Child Soldiers

For block day, students completed the activities on Congolese Independence. I have the related handouts available in my class. After, students watched several slideshows about child soldiers and resource-related conflicts in Central Africa (i.e. The LRA in Uganda). Students also began learning about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Below are the links to the slideshows the students viewed:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/15/world/africa/20081115-congo/index.html?scp=3&sq=congo&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/02/23/world/20090223CONGO_index.html?scp=5&sq=congo&st=cse

http://www.amnestyusa.org/children/child-soldiers/photo-exhibit/page.do?id=1181009

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/04/10/world/africa/1247467554547/on-the-hunt-for-joseph-kony.html?scp=9&sq=uganda&st=cse