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Remember
September 11
Middle
School (6-8)
Lesson Plans
Facts
About Terrorism and War (rm08)
Objectives
Students
will:
- Brainstorm,
compare and discuss their perceptions of war
or armed conflict.
- Write
and perform choral readings to share and analyze
their perceptions of war.
- Design
rules of humanitarian behavior toward vulnerable
people and compare these rules with the Geneva
Conventions.
- Search
the media to discover and map areas in which
families might be separated because of disaster
or armed conflict.
- Write
messages and responses, acting as family members
separated during disaster or armed conflict
in the world today.
Purpose
- To
recognize that during times of disaster or war
there are vulnerable people who need help and
protection and that there are rules and principles
to address these needs.
Key
Terms and Concepts
- laws
- protections
- vulnerable
- people
- combatants
- civilians
- protected
- symbols
- tracing
- refugees
- war
- surrender
- prisoner
of war (POW)
- Geneva
Conventions and Additional Protocols
Activities
- "Perceptions
of War"
- Rules
for Humanitarian Protection"
- "Finding
Your Family"
Home
Connection
Linking
Across the Curriculum
- Social
Studies/Media Literacy
- History
Teaching
Note
During
war, or when acts of terrorism occur, students
have some hard questions. To help you find a way
to answer these questions, please see Background
for the
Teacher.
Most
nations agree that in times of war there should
be rules to protect groups of people, including
children and other civilians, from the fighting.
These rules are found in international humanitarian
laws like the Geneva Conventions. Symbols such
as the red cross, red crescent and red shield
of David legally identify humanitarian organizations,
such as the Red Cross, that remind everyone that
innocent people should be protected from harm.
Acts of terrorism violate or go against all humanitarian
rules and behavior.
The
activities in this lesson plan are meant to help
students understand that even during the most
tragic events, there are people to help those
affected by the tragedy and humanitarian rules
by which people live.
Files
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This
Lesson Plan was contributed by the American Red
Cross.
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