Your one move
Two delegates argue their view, not their country's
The rest are staying in role and building alliances with evidence.
Today's session
The hour
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.
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.
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.
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
Position speech — water-sharing motion
Held his country's line and still found common ground. Real diplomacy.
Brokered one line of the resolution
Gave one point to win another. Strong negotiation instinct.
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
Bloc — Trade
Chairing & notes
Worksheets matched to each child
Your country's three interests
Target skill · Stay in role
- 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
- 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.
The group
The class · 20 children
Ananya Rao
Argues her own view, not the country's
Varun Reddy
Slips out of role under pressure
Vikram Nair
Stays in role, builds alliances
Sneha Iyer
Negotiates with evidence
Siddharth Ghosh
Moving with the class
Kavya Sharma
Moving with the class
Naveen Menon
Moving with the class
Riya Kulkarni
Moving with the class
Priya Hegde
Moving with the class
Aditya Shetty
Moving with the class
Karan Gupta
Moving with the class
Anjali Pai
Moving with the class
Rahul Kapoor
Moving with the class
Pooja Verma
Moving with the class
Aman Sheikh
Moving with the class
Divya Bose
Moving with the class
Nisha Joshi
Moving with the class
Ishaan Pillai
Moving with the class
Tara Menon
Moving with the class
Rohit Das
Moving with the class