearly identifies what it is about
through
the
Chapter Title in which they can be found. The teacher
may want to go over these in class.
5.
Before the class period ends, allow 10 minutes to introduce
students
to the next day’s activity.
6.
Instructions are as follows:
a.
Each student will analyze 3 crisis situations the UN
is involved in presently.
They will
be expected to conduct an evaluation of each of
these incidents.
They
will be expected to evaluate the effectiveness
and significance of the United Nation's role
in each
crisis.
b. They should fill out Handout 3 or use
the format shown on Overhead 2 to record
their
information.
c. Handout 2 will help them find the websites
that have information on these particular
crises.
d. Handout 3 will help them answer one of
their research columns on what UN articles
are being
addressed.
e. Students should refer to the Human Rights
Trees from the Engage lesson to address what
Human Rights
were or
are being violated.
f. Students will locate the US response to
each crisis using the internet. The easiest
way to
find any materials,
especially newspaper articles, will be to
type “United
States and <crisis name>“.
7.
Students are encouraged to start research
at home that evening as they will have
only the next
day
in the computer room to research their
3 crisis events.
8.
Finish by noting that they will be making presentations
the day after the computer
room on their crisis.
All 3 of their researched cases must
be ready.
Days
2 –
9. The next day, take students to the
Computer Room to conduct their research.
Handout
3 can be handed
out at
this time. If students are interested
in reading all of the articles in the
future,
the web
site address is: http://www.un.org
10.
Students must also be able to identify on a world map
the location of the
three crises they
are investigating.
11.
If students do not finish their work, they must do so
for homework.
12.
Remind students that as soon as they walk in the next
day they
will
be expected
to present
their
work
to the class. Each crisis presentation
must take no more than 4 minutes.
Days
3-4
10. Presentations begin. Because
of time constraints the teacher
must now
inform
the students that
she/he will pick one crisis
per student to be presented
to the class. As a student’s
name is called, the student
must mention the three crises
investigated and the teacher
will choose the one to be presented.
Once again, they will be reminded
that their presentation can
take no
more than 4 minutes.
11.
The rest of the class is to take
notes on the presentations.
They
are to use the
format from
their Handout 3. By
the end of all presentations
they
should have rows equaling
the number of students in
each class.
12.
When all presentations are done, review what the
common violations seem
to be,
how the UN
is dealing/dealt with them,
and
address
where in the
world most cases
were/are taking place in.
This is a great opportunity
for
an involved class
discussion.
Closure
13. Finish
the lesson by having students answer the following question
at the end of day 4 or at the start of day 5 before starting
the next lesson. (10 minutes)
14.
On the board or an overhead write the following question:
In Your Opinion, was UN action appropriate in your 3
cases? Would you have done otherwise? Explain and defend
your
answer.
Homework
As necessary. |
