Remember
September 11
High
School (9-12)
Lesson Plans
Facts
About Terrorism and War (rh08)
Objectives
Students
will:
- Brainstorm,
compare and discuss their perceptions of war
or armed conflict.
- Write
and perform choral readings to share and analyze
perceptions of war.
- Work
in committees to design rules of humanitarian
behavior toward vulnerable people and compare
these rules with the Geneva Conventions.
- Search
the media to discover and map areas in which
families might be separated because of disaster
or armed conflict.
- Write
messages and responses, acting as family members
separated during disaster or war (armed conflict)
in the world today.
Purpose
- To
recognize that during times of disaster or war
there are vulnerable people who need help and
protection and that there are rules and principles
to address these needs.
Key
Terms and Concepts
- humanitarian
law
- protections
- vulnerable
people
- combatants
- civilians
- war
- protected
symbols
- tracing
- refugees
- principles
- humanitarian
organizations
- prisoner
of war (POW)
- Geneva
Conventions and Additional Protocols
Activities
- “Perceptions
of War”
- “The
_________________Conventions”
- “Finding
Your Family”
Home
Connection
- How
Do We Help?
Linking
Across the Curriculum
- Social
Studies/Media Literacy
- History
Most
nations agree that in times of war there should
be rules to protect groups of people, including
children and other civilians, from the fighting.
These rules are found in international humanitarian
laws like the Geneva Conventions. Symbols such
as the red cross, red crescent or red shield of
David legally identify humanitarian organizations
that remind everyone that innocent people should
be protected from harm. Acts of terrorism violate
all humanitarian rules and behavior.
The
activities within this lesson plan are meant to
guide students to understand that even during
the most tragic events, there are people to help
those affected by the tragedy and humanitarian
rules by which people live.
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Plan
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This
Lesson Plan was contributed by the American Red
Cross.