How does war affect children in the developing world?
Follow this Process:
Watch this news coverage about Syria as well as Sunday’s story.
Create a timeline in pairs of what a typical day in your life would be on a school day. Document everything you each do from when you wake up to when you go to sleep. Now create a timeline of what a typical day for Sunday would be like. Compare the two timelines.
Brainstorm further by choosing five key points of difference between your everyday life and that of Sunday’s. Decide how war can be blamed as a causation for these differences. Gather points from the news coverage to support your ideas.
Summarise your ideas using a presentation (video, poster, powerpoint) about the five key differences you discovered in your brainstorm. Describe what these differences could lead to in terms of opportunities later in life such as education and work.
Present one person will be in charge of describing your key points of difference, the other will explain what these differences will lead to later in life.
Take action and decide how will you use your newfound understanding to spread awareness for the living environments of children in wartorn countries?
Capture and share these outcomes using photo and/or video to inspire others.
Educator Notes
To provide further challenge:
Require groups to extend their presentation and provide case examples of children who have had limited opportunities as a result of living in a state of war. Statistics, quotes and examples are required.
To simplify:
Groups focus on immediate differences with short term impact, for example: how much harder it is to gain access to clean water, nourishing food, access to quality education or health care, etc.