Model United Nations (UNA-USA) Simulations help students the
knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for success in the
world at large. They provide a safe playing field for students
to try new roles, skills, and responsibilities. Simulations have
proven to be an important tool to developing many aspects of
global competence. They motivate students through real-world,
relevant events. Simulations also compel students to combine
content knowledge with critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Role-playing exercises may be part of the human condition.
Experts believe that when children play, they often take on the
role of someone older--often a parent or a professional. Child
development specialists explain that this is simply a way for
children to make sense of the world. Practicing different
outcomes makes people, however young, understand variables and
make them more comfortable in different situations. Schools have
used simulations for a long time. School newspapers and drama
clubs, just to name two exampl