ETHS Model United

Nations

What is MUN?
ET MUN is a 4-year
co-curricular
history honors
program that
meets all history
department
requirements
except Economics.

MUN at ETHS
9th grade: Honors
Cultural Geography/MUN
(Nicole Roloff)
10th grade: Honors World
History/MUN (Erin
Maguire)
11th grade: Honors US
History/MUN (Jeff
Houston)
12th grade: IB History of
the Americas (Beth
Anderson)

What do MUN students do?

MUN involves
representing an assigned
country at a
conference held by
another high school or
college.
Students argue for that
nations position while
sitting in a UN
committee, such as the
Security Council or the
World Health
Organization.

What happens at a
conference?
Professional Dress
Roll call and
introductory
speeches
Caucus, or
negotiation
More speeches
Resolution writing
Voting bloc

MUN vs AP
research
speaking
diplomacy and
negotiation
argumentation
perspective and
point of view
depth
more creative

Reading
listening
AP Style writing
historical skills
breadth
Historical
Thinking
more formulaic

Who Should Take MUN?

High-level students
Students who like
to speak
Students who enjoy
flexibility and
problem solving
Students who want
to combine an
extracurricular with
their honors class.

Why take MUN?

MUN has proved to be such an asset (even in a highly
technical major). During my time in MUN I learned how
to research well and write papers quickly, which is
advantageous in general ed classes. More than that it
gave me the presentation skills necessary to help me
succeed in presentations in my major, at a previous
internship, and to simply be heard and understood in
class discussion. Furthermore, it gave me a general
sense of international relations that play a key role in
understanding events that continue to unfold. I am so
thankful that I chose to do MUN in high school and
highly recommend it!
Erin Griffin

 I learned to see the world from a perspective

beyond what I read in news articles and blogs.
Being in MUN, I realized that there always two,
three or ten sides to a story and in particular
those stories that we read of our history. I
learned that taking actions out of context is
like living with permanent tunnel vision and a
maximum zoom and to really understand the
whole picture, we have to take several steps
back and look widely.
Dinali Mallikage

 MUN helped me improve my public speaking,

research, and writing skills. It has also helped
me get involved in college, which has lead to
opportunities for me as a leader in several oncampus organizations. It also helped me stand
out in group interviews, which led to my
current job as an RA. Learning how to work
with other people, which is heavily emphasized
in MUN, has also helped me in my RA position
and has been well received in interviews.
Stefanie Roman

Recent MUN graduates have

attended

Yale
West Point
Cornell
Notre Dame
UCLA, UC Berkeley,
and UC San Diego
USC
And many more, of
course!

Conferences 2015-2016

Tustin High School 11/21-11/22

Capo Valley High School 12/12
Mission Viejo High School 1/16-1/17
Laguna Hills High School 2/20
Laguna Beach High School 3/12
El Toro Conference 3/19
UCSD 4/23-4/24 (travel conference)

Please pick up students on time!

Conference Dress Code

Professional Attire

Expenses
Advisor Stipend $4400
(two are covered by the
district, we need to
fundraise for two)

School Fees: $40-$70

per conference
Miscellaneous: bus,
banquet, year-end
gifts, senior
scholarships

Tustin: $25/$40
Capo Valley: $20
MVHS: $25/$40
Laguna Hills: $20
NAIMUN: $90
Laguna Beach: $15
UCSD: $40

Please donate!

Your donation is crucial to keeping

MUN a viable program at ETHS!
Thank you so much for your support!