To help students internalize this concept, individual classroom countries will pledge the amount of support they will give to a specific proposal. The pledge will be in the form of their own imaginary classroom currency. The country leaders must remove the pledged amount of money from their economy. They can do this through taxes, donations, etc. Then the money is transfered to the Electronic United Nations. For comparative purposes, a monetary exchange then converts the classroom currency to a common denominator so countries can see each member's relative support for the issue at hand. A record is kept of the amount pledged and monies received. In this manner, over a year's time, students can see how the issues they want to support can very quickly add up and the effect that will have on local taxes.
