Class 9–10 · Council · Council Room

Model UN — argue a position

PATH · Scholar Council RoomMr. Arvind Sundaram·Hold a country's position and negotiate with evidence

Your one move

Two delegates argue their view, not their country's

Ananya, Varun

The rest are staying in role and building alliances with evidence.

Today's session

The hour

Instruction · 20m1:1 Talk-buddy · 10mSelf-work · 20mActivity · 10m
20min

Instruction

Speak for your country

Watch a short clip of a delegate who stays in role and one who slips. Name how you can tell the difference.

Targets the 'my view, not my country's' slip two delegates make.

10min

1:1 Talk-buddy

In role, with evidence

Pairs state their country's position on one issue and back it with one fact from the brief.

Pairs matched across opposing blocs to surface real clash.

20min

Self-work

Write your position speech

Delegates draft a one-minute position speech. Sit with Ananya and Varun to keep them in their country's voice.

Support brief highlights the country's three core interests.

10min

Activity

Two-bloc negotiation

Two blocs try to agree one line of a resolution. Each gives one thing to get one thing.

Negotiation, not debate — the win is a shared line.

Recent work & rising standard

Vikram Nair
standard

Position speech — water-sharing motion

Held his country's line and still found common ground. Real diplomacy.

Sneha Iyer
standard

Brokered one line of the resolution

Gave one point to win another. Strong negotiation instinct.

Ananya Rao
standard

Opening statement — trade bloc

Clear and confident, but drifted into her own view. This term: stay in role.

Worth a small group

Children who need a nudge on their craft this term.

Ananya Rao

Craft: own opinion replaces country's position

Varun Reddy

Craft: leaves role when challenged

Siddharth Ghosh

Craft: position not backed with evidence

Mixed-age groups

Grouped by level and interest, not by age.

Bloc — Water rights

Ananya Vikram Kavya

Bloc — Trade

Varun Sneha Naveen

Chairing & notes

Siddharth Riya Priya

Worksheets matched to each child

Your country's three interests

Target skill · Stay in role

support
  • 1.Name your country's three core interests.
  • 2.On this issue, what would your country say?
  • 3.Which fact from the brief backs that?

Draft a position speech

Target skill · Argue a set position

core
  • 1.Open with your country's stance in one line.
  • 2.Give two reasons drawn from the brief.
  • 3.End with what you want the council to do.
Needs your okay

The group

The class · 20 children

Ananya Rao

Argues her own view, not the country's

Needs support

Varun Reddy

Slips out of role under pressure

Needs support

Vikram Nair

Stays in role, builds alliances

Ahead

Sneha Iyer

Negotiates with evidence

Ahead

Siddharth Ghosh

Moving with the class

On pace

Kavya Sharma

Moving with the class

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Naveen Menon

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Riya Kulkarni

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Priya Hegde

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Aditya Shetty

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Karan Gupta

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Anjali Pai

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Rahul Kapoor

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Pooja Verma

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Aman Sheikh

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Divya Bose

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Nisha Joshi

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Ishaan Pillai

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Tara Menon

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Rohit Das

Moving with the class

On pace