Montessori Model United Nations

Katherine and Holly just completed Montessori Model UN training (representing Nepal) in preparation to take a delegation of Upper Elementary students to New York next year. The children will choose a country to represent on an issue of global importance then present with 2000 colleagues from all over the world in the UN General Assembly in New York next March. The significant difference in the Montessori approach is that it uses a consensus rather than a traditional debating format. This more closely reflects the diplomatic approach used by the UN, in which 85% of its outcomes are determined by consensus. We will spend the whole year looking at the confluence of events in twentieth century history that led to the development of the United Nations and follow it into the 21^st century. We will critically analyse its role in the world today and our country’s contributions to the 17 Sustainable Goals for 2030. We hope this will inspire some of our students to take an active interest in world affairs in the future.

Montessori Model UN

https://montessori-mun.org

UN Sustainable Development Goals

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/