Lesson+Plans+(Weeks+1-2)


 * Week 1 **
 * August 26, 2013 **
 * Monday **

Summer assignments Fully completed summer assignments must be turned in at the beginning of class for a grade. This includes country studies, presentations, and specialized committee assignments. Digital assignments should be shared to zziebe@isa.neisd.net and __aricht@isa.neisd.net__ on google docs before the beginning of class.

Syllabus Co-chairs will review the [|class syllabus] and the curriculum that they will be encountering in class. We will also review what kind of expectations and objectives the co-chairs will need to practice and achieve while in the MUNSA class in order to be professional and efficient leaders of their committee rooms during the MUNSA conference.


 * August 27, 2013 **
 * Tuesday **

Migration A bit of discussion about the topic of human migration, the tagline “Odyssey”, and why we chose both for this year’s conference.

Presentations Co-chairs will begin sharing their migration presentations.


 * August 28, 2013 **
 * Wednesday **

Presentations Co-chairs will continue sharing migration presentations.

Binder Covers Co-chairs will create covers for their committee binders.


 * August 29, 2013 **
 * Thursday **

(Re)Introduction to Migration Chairs will read and discuss [|__this New York Times article__].
 * Could the Chinese government be handling this situation better? If so, how?
 * Is the consumption of Chinese-produced goods by the western world a driving factor? If so, are we responsible for this migration?
 * Is this simply history repeating itself? Examining the earlier European industrial revolution, how can China avoid the mistakes made by the West during its period of rapid modernization?

Parli Pro Review [|__Google presentation__] reviewing the basics of opening parli pro. First Chairing Simulation The class will select a topic for debate and two chairs will practice the opening stages of parliamentary procedure.
 * August 30, 2013 **
 * Friday **

Introduction to using Memrise to study for parli pro. [|__Model UN Course__]
 * Week 2 **
 * September 3, 2013 **
 * Tuesday **

History of Migration Begin discussion of this week’s topic: major historical migrations. [|__Lecture about the first human migration.__]

[|__Lecture about major migrations in human history from prehistory to the modern era__]
 * September 4, 2013 **
 * Wednesday **

[|__Lecture on migrations in the modern era__]
 * September 5, 2013 **
 * Thursday **

Quiz on basic parliamentary procedure and migration history. Chairing Simulation.
 * September 6, 2013 **
 * Friday **