[twigs]

This is not just a model for gifted students. When I visited some social studies classes in a Middle School several years ago, the big project the 7th graders were working on was taking a country and presenting their plan to the UN (their class) for aid and having the UN vote on the better plan. An international relations course in an area high school that year was showing films--all from the UN. They were propagandist garbage with an "objective" label. These aren't bad schools either. Our kids are bombarded with this stuff.

[ewing]

I cannot believe UN propoganda films are being shown in schools, but that is probably tame nowadays...

[rwfromkansas]

Wow.

I remember in my high school, I had an international relations game, mock run for public office (I was the prez candidate), and also a mock state legislature. Really fun stuff! I am glad we didn't do a mock U.N. though; that would have just upset me.