Class worksheets and handouts

Class worksheets and handouts NB. You can download this file by clicking on ‘File’, and then ‘download’. You can then view it like a normal word document, and resize pictures and print on A4, A3 paper as you wish. We have included a rough indication of when you could use these resources, but please be creative and use them as you wish. Lesson 1 1.0 UNCRC cards Lesson 2 1.1 - Child Friendly Spaces pictures 1.2 - Send My Friend to School worksheet 1.3 - Petition template Lesson 3 1.4 - Yemen information sheet & Save the Children campaign - separate sheet 1.5 - Learning Carousel photos 1.6 - Safe Space planning sheet Lesson 4 and 5 - ie. creating your safe space

2.0 - Photos of Lebanese and Syrian children’s Safe Safe photo exhibition

2.1 - Posters (optional)

2.2 - Postcards (optional)

2.3 - Save the Children bunting (optional)

2.4 - Letter to MP template (optional)

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1.0 - UNCRC Cards

Article 1

Everyone under 18 has all these rights.

Article 22

You have the right to special protection and help if you are a refugee. A refugee is someone who has had to leave their country because it is not safe for them to live there.

Article 2

You have the right to protection against discrimination. This means that nobody can treat you badly because of your colour, sex or religion, if you speak another language, have a disability, or are rich or poor.

Article 23

If you are disabled, either mentally or physically, you have the right to special care and education to help you develop and lead a full life.

Article 3

All adults should always do what is best for you.

Article 24

You have a right to the best health possible and to medical care and to information that will help you to stay well.

Article 4

You have the right to have your rights made a reality by the government.

Article 25

You have the right to have your living arrangements checked regularly if you have to be looked after away from home.

Article 5

You have the right to be given guidance by your parents and family.

Article 26

You have the right to help from the government if you are poor or in need.

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Article 6

You have the right to life.

Article 27

You have the right to a basic standard of living: food, clothing and a safe place to live.

Article 7

You have the right to have a name and a nationality.

Article 28

You have the right to education.

Article 8

You have the right to an identity.

Article 29

You have the right to education which tries to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and encourages you to respect other people’s rights and values and to respect the environment.

Article 9

You have the right to live with your parents, unless it is bad for you.

Article 30

If you come from a minority group, because of your race, religion or language, you have the right to enjoy your own culture, practise your own religion, and use your own language.

Article 10

If you and your parents are living in separate countries, you have the right to get back together and live in the same place.

Article 31

You have the right to play and relax by doing things like sports, music and drama.

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Article 11

You should not be kidnapped.

Article 32

You have the right to protection from work that is bad for your health or education.

Article 12

You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.

Article 33

You have the right to be protected from dangerous drugs.

Article 13

You have the right to find out things and say what you think, through making art, speaking and writing, unless it breaks the rights of others.

Article 34

You have the right to be protected from sexual abuse.

Article 14

You have the right to think what you like and be whatever religion you want to be, with your parents’ guidance.

Article 35

No-one is allowed to kidnap you or sell you.

Article 15

You have the right to be with friends and join or set up clubs, unless this breaks the rights of others.

Article 36

You have the right to protection from of any other kind of exploitation.

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Article 16

You have the right to a private life. For instance, you can keep a diary that other people are not allowed to see.

Article 37

You have the right not to be punished in a cruel or hurtful way.

Article 17

You have the right to collect information from the media – radios, newspapers, television, etc – from all around the world. You should also be protected from information that could harm you.

Article 38

You have a right to protection in times of war. If you are under 15, you should never have to be in an army or take part in a battle.

Article 18

You have the right to be brought up by your parents, if possible.

Article 39

You have the right to help if you have been hurt, neglected, or badly treated.

Article 19

You have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated.

Article 40

You have the right to help in defending yourself if you are accused of breaking the law.

Article 20

You have the right to special protection and help if you can’t live with your parents.

Article 41

You have the right to any rights in laws in your country or internationally that give you better rights than these.

Article 21

You have the right to have the best care for you if you are adopted or fostered or living in care.

Article 42

All adults and children should know about this convention. You have a right to learn about your rights and adults should learn about them too

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1.1 - Child Friendly Spaces pictures Iraq

Tanzania

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Greece

Lebanon 1.2 -

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Send My Friend to School worksheet

Send My Friend to School Campaign Watch the video and try to find answers to the following questions: What problem are they trying to address? Who has the power to create the change? How many children are involved? What have young people done to make this a creative campaign? What do you think makes this a successful campaign? 1.3 - Petition template

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We think that every child should have the right to feel safe,

even in war. Name:

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1.4 - Yemen information sheet & Save the Children campaign - see separate document in this folder. 1.5 - Learning Carousel photos

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1.6 - Safe Space planning sheet

Safe space planning worksheet

We think that every child should have the right to feel safe, even in war. Your idea

● What personal message do you want to convey?

● What do you want people to think + feel upon seeing your safe space?

● How are you going to bring that to life?

Making it happen - next lesson! NB. Teacher to insert here resources and space available for creation.

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What are the tools or resources you will need to create this?

(Are they online? Do you need access to a printer? Do you need creative resources? Do you need a separate

space?)

Is there anything you need to bring in for next lesson?

Are you going to work in pairs, individually, or as a group?

NB. Talk to your teacher about it and understand whether it’s possible. Do you need to do sth different?

