CHILDREN RIGHTS

Armed Conflict
Talk about…
Quiz
Think and answer…
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

1. What percentage of the casualties in World War I

were civilians?

 a. 15%

 b. 50%

 c. 90%
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

2. What percentage of the casualties in wars today

are civilians?

 a. 15%

 b. 50%

 c. 90%
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

3. Of today’s civilian war casualties, what

percentage are children?

 a. 15%

 b. 50%

 c. 90%
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

4. Approximately how many children worldwide are

currently serving as child soldiers?

 a. 100,000

 b. 300,000

 c. 750,000
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

5. How many children have died because of war in

the past 10 years?

 a. 500,000

 b. 1 million

 c. 2 million
What Do You Already Know About Children
and Armed Conflict?

6. How many children have been forced to flee their

homes because of armed conflict in the past 10
years?

 a. 2 million

 b. 8 million

 c. 20 million
Case Study
Meet Martha…
Case Study
Class Discussion
Discuss the following questions in your
group…
Class Discussion
 In what ways does Martha’s life seem similar to
that of other children her age?
 What are the ways that losing her father to
armed conflict affected Martha?
 What are the qualities that seem to help her
cope with this situation?
 Why do you think it is so important to Martha
to go to school?
Structure
Notice the following…
Structure – What voice is
that?
 “Martha’s village was occupied by rebels.”

 “Over 10,000 children were directly affected by

this war.”

 “Children recruited as soldiers, are denied an

education and protection.”
 Structure - How is it built?
Active Voice Martha’soccupied
Rebels village wasMartha’s
occupied byvillage.
rebels.

Passive Voice

Auxiliar Verb Main Verb

to be Past Participle
– in the tense of
the active voice
Structure – …with other tenses

 Simple Past
 Martha’s village was
occupied by rebels.
 Present Simple  Is occupied
 Present Continuous  Is being occupied
 Present Perfect  Has been occupied
 Past Continuous  Was being occupied
 Futur – “will”  Will be occupied
 Futur – “going to”  Is going to be occupied
Structure - …with Modal
Verbs.
Martha should be given the opportunity to study.

Modal Verb be Main Verb

Past Participle
Vocabulary
Look at the following image…
Brainstorm concerning Armed Conflict

Negative Aspects Positive Aspects

e.g. misery, … e.g. justice, …
Brainstorming
Let’s do something about it!
What can we do?
 Make cardboards
 Organise a demonstration
 Organise an exposition
 Make interviews
 Raise funds
 Write some sentences in groups
 The best sentences will be printed in Tshirts to sell
 The funds will go to Martha through the Unicef
 Check out this site from Unicef: VOY