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Resource guide - News in review - CBC Learning

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OCTOBER 2012 — CRISIS IN SYRIA<br />

Step One: Your emotional reaction<br />

Highlight the portion of each story that causes the strongest emotional reaction for you. In two to three<br />

sentences, describe why you chose each passage?<br />

Step Two: Empathize with the victims<br />

How will the events described <strong>in</strong> each story change the lives of the people who witnessed or experienced<br />

these events?<br />

Step Three: What should be done?<br />

The stories demonstrate a willful disregard for human dignity and life. What should be done to protect the<br />

lives of children <strong>in</strong> Syria?<br />

Further Exploration<br />

Go to the Save the Children website and read Untold Atrocities (Note: The stories are very<br />

disturb<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>credibly heartbreak<strong>in</strong>g. Please keep this <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d as you read the full report).<br />

How does read<strong>in</strong>g the full report put the crisis <strong>in</strong> Syria <strong>in</strong> perspective? How has the <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

changed the way you see the crisis?<br />

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