Simulation Procedure and Rules

Your Goal
1. Your task for the simulation is to reach your country's goal. You will write your initial goal on the worksheet
when the simulation begins. Your goal does not have to remain stagnant. It can frequently change. When your
goal changes, you must re-write your goal on your worksheet.

How you learn about information?

1. Headlines
a. A country has to write headlines roughly every 10 minutes. (You will be provided a minimum number of
headlines you must write by the end of the hour.) Whenever you do something important you must
create a headline. Headlines are a way to communicate and persuade/influence/manipulate/deceive
other countries. Headlines will inform countries on how countries are reacting to situations. They can
be very simple or very complex. A simple headline will force countries to guess what happened.
An example: The United States and China had a meeting today.
North Korea threatens ultimate destruction

Comment [A1]: One change I would make to this

simulation would be to specify that each country
needs to create a realistic goal based off research
on that country. They then need to proceed with
that goal in mind and helping to drive decisions. In
particular I could focus on iimplementing
organizational routines, procedures, and strategies
better to keep the students more focused on the
goal of the activity.
Comment [A2]: This goal gave the students a
focus for the simulation. The goal gave them a
target for the activity, which in turn supported our
goal to practice diplomacy. This shows a general
idea of how the activity displayed the high-leverage
practice of enacting a task to support a goal.
Comment [A3]: This is a portion of the
simulation that allows for formative assessment to
check on the students progress, work, and
understanding. This aligns with the practice of
assessing student learning on an ongoing basis.

Comment [A4]: The examples for the headlines

gave the students clear ideas about what they were
expected to write and see from their fellow
classmates on the headline list.

A complex headline will be very specific and not lead to any confusion.
An example: China has stopped all food aid to North Korea until they stop nuclear testing.
Headlines from the associated press will be written by Mr. Field and Ms. Adsit. They will always be 100%
accurate information.
2. Intelligence
a. You will receive intelligence reports throughout the simulation. The information can be anything from
pictures to written messages. Their accuracy cannot always be trusted.
3. Talking to other nations
a. You can learn information from holding meetings with other countries. Other countries can choose to
disclose their intelligence reports or not. Beware though. The information does not always have to be
correct.

Comment [A5]: This was a great way for

students to collaborate and get firsthand experience
with their diplomacy skills.

Country's Options
1. How to hold a private conversation with another country?
a. Your country's advisor must send an invitation to hold a meeting.
b. The country can either reject or accept your invitation. They do not have to talk to you.
c. If the country accepts an invitation, only the presidents/leader have to be present at the meeting but all
can attend if they wish.
i. Advisors can do other tasks like arrange other meetings with other countries etc.
d. After your meeting each country's advisor must write a headline.
i. It can be as simple or as complex as you wish.

Comment [A6]: This was a way to check on

participation and to check on the progress countries
were making in the simulation.

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2. How to hold a conference?
a. Your country's advisors must send an invitations to all the countries that you wish to be present at the
conference. The hosting country will name the conference.
b. The countries can either reject or accept your invitation. They do not have to talk to you.
c. If the country accepts an invitation, only the presidents/leader have to be present at the meeting but all
can attend if they wish.
i. Advisors can do other tasks like arrange other meetings with other countries etc.
d. After your meeting each countries' advisor must write a headline.
i. It can be as simple or as complex as you wish.

Comment [A7]: This gave the students an

organized way to practice their skills. By not
worrying about how the conference should be
conducted they could worry about how they would
work with the other nations.

3. How to create a pact or treaty?

a. Draft a document of the details of your pact or treaty.
b. All presidents/leaders must sign document.
i. Examples: Non-Aggression Pact
Military Support Pact
Peace Treaty

Comment [A8]: This was another way to check

the students though the activity. You could see the
decisions they were making for their country and if
those were logical and effective decisions.

4. How to perform an action?

a. Countries can perform certain actions for example UN can place sanctions on North Korea or countries
can send military or food aid to the any country they please.
b. In order to announce what action that you want to perform, write a headline to announce it.
Suggested Actions:

You can place sanctions on a country.

You can place economic restrictions on a country.
You can remove aid from a country.
You can militarily attack a nation.
you can create peace treaties.
You can create pacts with a country.
You can create alliances with a country.
You can place missile defense around your cities.
You can evacuate cities.
You can evacuate your government.
You can launch nuclear missiles at a country.

Comment [A9]: This allows the students to see

possibilities. When the students understand some
possibilities of what they are capable of doing, it can
facilitate them in pushing their thinking and
decisions to another level and critically think. It can
help them spark new creative ideas to try.

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Character Roles
President/Leader Role:
Your role is to lead your country. You are the only person who must be present when talking to other
nation Presidents, attend meetings or conferences. You are the person who makes the final decision for your
country on how to proceed to each situation.

Comment [A10]: The roles for the

President/Leader and the Advisors also gave the
students a goal to focus on. Each of these gave the
students a more specific focus to practice their skills
of diplomacy. This was in an effort to make sure the
activity was not too overwhelming with choices and
roles to play.

Advisors role:
Your role is to aid your president/leader in making decisions. You are responsible for setting up
meetings for your president with other countries. You will do this by sending invitations to other countries.
After each meeting you will have to write a headline. You can also attend the meetings. You are also
responsible for also writing headlines when needed.

What you will be graded on...

Goal Sheet
A clear, realistic, objective goal.
Goals change based upon changing events.
Headlines and Meeting/Conference requests align with your goals.
Participation
We will be evaluating individual work effort throughout the simulation.
Headlines
Reach the minimum required number of headlines by the end of the hour.
Logical, Responsive, Goal Oriented
Correct spelling
Meeting Request Sheets
A consistent effort of your country to establish relations with other countries in an
effort to reach your goal.

Comment [A11]: Each of these assessments

provided me an opportunity to check the students
understanding before, during, and after the
simulation. These assessments are a great example
of the high-leverage practice of assessing learning
on and ongoing basis.
Comment [A12]: Again I would like to specify
what realistic meant and possibly provide an
example to try to keep the students focused to play
out the situation in the most realistic fashion we
could.

Comment [A13]: The language on the rubric

could have been more specified to ensure
understanding of the expectations.