CHILDREN RIGHTSCHILDREN RIGHTSArmed ConflictArmed Conflict

Talk about…

Think and answer…

Quiz

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

1. What percentage of the casualties in World War I were civilians?

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 90%

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

2. What percentage of the casualties in wars today are civilians?

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 90%

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

3. Of today’s civilian war casualties, what percentage are children?

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 90%

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

4. Approximately how many children worldwide are currently serving as child soldiers?

a. 100,000

b. 300,000

c. 750,000

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

5. How many children have died because of war in the past 10 years?

a. 500,000

b. 1 million

c. 2 million

What Do You Already Know About Children and Armed Conflict?

6. How many children have been forced to flee their homes because of armed conflict in the past 10 years?

a. 2 million

b. 8 million

c. 20 million

Meet Martha…

Case Study

Case Study

Discuss the following questions in your group…

Class Discussion

Class Discussion In what ways does Martha’s life seem

similar to that of other children her age?

What are the ways that losing her father to armed conflict affected Martha?

What are the qualities that seem to help her cope with this situation?

Why do you think it is so important to Martha to go to school?

Notice the following…

Structure

Structure – What voice is that? “Martha’s village was occupied by

rebels.”

“Over 10,000 children were directly affected by this war.”

“Children recruited as soldiers, are denied an education and protection.”

Structure - How is it built?

Martha’s village was occupied by rebels.

Auxiliar Verb Main Verb

to be – in the tense of the active voice

Past Participle

Passive Voice

Active Voice Rebels occupied Martha’s

village.

Structure – …with other tenses Simple Past

Present Simple Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Futur – “will” Futur – “going to”

Martha’s village was occupied by rebels.

Is occupied Is being occupied Has been occupied Was being occupied Will be occupied Is going to be

occupied

Structure - …with Modal Verbs.Martha should be given the

opportunity to study.

be Main Verb

Past Participle

Modal Verb

Look at the following image…

Vocabulary

Brainstorm concerning Armed Conflict

Negative Aspects Positive Aspects

e.g. misery, … e.g. justice, …

Let’s do something about it!

Brainstorming

What can we do? Make cardboards Organise a demonstration Organise an exposition Make interviews Raise funds

Write some sentences in groups The best sentences will be printed in

Tshirts to sell The funds will go to Martha through the

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