The third prep session for the Civitas Global Conference on "Who Gets To Belong to the Nuclear Club?" took place last Saturday at Crossroads School.  We had a wonderful PowerPoint presentation created by Gloria to start things off.  It provided considerable information on the current state of the "nuclear race."  We suggest to all participants that they download the PowerPoint so that they can study this important information.  The downloadable copy also includes hyperlinks that will take you to important resource sites.  You can download the PowerPoint by clicking here.  Some of you may not have the PowerPoint program.  However, do not fear.  You can still view the PowerPoint presentation (at least you can if you have a PC) by using a small program called PowerPoint Viewer.  In order to download the program by clicking here.


We also had a simulation in preparation for the conference.  Students were representatives of fictional medieval towns and had to allocate scarce resources within their communities.  Once one town allocated far more money to military expenses than any of the others, then an arms race began among the five towns.  The purpose of the simulation was to demonstrate how easy it is for the best-intentioned people to fall into the trap of an arms race -- even a nuclear arms race.  This should be good preparation for the upcoming conference.

We did not watch any of the movies that we had ready for the prep session.  We were just having too much fun to get to the flicks.  In any case, we'll have one or several of them ready for anyone who might want to view them on the Friday night of the conference (Feb. 16).

If you feel that you need more help with preparation for the conference (particularly if you have not been able to attend the prep sessions), we will have an on-line webinar for you next Tuesday evening, February 13, from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM.  Here's the gig: we'll give you a link to a site on our intranet where we will present information to you related to the conference.  This will include important documents, perhaps the PowerPoint, links to key resources, etc.  We'll also give you an '800' phone number where you can call in and this will truly be a comprehensive audio-visual learning experience.  Once you tell us that you want to "attend" this seminar (from the comfort of your own home, or wherever else is convenient), we will send you the link and the '800' number.  If you are interested, please e-mail us now at [email protected].

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