This simulation is intended to accomplish several objectives. Providing students opportunities to interact on a real-time basis. Improving students' abilities to manipulate computers. Applying computer skills and basic academic skills to thinking about Social Studies and Science applications. A new topic will be posed each month for that purpose.
Students decide whether to be democracies, oligarchies, monarchies, republics, etc.
They also experiment with economic issues since the nation must have a currency, and teachers can utilize the concept of paying for services as part of a classroom management program if they so desire. With the use of the EUN, teachers continue the learning opportunities which began with the establishment of their nation. They will have an opportunity each month to engage their students in studying a topic generally drawn from either the Sciences or the Social Studies. Students would first study the topic, then they would be asked to debate the issue in their classroom and decide what sort of action their classroom country advocates. Since the EUN is made up of member classroom nations, events which are really happening in the world can provide the basis very frequently for monthly topics.