UNIVERSITY

OF

SCRANTON; EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Patricia Cardoso, Zachary Morgis, Matthew Frutchey

Intro to ELL
November 29, 2015
TITLE

The United Nations

SUBJECT AREA(S)

Civics

GRADE LEVEL

9th

SUMMARY OF THE
LESSON

STANDARDS
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Students will learn about international organizations, mostly the U.N. but
other organizations such as the E.U. and A.S.E.A.N. will be taught through
direct instruction. During the second half, students will play the Crisis of
Nations game found on iCivics.com and gather, at least 5 of whatever
resource they are assigned.
PA 5.4.8.B Describe the foreign policy tools of diplomacy, economic aid,
military aid, sanctions, and treaties.
PA 5.4.8.C Explain how common problems (e.g. natural disasters, ethnic
conflict, environmental concerns) are addressed by organizations and
governments.
How do countries come together to make decisions?

ESTIMATED TIME

Students will be able to

1. Accurately identify the concepts of the complex relations between
nations by completing a 3-2-1 exit ticket using at least 4 out of 7
vocabulary words. The student will then read the exit ticket out loud.
2. Gather, at least, 5 of one resource in the "Crisis of Nations" game.
The United Nations
Veto
Security Council
General Assembly
Permanent Members
30 minutes

MATERIALS REQUIRED

SMART board

PROCEDURE

BEFORE (2 minutes):
1. How do problems in your school get solved?
2. How do countries come together to make decisions, agree, or
disagree?
- The United Nations: a global organization that promotes
international cooperation

OBJECTIVES

VOCABULARY:

DURING (10 minutes):

THE UN:
1. Created after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict
2. General assembly: main body of UN and meet yearly, members
are given opportunity to address the assembly and bring items to
the attention of the board
3. Security Council: 5 permanent members (China, US, UK, France,
Russia), 10 rotating members. Only permanent members have veto
power.
PROS AND CONS:
1. Pros:
- There have been no major world wars since
- Many international conflicts have been resolved
- They have taken on issues regarding human rights, environmental
protection, nuclear weapons, terrorism, and much more
- They have avoided nuclear war

- Peacekeeping
2. Cons:
- There is no police force, which makes it harder to carry out
resolutions and easier for defiant countries to ignore orders (ex.
when the US went to the UN to gather support for the invasion of
Iraq in 2002 with the justification of weapons of mass destruction,
the UN disagreed and told the US not to go, but the US ignored
them and invaded Iraq in 2003 anyway)
- Security Council Members have veto power and are permanent
- Many countries who contribute the most money do not have a
seat on the Security Council
OTHERS:
1. On a smaller scale there are other regional (usually by continents)
organizations that aim to solve crises and cooperate with each
other:
- EU - European Union
- AU - African Union
- ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AFTER (18 minutes):
Crisis of Nations game found on iCivics.org (15 minutes)

3-2-1 exit ticket (3 minutes)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

3-2-1, Crisis of Nations game

STUDENT RESOURCES

None

ACCOMMODATIONS

Will be followed as specified by the IEP

ASSESSMENT

3-2-1 Exit ticket