Caught in the Crossfire pdf - Unicef

A Social Inquiry Overview
Focus of learning/topic
Children affected by conflict.
Concepts
Child Rights (Human Rights);
Representation;
Innovation;
Development
Conceptual
Understandings
Understand how the effect of war on
children has led people to define and seek
to meet children’s rights.
Developed through
Finding out information
• How are children’s lives affected by conflict?
• What new innovations have there been to help children in
emergencies?
• How did they come about?
• Which rights are denied to children caught up in conflict?
Considering responses
and decisions
• What and who influences the decisions people make
when helping children affected by conflict?
• How does the context influence the types of responses
undertaken to respond to the rights of children in conflict
situations?
• What are the ways in which people respond to help
children in complex emergencies?
Reflecting and
evaluating
• Where or who do we get most of our information
about children affected by conflict from?
• How does looking at what happens to children
involved in conflict help us to understand why
people feel the need to define and seek the rights
of children?
• What impacts do or could new innovations
have on meeting the rights of children
effected by conflict?
Further inquiry within future learning
Further inquiry within the current focus of learning
So what?
Exploring values and perspectives
• After analysing media articles about conflict think about:
- Whose viewpoints are represented in the articles?
- What is said about children?
- What could a child’s perspective add to the news reports?
- What precautions can be taken when reporting on
children to ensure their safety?
• How would you convey the concerns of children affected by
conflict to New Zealanders?
So what do we now know about this? What can I recall about what I have learnt? Do I understand the connection between children’s rights and conflict?
So what does this mean for us/others? Has my learning influenced how I would respond to situations where children’s rights are not being met? If so,
how? When did New Zealand sign The Convention on the Rights of the Child and what responsibilities do we have as a result? Have I ever met someone
who has experienced conflict or come from a country involved in conflict? How will being aware of some of the situations they may have known, witnessed or
experienced, help me to understand them better?
Now what?
Now what further learning do we need? What more do I need to learn about children affected by conflict and meeting their rights? How do organisations
like UNICEF respond to meet human or child rights/needs in other contexts? Now what might be done about it? Where do I stand on issues regarding
children’s rights? Is it an area I would like to get more involved with at a local or global level? If so, how can I apply the knowledge and skills I have now, or
what knowledge and skills will I want to gain in the future, so I can contribute towards the goal of meeting children’s rights? Is there any particular context that
interests me?
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