Model United Nations Introduction - Bundle

Introduce your students to the purpose, organization, and governing bodies of the United Nations with this engaging lesson bundle! This bundle includes two inquiry-based lessons that will facilitate students' higher-order thinking regarding the complex nature of world issues and how the United Nations approaches these challenges.

These introductory lessons are a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. They will also serve as stand alone lessons if your class is studying the UN and you want to deepen their understanding.

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Charter

In this lesson students will sort images of world issues into categories. Then, they will match these world issues to statements made in the United Nations Charter Preamble and Article 1. The objective is to clearly see the correlation between the world issues, or needs, and the purposes of the UN.

This introductory lesson is a great way to start off your Model United Nation club or class. It will also serve as a stand alone lesson if your class is studying the UN and you want to deepen their understanding.

Included in Lesson 1: 

• Directions
• Student handouts
• 21 images (for image sort activity)
• Answer guide

Lesson 2: Digging Deeper into the Charter and Organization

In this lesson, students will dig deeper into the United Nations charter by reading about organizations within the UN. This lesson is designed as a jigsaw activity, so students will divide into groups, dive deep into learning about one organization, and then present to the rest of the class. 

In this lesson, students will

• Jigsaw five chapters of the UN Charter and become an expert on one organization
• Prepare a lesson for the class about their assigned organization
• Use the included graphic organizer to plan, design, teach, and check for understanding
• Present lesson on assigned organization to the class

Included in Lesson 2: 

• Teacher Overview
• Student Handouts for each section of the Charter
  • CHAPTER IV: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  • CHAPTER V: THE SECURITY COUNCIL
  • CHAPTER X: THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
  • CHAPTER XIV: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
  • CHAPTER XV: THE SECRETARIAT
• Scaffolded instruction to prepare group lesson
• Graphic organizers to prepare group lesson

Classroom Success for Other Teachers Using This Resource:

• “This lesson helped introduce important organizational concepts of the United Nations to my 7th grade class.  This helped me use more United Nations activities later in the year.”
• “Really enjoyed the level of detail in this activity! My students were able to analyze the charter as well as the different roles of the UN. Highly recommend.”
• “Great for use with my mixed 6th/7th/8th grade Model UN Enrichment class. Thanks!”

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