WW II
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http://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/index.html
United Nations - the UN
1. What is the mission of the UN? (use the handout out)
2. How did the founders of the UN try to avoid the failures of the League of Nations? (use the handout)
3. Click on the "What We Do" - List 4 areas of accomplishment of the UN.http://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/index.html
HOMEWORK:
Scroll to the bottom of the website and the section labeled “Issues” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3159028.stm
1) List the issues currently facing the UN
2) If the founders of the UN were alive today, to what extent would they be pleased with the UN today?