Activity report

Experience learning of “Model United Nations”

Research Task I of the 1st year Senior High School students was to experience learning of Model United Nations 5 times following schedule and themes.
※Model United Nations is…. To learn the positions of countries and the issues of international societies through the simulation of U.N. General Assembly.

Schedule Theme
1.
17 May
Experience learning of Model United Nations
-U.N. Lunch Box-
Decide the Lunch menu for office workers of U.N. through a discussion as positions of 8 countries. Appealed to agricultural crops & food culture of one’s country.
 2.
13 Jun
 The guidance of Model United Nations
3.
14 Jun 
 Invite a lecturer from Foreign Policy Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
 4.
28 Jun
 The challenge for “Nuclear issues”
- Consensus-building towards nuclear arms reduction-
 5.
12 July
 The challenge for an actual Model United Nations

  
The description of how to      A free debate among countries   Meetings with partners
proceed for            (Caucus)            【The considerations of the 
“Model United Nations”                        students who learned at  
                                  Model United Nations 】

・I felt the difficulty how to negotiate with countries whether I would keep my country’s 
  opinion straight or I would ask to use a part of my country’s opinion.
・(Answer the question, “Are there any useful things in your daily life?”)
  When I watch the TV news, I am able to know & think about it objectively. What is 
  the problem for this country & for the other country? If I only watch the TV news,
   I will forget about it soon but if I think about it once, I will never forget about it.