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Volume 7: Summer 1: Global Education Project: Child Mortality: Martha's Story, The Impact of Armed Conflict (Grades 10-12)	Printer Friendly Version

Martha's Story: The Impact of Armed Conflict (Grades 10-12)

http://www.unicefusa.org/atf/cf/%7BB35DBA70-2A32-4E25-999B-FA3A590864DB%7D/MarthaHS.pdf

Although this resource comes from the same agency and features many of the same activities, there is enough of a difference between this version and the previous one to rate its own review.  

UNICEF USA has developed this resource for use in grades 10-12.   The objectives of the lessons include raising students' awareness of armed conflict on civilians, increasing students' understanding of effect of armed conflict on children, and exploring solutions and programs that can assist children and teens in times of armed conflict.

Activities in this set of lessons include an introductory quiz to raise awareness, viewing an on-line video, listening to an interview with a UNICEF official, examining statistics, designing and developing a potential assistance program, working on case studies, and examining different types of intervention strategies.

All of the necessary handouts, evaluation strategies, etc. are easy to find except for the video.   The video is located at http://www.unicefusa.org/site/c.duLRI8O0H/b.2241559/k.5D70/Marthas_Story_High_school_resources.htm .   

This lesson would be useful for students in grade 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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