ASSIGNMENTS

Arabs and Zionists

Each student from the Arab and Zionist factions will give at least 1 formal speech and write 1 formal paper on the UNSCOP options being debated. Factions should divide the workload such that at least 2-3 members speak on each day/UNSCOP option (see below). Faction members should vary the foundations of their arguments in order to provide the broadest case positions possible. Types of arguments to be made include:

• One student could make a historical argument

• Another could make a legal argument

• Another could make a political argument

• Another could make a moral argument

• Another could make a religious argument

• Another could make an economic argument

• Etc.

UNSCOP

Each member of the UNSCOP will give 1 speech during game play session #5 which explains which of the UNSCOP options he supports and why. UNSCOP speeches should be done in this order:

1. Canada – Justice Ivan Rand

2. India – Sir Abdur Rahman

3. Guatemala – Jorge G. Granados

4. Iran – Nasrollah Entazam

5. Uruguay – Enrique R. Fabregat

6. Australia – John Hood

7. Czechoslovakia – Karel Lisicky

8. Netherlands – Dr. N.S. Blom

9. Peru – Alberta Ulloa

10. Yugoslavia – Vladimir Simic

11. Sweden – Emile Sandstrom, Chair (NOTE: Since he is Chair, Mr. Sandstrom should go last – even in small classes with fewer than 11 UNSCOP members).

At the end of the UNSCOP speeches, both factions will know how the Committee is leaning. The remainder of the class should be devoted to replies and “lobbying” to change minds/votes.

Session #6 is the last chance for members of the factions to give speeches and debate in an attempt to persuade the UNSCOP members to vote in their favor. Roughly half-way through Session #6, Dr. Bunche and Mr. Sanstrom will take a formal vote of the UNSCOP members to determine whether the AHC or Zionists win (or both, or neither).

After the UNSCOP vote has been taken,, Dr. Bunche will then take a vote of the AHC and the Zionists to determine if no/some/all members of those factions support the recommendations of the UNSCOP, which will determine whether the UNSCOP (and Dr. Bunche) win.

At the beginning of Post-Mortem session (#7), the Gamemaster will announce what the UN General Assembly voted to do with the UNSCOP recommendations.

Journalists

Each journalist will give a media (newspaper or radio) report at the beginning of each class session about what happened in the previous USNCOP session. For example, journalists will report about what happened during the “Option A” debate session at the start of the “Option B” session. Mr. Touma and Ms. Gruber should use this opportunity to sway the opinions of the UNSCOP members in favor of their respective factions. Ms. Hollingworth should attempt to remain neutral and report “just the facts.”

If either Mr. Touma’s faction (the AHC) or Ms. Gruber’s faction (the Zionists) wins the game, and the GM determines that the UNSCOP was persuaded in part by the journalists’ powerful reports, the GM may reward the winning-team journalist with bonus points.

Regardless, in addition, there is a separate competition between all of the journalists for a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. At the end of the game (typically session #7), all students will vote on who did the best reporting – and the journalist who gets the most votes wins the Pulitzer.