Martha's Story: Middle school resources
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Background
- More info on children and armed conflict
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_armedconflict.html
http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/profiles/conflict.php.
http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Armed_Conflict.pdf
- More information on UNICEF's work in Sierra Leone
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sierraleone.html
- An article specifically on post-war education
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sierraleone_30628.html
Interdisciplinary Connections
- Math: Statistical tables on education from the State of the World's Children 2006 report
http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/pdfs/sowc06_table5.pdf
Lesson 1: War—Children's Views
- The full text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC )
http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
- A short version of the CRC
http://www.unicef.org/magic/media/documents/what_rights_flyer_english.pdf
- More about the Optional Protocol
http://www.unicef.org/crc/index_30203.html
- The full text the Optional Protocol
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/protocolchild.htm
Lesson 2: The Costs of Armed Conflict
- "Child Mortality and Armed Conflict" from The State of the World's Children 2006
http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/pdfs/figure2_3.pdf
- Information on UNICEF programs in the Middle East and North African regions
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/northafrica.html.
WORKING IT OUT
- Search for information by country at http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
- Specific countries that have recently been in the news, and may be of interest to students, include:
Iraq: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/iraq.html
Sudan: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sudan.html
West Bank and Gaza: http://www.unicef.org/oPt/
- An over view of UNICEF's "School in a Box"
http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_cpe_education.html
- A short video on "School in a Box"
http://www.unicef.org/supply/kits_flash/schoolinabox/
- A detailed description of what is in the kits
http://www.unicef.org/supply/files/TechBulletinSIB.pdf
- Information about the MDGS
http://www.unicef.org/mdg/
- UNICEF's Voices of Youth website
http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/mdg/explore_2204.html
- Information about UNICEF's work to educate children about landmines, and help children who have become disabled by landmines
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_landmines.html
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_24002.html
- UNICEF's work with child soldiers
http://www.unicef.org/protection/childsoldiers.pdf http://www.unicef.org/media/media_pr_childsoldiers.html
- Child mortality and armed conflict: from The State of the World's Children 2006 Report
http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/pdfs/figure2_3.pdf
HANDOUTS
- Elementary School Attendance Rates (Percentages) in Countries at War (1999-2004) from The State of the World's Children 2006 Report
http://www.unicef.org/sowc06/pdfs/sowc06_table5.pdf
- For more information on UNICEF's work in Afghanistan
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_35890.html
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_33948.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/media_35196.html
http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/e0973unicef.pdf
UNICEF at Work in War-Affected Countries
- For more information on UNICEF's work in Colombia
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/colombia.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/files/HAR06_COLOMBIA.pdf
http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Armed_Groups.pdf
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/files/Colombia_DU_19apr06.pdf
- For more information on UNICEF's work in Lebanon
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_35145.html
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_35640.html
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_35455.html
http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_35274.html
- For more information on UNICEF's work in Timor-Leste
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Timorleste_35194.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Timorleste_34806.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Timorleste_34712.html
