Children and War
Images of Children and War (worksheet #1)
Please go to the following site:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/warpics.html
Here are several pictures that were drawn by children of the former
Yugoslavia. Looked at all of them and select three pictures that you think best
represent the way children see war. Print the three pictures.
1. Be sure to write who painted or drew each picture, how old he or she is
and where it was drawn or painted.
a. ____________________ _________ _____________________
b. ____________________ _________ _____________________
c. ____________________ _________ _____________________
2. Write what the boy or girl is trying to tell us through the picture.
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b.__________________________________________________________
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c.__________________________________________________________
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3. Write the reason why you chose these pictures.
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Children and War
Photos of Children and War (Worksheet #2)
Go to the following site:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/warphoto.html
Look at the photographs hat show children who are involved in military
conflicts. Write one sentence about each picture.
Picture #1____________________________________________________
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Picture #2 ___________________________________________________
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Picture #3 ___________________________________________________
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Picture #4 ___________________________________________________
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Picture #5 ___________________________________________________
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Picture #6 ___________________________________________________
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Choose three of the pictures that you think best represent the problem. Print
these three pictures.
Who and what is shown in each picture and why did you pick this picture?
Picture #1______________________________________________________
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Picture #2 _____________________________________________________
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Picture #3 _____________________________________________________
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More about Children and War (Worksheet #3)
Please go to the following site:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/war-exp2.html
Answer the following questions:
1. “Decade” is a word that means ten years. Keeping that in mind fill in
the numbers missing from the following:
a. In an average year about _______________ children are killed
in wars.
b. Up to ________________ children have been permanently
injured in wars during each of the past ten years.
c. Every year another ____________________ children lose their
homes because of war.
d. The parents of ____________________children are killed or
separated from their children because of war every year.
e. Every year war causes serious mental damage to
________________ children.
2. What is a “child soldier”?
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3. In 1995, how many displaced persons or refugees were women and
children? __________
4. What are some of the causes of emotional trauma suffered by children
in war?
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Children and War (Worksheet #4)
Anti War Agenda
Please go to the following site:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/war/war-exp3.html
Answer the following:
1. What is the contradiction that UNICEF sees in the involvement of
children in war?
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2. What is the main role that UNICEF sees itself playing when children
are involved in war?
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3. UNICEF has a ten point agenda for dealing with war. List all ten points:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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vi. __________________
vii __________________
viii __________________
ix. __________________
x ___________________
4. Explain what UNICEF will do on the following three points of its
agenda:
a. Girls and Women
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b. Child Soldiers
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c. Children as Zones of Peace
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Children and War (worksheet #5)
Comments about the problem
Please go to the following site:
http://www.unicef.org/voy/cgi-bin/zdisc.cgi?index_lessrep_date_all_all
Look for the letter that was written by Emmanuel Tongun, which is dated
November 18, 2000. Open the letter and answer the following questions:
1. What war is Emmanuel writing about?
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2. Have you ever heard about this war?
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3. Who is fighting in this war and what are they fighting about?
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4. Why does Emmanuel think that no one cares about this war?
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5. Why is Emmanuel especially critical of the United Nations?
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6. What do you think can be done to improve the situation?
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