OK,
I apologize for taking so long to tell you what is happening. Here are your partners and country assignments...
Uganda - Murielle and Kelly
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Danny and Junior
Republic of South Africa - Gini and Heather
Sudan - Catherine, Peggy and Joanna
Central African Republic - Dean and Jason
Kenya - Tiffany and Allison
Zimbabwe - Sebastian and Joseph
U.S.A. - Darren and Sean
U.K. - Christine and Jenny
France - Rebbecca and Heather
Russian Federation - Max and Benny
People's Republic of China - Sabina and Angel Wu
India- Kenny and Jerry
Brazil - Chris and Roger
This weekend, you must do the following things...
1.) Talk with your partner. get their telephone number and email.
2.) As a group, you must complete a Country Profile. I recommend that you use worldatlas.com and The CIA World Factbook.
3.) As a group, you must research the topic. Who are the Child Soldiers of the LRA? Why are they there? Who do they affect? How can this problem be fixed?
4.) As a group, you must answer this question; "How does this problem affect my country?" I will give you a hint. If you are The U.S.A., Great Britain, France, Russia, China, India, or Brazil, then you are on the Security Council. Learn what that means (ask Anne, Annie, Eric, and Sabrina). If you are not, you are a country from Africa which is more directly affected by the LRA.
HINT: Some of your teachers are actually from these countries. Perhaps you should ask them what they know about the Child Soldiers of the LRA.
5.) As a group, you must write a Position Paper. See the attachment below for more.
*.) Anne, Annie, Eric, and Sabrina, can you please email me pronto!!!
*** OK everyone, now that you have your homework, I expect you to turn them into me by Monday, August 23rd (Taiwan time) before 20:00.
Email me at mtgibby1985@gmail.com please.
I look forward to seeing all of you very soon!
Mr. Gibson
P.S. "pronto" is Spanish for 很快. We use it in English too.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
MUN Topic
Hello Everyone,
How is camp going? We can not wait any longer for your classmates who have not voted. "Child Soldiers of the LRA" is the most popular choice. Therefore, this will be our topic for the summer's MUN Conference.
Since it is already August 4th, we will change some dates around. Your 2 page summary of the topic and 1 page of pictures will be due on Monday, August 9th. Email it to me at mtgibby1985@hotmail.com before 10:00 pm on Sunday, August 8th (this will be 9:00 am in St. Louis).
Your country profile will also be due on Monday, August 9th. Check the blog this weekend to see which country you have and to see who your partner is.
Good luck to everyone!
Mr. Gibson
PS - Remember, CIA World Factbook is the best source in order to complete your country profile, but you need to highlight the most important pieces of information. Highlight information that you think are most important for your country.
How is camp going? We can not wait any longer for your classmates who have not voted. "Child Soldiers of the LRA" is the most popular choice. Therefore, this will be our topic for the summer's MUN Conference.
Since it is already August 4th, we will change some dates around. Your 2 page summary of the topic and 1 page of pictures will be due on Monday, August 9th. Email it to me at mtgibby1985@hotmail.com before 10:00 pm on Sunday, August 8th (this will be 9:00 am in St. Louis).
Your country profile will also be due on Monday, August 9th. Check the blog this weekend to see which country you have and to see who your partner is.
Good luck to everyone!
Mr. Gibson
PS - Remember, CIA World Factbook is the best source in order to complete your country profile, but you need to highlight the most important pieces of information. Highlight information that you think are most important for your country.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Interesting Website
Ni hao all,
Do you like maps? Do you like learning new information about Taiwan? Do you like learning new information about other countries in the world? If so, I suggest you check out www.chartsbin.com because it has thousands of interesting graphs that deal with all sorts of social, economic, political, religious, athletic, musical, and environmental issues. Do you want to see a graph about how many endangered species each country has? How about how many times they won the World Cup? Or, how about how many computer per person? All of it is at chartsbin.com.
Enjoy!
Mr. Gibson
P.S. - REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR OUR MUN TOPIC PLEASE!
Do you like maps? Do you like learning new information about Taiwan? Do you like learning new information about other countries in the world? If so, I suggest you check out www.chartsbin.com because it has thousands of interesting graphs that deal with all sorts of social, economic, political, religious, athletic, musical, and environmental issues. Do you want to see a graph about how many endangered species each country has? How about how many times they won the World Cup? Or, how about how many computer per person? All of it is at chartsbin.com.
Enjoy!
