Our summits are scheduled on January 18 and 19 and the venue will be the ASTB Conference Room. Here are some steps to help you get ready for the summit.
STEP ZERO: Build up the Basics
The reading assignment for our lecture on the Middle East is Chapter 37 of History of the World by Marvin Perry.
This is the presentation that will accompany my lecture from tomorrow, January 5 to January 17. Feel free to download and print this presentation.
STEP ONE: Know your team
I announced this after Win As Much As You Can. If you missed the groupings, here it is now in its full glory.
STEP TWO: Know your objectives
Here are the twelve issues you have to resolve in the summit. The participation of individual teams may or may not be even throughout the various goals. Part of preparing for the summit is knowing which are the ones most important to you.
Here are the goals in a convenient and easy-to-print page or image.
To accompany the objectives, a HIGH-RESOLUTION map of the Middle East!
STEP THREE: Work on your COUNTRY PROFILE as a team
The country profile is a multi-section document that will serve as your main resource for the summit. Don’t think of it as just another requirement; this assignment is your primary way of learning about your country and its involvement in the Middle East simulation we’re doing.
This document is due on January 17 (Tuesday) for everyone. This will be counted as LT#1A for the 4th Quarter. (LT#1B will be after the summit.)
Submit your paper in two ways:
(1) As a PDF document via e-mail. Use the following label for both the e-mail and the file name: MES CP SECTION COUNTRY
(2) As hard copy on 8 x 11 short bond paper. Prepare a duplicate (photocopy) for your own use. Place them in a short white folder.
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE for the COUNTRY PROFILE HERE. The template also contains INSTRUCTIONS on what you’ll have to for each segment of the paper.
STEP FOUR: Appoint a CHAIRPERSON
Between you and your teammates, choose someone to sit on the main negotiating panel. This person will be in business attire (like the lawyers in the previous mock trials). The rest will serve as secretaries. Don’t be fooled by the name. You’ll be very busy during the summit.
AND LAST STEP (FOR NOW): Psyche yourself up for the summit!
PICTURE THIS! We’re simulating something that looks like this in the world out there.
Good luck! Work well, have fun, and may you take away as much as you give into this activity!
