World Organizations Scavenger Hunt
Objective: Students will be able to discuss the establishment of the United Nations and International Declaration of Human Rights, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and their importance in shaping modern Europe and maintaining peace and international order.
Directions: Each member of your group will be assigned a world organization and will be responsible for finding specific information about it and then teaching the information to the rest of the group members.
Group Member Assignments:
Group Member A: The United Nations
Group Member B: International Monetary Fund
Group Member C: World Bank
Group Member D: GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Prior Knowledge Discussion Question:
What do you already know about the above organizations?
What would you like to know?
The United Nations
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Level 1 Questions:
What is the United Nations?
When was it created?
How many countries are members today?
Where are the U.N. headquarters?
What are the main bodies of the U.N.?
Level 2 Questions:
Why was the U.N. created? (What are the four main purposes of the U.N.)
From the list of issues the U.N. works on, what do you think is the most important?
Write two rights listed in the document, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (under “Human Rights” tab, “other resources”).
Level 3 Questions:
Why do you think they replaced the League of Nations with the U.N.?
What do you think the Security Council is responsible for?
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Level 1 Questions:
What does the IMF do?
How many countries are members?
What are three ways the IMFhelps ensure stability in the international system?
Level 2 Questions:
Why was the IMF created?
Analyze the duties of the IMF in the following types of work it does.
Level 3 Questions:
Predict why this organization was created and how it has helped the world since its creation:
World Bank
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Level 1 Questions:
What is the mission of the World Bank?
What two types of assistance does the World Bank offer?
List 2 of the five agencies the World Bank consists of and what they do.
Level 2 Questions:
Analyze examples of different projects completed in the World.
Level 3 Questions:
Predict what fivecountries in the world receive the most help from the World Bank.Find out if you are correct by looking at the map under, “Projects and Operations”. What are the three areas?
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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TRADE/gatt.htm
Level 1 Questions:
When was GATT created?
What was this agreement designed to do?
When was the WTO established?
How many countries are members?
Level 2 Questions:
Analyze who the World Trade Organization is.
Compare the two negotiations that created the WTO.
Level 3 Questions:
Predict why the World Trade Organization was created.