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Volume 7: Summer 1: Global Education Project: Child Mortality: Children Affected by Armed Conflict	Printer Friendly Version

Children Affected by Armed Conflict

http://www.savethechildren.ca/canada/resources/index.html

This resource is from Save the Children Canada.   Along with extensive background material, the lesson package comes with activities for students in grades 3-6 and 7-12.   The background material is on conflict in Columbia but the situation faced by children there can be extrapolated to children in any war affected region.

The activities for grades 7-12 include researching a newspaper article (provided) and developing a class newspaper, an interviewing role play, comparing conflicts, making global connections, and a look at the rights of children.

Different lessons would be suitable for different grades but, generally, this resource would be useful for students in Social Studies 11, Unit 1:   Human Rights.

Curriculum Links and Objectives

Social Studies 20, Unit 1:   Human Rights

•   Know that human rights are those rights that an individual is entitled to simply because she or he is human.
• Know that a human rights claim by an individual or group imposes a set of responsibilities and obligations which other individuals and groups must honour.
• Know that human rights are more than "demands for rights"; they involve a moral entitlement to the right in question which other people in society collectively have decided they will honour.
• Know that the morality of human rights is based on the humanity and the inherent dignity of the individual.
• Know that human rights are universal and as such apply to all people regardless of nationality, race, religion, political beliefs, age, or gender.

Evaluation Links

Saskatchewan teachers have been provided support resources for student assessment and evaluation from the provincial ministry of education, Saskatchewan Learning. Specifically, teachers have been provided with the document Student Evaluation: a Teacher Handbook, in print format. Chapter 4 on specific student assessment techniques contains a variety of ready-made rubrics, rating scales, checklists, portfolio set-ups and templates that could be adapted to each task developed in your classroom. This resource is available on-line at: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/evergreen/policy/studeval/chap4001.html. The simple templates outlined on this Saskatchewan Learning site, will help you tailor your assessment to match any activity and ensure that your objectives are being met.

Another source of easily adaptable evaluation material is Discovery School located at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html.  The site has both subject specific evaluation tools and evaluation instruments for process oriented tasks.  You will also find rubric builders, portfolio evaluation instruments, graphic organizer evaluation strategies, etc. all at this site.

Another rubric generator can be found at http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/.  And, for a discussion on the value of using rubrics in the middle grades, teachers may want to go to http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html.

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