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Curriculum Materials
Key to any Model UN program is a strong curriculum that engages students in the intricacies of the activity. Raise Your Placard hopes to combine Model UN strategy with international relations to create an enriching and educational experience for students.
Curriculum Materials
Key to any Model UN program is a strong curriculum that engages students in the intricacies of the activity. Raise Your Placard hopes to combine Model UN strategy with international relations to create an enriching and educational experience for students.

Intro to Model UN
As a preface to our program, students will learn about essential aspects of Model UN, such as parliamentary procedure, the timeline of a committee, and the format of working papers and resolutions.

Research
Students will learn how to properly research countries and their stances on various issues. Using this information, they will learn how to craft strong position papers for the conferences they attend.

Public Speaking
To present what they found in their research, students will learn how to captivate their committee rooms through their speeches. Additionally, students will learn about policy proposals in moderated caucuses.

Argumentation & Negotiation
Key to Model UN is the notion of collaboration. To emphasize this, students will not only learn how to defend their countries' stances, but also how to become leaders in their committees and bring others together.

International Relations
Through the Council of Foreign Relations' World 101, students will become informed on a plethora of fields relating to geopolitcs, such as cybercrime, global health, and terrorism.
Simulation Briefs
Outside of conferences, there are limited opportunities for students to get a feel for the committee setting. To remedy the lack of training opportunities, Raise Your Placard will release Simulation Briefs every month, containing everything necessary to hold mock committees — from research materials to placards!