Mr. Gibson
P.S. - REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR OUR MUN TOPIC PLEASE!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Voting
Ni hao,
OK, here are our options for the MUN Conference. Everyone can vote one time. Whichever option gets the most votes will be our MUN Conference Topic. Remember, no matter what we vote on, everyone will research and debate this topic.
A.) Child Soldiers of the LRA in Uganda
B.) The Prevention of the Spread of HIV/AIDS
C.) Women's Rights: Female Circumcision
D.) Rights of Refugees
E.) Trades and Tarriffs between Developed and Devloping Countries
F.) Protecting Endangered Species (pick which endangered species you would like to protect)
OK, I look forward to seeing what you want to study! After you vote, please read the next blog. It has our schedule for the summer and the MUN Conference.
Zai jian,
Mr. Gibson (AKA Lee Xiao Long lao shi)
P.S. - I beg you...play outside this summer!!! Please do not sit inside in the A/C everyday playing computer games! You will feel much better if you don't.
OK, here are our options for the MUN Conference. Everyone can vote one time. Whichever option gets the most votes will be our MUN Conference Topic. Remember, no matter what we vote on, everyone will research and debate this topic.
A.) Child Soldiers of the LRA in Uganda
B.) The Prevention of the Spread of HIV/AIDS
C.) Women's Rights: Female Circumcision
D.) Rights of Refugees
E.) Trades and Tarriffs between Developed and Devloping Countries
F.) Protecting Endangered Species (pick which endangered species you would like to protect)
OK, I look forward to seeing what you want to study! After you vote, please read the next blog. It has our schedule for the summer and the MUN Conference.
Zai jian,
Mr. Gibson (AKA Lee Xiao Long lao shi)
P.S. - I beg you...play outside this summer!!! Please do not sit inside in the A/C everyday playing computer games! You will feel much better if you don't.
Summer Homework and MUN Schedule
Niiiiiii hao everyone!
Here is our schedule for the Summer. It has all the due dates for each portion of the MUN Conference. If we all check the blog regularly, then everything should run smoothly.
Monday, August 2nd - Your Summer Assignment is due. Your Summer Assignment is to write a two page, double paged summary of the MUN Topic. I also want you to attach one page of pictures. Each student, even if you are not coming to Summer Camp, must turn in their Summer Assignment to me, by August 9th.
Thursday, August 5th - Your Country Profile is due. In order to complete a country profile, you must research any and all important information about your country with your partner. GCP 8, please ask GCP 9, GCP or me for help. Remember, you should highlight anything that will be very important for the conference.
Thursday, August 12th - Your Position Paper is due. You and your partner must write a 2-3 page position paper and turn it into me before midnight (Taiwan time) on Thursday, August 12th. Anne, Annie, Eric, Sabrina, and myself will be more than happy to help you with any questions, and I will give you some more specific directions for that later.
Thursday, August 19th - Your Caucus Outline and Opening Remarks are due. Again, I will give you more specific directions later.
Tuesday, August 24th to Friday, Augsut 27th - We will have our MUN Conference. I hope you all will have a good time doing it! It can be a lot of fun or very boring, but that all depends on you!
:)
See you after the summer!!!
Mr. Gibson
Here is our schedule for the Summer. It has all the due dates for each portion of the MUN Conference. If we all check the blog regularly, then everything should run smoothly.
Monday, August 2nd - Your Summer Assignment is due. Your Summer Assignment is to write a two page, double paged summary of the MUN Topic. I also want you to attach one page of pictures. Each student, even if you are not coming to Summer Camp, must turn in their Summer Assignment to me, by August 9th.
Thursday, August 5th - Your Country Profile is due. In order to complete a country profile, you must research any and all important information about your country with your partner. GCP 8, please ask GCP 9, GCP or me for help. Remember, you should highlight anything that will be very important for the conference.
Thursday, August 12th - Your Position Paper is due. You and your partner must write a 2-3 page position paper and turn it into me before midnight (Taiwan time) on Thursday, August 12th. Anne, Annie, Eric, Sabrina, and myself will be more than happy to help you with any questions, and I will give you some more specific directions for that later.
Thursday, August 19th - Your Caucus Outline and Opening Remarks are due. Again, I will give you more specific directions later.
Tuesday, August 24th to Friday, Augsut 27th - We will have our MUN Conference. I hope you all will have a good time doing it! It can be a lot of fun or very boring, but that all depends on you!
:)
See you after the summer!!!
Mr. Gibson
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