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Educators Resources

• The Art for Afghanistan (PDF, 3.7mb) kit teaches students about the importance of work and education through the challenges faced by Afghan widows and wounded.
• The DOLLAR A DAY (PDF, 7.8mb) campaign kit
• Exploring Humanitarian Law Virtual Campus: The Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) Virtual Campus is a web-based resource centre and online community for the EHL education program. The function of the virtual campus is to help teachers as they introduce the basic principles of international humanitarian law to students in secondary schools. A wide range of teaching resources is available on the website, such as learning modules, workshops, training videos and an online discussion forum.
• Facing Fear: With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the increasing number of “terrorist events” reported by the media, the last few years have caused anxiety and concern among Canadian youth. Teachers felt they were lacking appropriate tools to address these issues. Facing Fear is flexible curriculum aimed at helping young people aged 5-16 be prepared for disasters and deal with the aftermath of war, terrorism and tragic events, whether they occur at home or elsewhere in the world.
• Children and War Lesson Plans
  Below are also four activities that our colleagues at the British Red Cross have designed, which you might find useful for raising awareness and the plight of children in war.
  Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers (PDF): This is a lesson plan for younger youth. It includes facts, pictures, discussion questions, a handout, ideas for extension activities and more.
  Children in Conflict: Refugees or Internally-Displaced Persons (PDF): This is a lesson plan for older youth and it focuses on the impact of displacement on children, whether it be as refugees (forced to flee into another country), or internally-displaced people (forced to flee elsewhere within the country). It also looks at the differences between these two populations and what life might be like in a refugee camp through the eyes of a child. An alternative lesson plan that covers much of the same content but in a different format with more challenging questions and activities can be downloaded here.
  Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers, Landmines and Orphans (PDF): This lesson plan is quite similar to the Children in Conflict: Child Soldiers lesson plan that is linked above, but this one is intended for older children as it covers more material, including a detailed section on landmines.
  Children in Conflict: Victim or Perpetrator? (PDF): This is an interesting lesson plan for older children, dealing particularly with notions of blame in relation to child soldiers: who (if anyone) is to blame for some of the crimes that child soldiers commit? This lesson includes three activities based on case studies and options for extension activities.
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Videos

• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Types of Mines
• Mines as Weapons of Terror
• Mine Clearence Techniques 
• Rehabilitation
• Economic costs of landmine proliferation
• Social Costs of Landmines
• Impact on Relief Programs

Youth Resources

• What Is International Humanitarian Law? - A one page Info sheet that is ideal for distribution during fundraisers or Awareness campaigns. Just click and print.
• Why Canadians Should Care About International Humanitarian Law - 10 points on why Canadians should know and care about International Humanitarian Law.  These points can be used during awareness raising events.
• UNHCR Refugee Game/Simulation
• Get to the Market - This is a 10-minute activity, which is suitable for all ages. Although it is not a full-blown physical simulation of a mine-affected community, it can help to convey at least a sense of the difficulties and dangers posed by landmines. 
• International Humanitarian Law in 10 Minutes - A 10 minute exercise to demonstrate to participants the motivation conflicting parties have to protect non-combatants from harm.

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Posted February 1, 2008/Updated July 20, 2010