Henrico County Public Schools

Sept. 8

• Introductions
• Administrative Information
• Current Events Discussion
• Review of Summer Assignments

 Snack By: Mrs. Sward

Sept. 15

• Current Events Bingo
• Complete discussion of Summer Assignments
• Overview of THIMUN process
• Introduction to Issue Briefs

Snack By: David Ngo

Sept. 23

• Administrative Information
• Critique and Peer Editing of Issue Briefs
• Introduction to Robert's Rules and Parliamentary Procedure
  

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Sept. 29

• Current Events using Parliamentary Procedure
• Discuss Optional Mini-Lessons, Committee Preferences, and Head Delegate Applications
• Peer critique of Issue Brief 2
• Research and websites
• Introduction to Position Papers: assignment of PP#1
• Introduction to Free Trade issues: Neoliberalism, Washington Consensus, World Bank
  
  

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Oct. 6

• Current Events w/Parliamentary Procedure
• Critique position papers: assignment of PP#2
• Some useful websites
• Continuation of Trade lesson

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Oct. 13

• Current Events w/Parliamentary Procedure
• Critique position papers: assignment of PP#3
• Case Study: Congo
• Lesson: International Relations Paradigms

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Oct. 20

• Current Events w/ParliPro
• Committee Assignments
Combining the issue brief and position paper: Writing a Policy Statement; assignment of PS#1
• Case study on assigned country/non-country delegation in
  breakout sessions

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Oct. 27

• Current Events Discussion
Critique and Peer Review of PS#1
• Use of THIMUN Discussion Forum
• Assignment of PS#2
• Case study TBA
  

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Nov. 3

• Current Events w/ParliPro
• Critique and Peer Review of PS#2; breakout in respective delegations
• Set up e-mail pairs to peer review PS#3 in respective delegations
• Introduction and practice: Lobbying
• Case study TBA
  

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Nov. 10

• Current Events w/ParliPro
• Peer Selection of best policy statements
• Introduction to Writing Draft Resolutions: Part 1; assignment of 1st part of DR#1
• Practice: Merging
• Case study TBA
  

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Nov. 17

• Current Events w/ParliPro
• Breakout and critique of DR#1 Part I; introduction to Writing Draft Resolutions: Part 2; assignment of 2nd part of DR#1
• Practice: Debating a Resolution
• Case study TBA
  

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Nov. 24

• Current Events w/ParliPro
• Breakout and critique of DR#1 Part 2; assignment of DR#2
• Case study TBA
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Dec. 8
• Current Event

• Critique and Peer Review of DR#2; assignment of DR#3

• Case Study TBA

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Dec. 15 

• Current Event w/ParliPro

• Peer Review of DR#3

Case Study TBA

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Jan. 14  Final Preparations!
• Current Event

• Final draft of best Resolution due

Peer selection of best resolutions

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