New York Times Article http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/world/africa/tracing-ebolas-breakout-to-an-african-2-year-old.html?_r=0

Nova – Ebola the plague Fighters This is a video documentary about the 1997 Ebola outbreak in Zaire (present day Democrative Republic of Congo.)

New York Times – Fantastic article with graph, statistics, and answers to commonly asked questions.

Ebola – Fast Facts (CNN)

Model United Nations Syllabus

Assignments:

Week 1: Introduction to the United Nations – How to write a summary.

Week 2:   Country Reserach and Summary – Use the weblinks below to help guide your research

• Country Profiles website
• National Geographic website
• Embassy Homepages
• CIA World Factbook

Week 3:  Country Research Summary continued

Week 4:  Topic Research and Summary

Week 5:  Resolution Brainstorming and Summary

Week 6:  Position Paper due, Introduction to Resolution writing

Week 7:  Resolution Due

Week 8:  Debate

Week 9:  Debate