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2.0 - Photos of Lebanese and Syrian childrens’ Safe Safe photo exhibition

“My Safe Space”. A photo project from children affected by war

...What’s YOUR response?

The conflict in Syria that began in 2011 has made millions of refugees flee the country, many making

their way to neighbouring Lebanon.

Officially there are about 1.1 million registered refugees in Lebanon - though the actual figure is believed to be

far higher - many of them children.

Lebanese organisation Mouvement Social has launched a photographic project to help young refugees from

Syria integrate with Lebanese youth. The children, aged between 11 and 17, were asked to focus on their

"safe space" and what made them happy and to express that in an image.

"Children around the world love photography and these kids were no different," says Tabitha Ross, a

photographer based in Beirut who led the project. "They delighted in taking pictures of each other, family,

friends, and the city, and they grew in confidence in their photography throughout the project. It was also great

to see them instinctively focus on the people, places and things that made them feel happy and comfortable,

using the cameras to help them focus on the beauty in life despite everything they have been through."

Can you use this as inspiration for creating your own safe space exhibition ? You could even

hang your pictures and your comments alongside the photos and captions from children

below.

Equally, you could make short films about what makes you feel safe, and project them in a

space in your school or your community?

You could:

● Invite in your MP to see your exhibition and hear about what you’ve learned

● Make a calendar and send it your MP?

● Make a series of postcards and send them to your MP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-33061169

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-33061169

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Jan

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copyrightCHRISTIAN AID/ MOUVEMENT SOCIAL/ JAN

Jan, 11, is from a rural area in northern Syria now under Islamic State control. He has been in Beirut since

2012 but still misses the countryside. He liked to photograph birds, trees and greenery, highlighting the nature

he loves.

He said: "When I feel upset, I sit and look at nature and feel better."

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Lamiss

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copyrightCHRISTIAN AID

Teenagers all over the world retreat to their bedrooms when they want personal space, and 15-year-old

Kurdish Syrian Lamiss is no different.

She said: "I really feel comfortable in my bedroom. I share it with my sister. I have lots of pictures on the walls.

It's where I go if I have nothing to do, or if I want time alone.

"If I were choosing just one picture about my safe space I'd choose this one. I like it and it makes me feel

something strange and special at the same time. Special because I am alone, and what's strange about it is

that whenever I'm alone I feel comfortable."

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Ali

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Lebanese Ali, 14, took pictures on the roof of his house, because this is where he feels most secure. He feels

that the streets aren't safe, and both home and the Mouvement Social centre that Ali attends in lieu of school

are full of people.

The roof is one of the only places he can be alone and relax, even though there's not much to do up there

other than mess about with the hose or water the plants.

He said: "The roof is my safe space. There's nothing special about it. Just when I'm upset or angry, I go to the

roof and I feel calm because I look at the space and the big buildings."

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Aslan

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Beirut's coastline often makes many of the children feel safe. Aslan, 12, loves going down to the sea with his

family.

He said: "I like it that there is sun in the picture and the sea is very calm. I like it when the sky is blue and you

can only hear the sound of the sea. Then I feel that everything is calm. And I feel relaxed."

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Alma

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Many children chose to focus on an individual or group of people who made them feel secure. Alma, the fifth of

eight children in her family, photographed her elder brother.

She said: "I really, really love him, and whatever I ask of him he always does for me. He loves me too."

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Stephanie

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Several children enjoyed taking pictures of old photographs and using these as a way of depicting their happy

memories of safe spaces in Syria.

Stephanie, 14, took this picture of an old snap of her cousin by a little river near her grandfather's land in the

countryside near Homs.

She said: "Each and every holiday, we would go to my grandparents' house, and the first thing I'd do in the

morning was ask to go there. I feel like I'm an explorer when I go there."

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Noody

Image copyrightCHRISTIAN AID

Many of the children photographed activities within the Mouvement Social centre, where they go every day and

see their friends, teachers and the counsellor. Noody, 15, took this picture of the younger children in a drama

class.

He said: "They were relaxed and it was a safe space so I wanted to take a picture."

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Leila

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Leila, 11, photographed the view from her window through a transparent curtain embroidered with flowers.

She said: "This means that I like flowers, and the clouds, and the area I live in. And it says that I like high

places. I feel comfortable when I look at the sky. I really like the clouds."

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Jihan


Jihan, 15, from the Aleppo countryside, took a series of pictures of the view from her balcony at home, followed

by one of her looking out over the city. She said: "I really feel comforted when I look at the sky. I don't know

why, but it looks clear and it makes me feel clear."

In this way, Jihan finds her own sense of space and freedom.

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Ibo


Ibo, 17, told the story of a safe space within Syria - a cave he and his family had dug out as a bomb shelter

when the area they lived in came under heavy attack.

He took pictures of old photographs taken at the time.

He said : "This is me and my littlest sister, in the days when we were living in the cave. We made it very warm

and cosy in there. Inside, the temperature was always the opposite of outside - in summer it was cool, and in

winter it was warm. We used to sleep in there. We couldn't feel the difference between day and night, because

there was no light."

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Hayleen


Hayleen, 14, is from an area of Syria that has seen heavy fighting and experienced a lot of bombing. Her family

had to leave their house and live in a school that had been turned into a collective shelter, with many other

families, for several months before fleeing to Beirut.

She brought her teddy bear through all of this.

She said: "I can't sleep without this, I don't know why. I love it a lot. I've had it since I was really small. I brought

it with me when I came to Lebanon."

Rania

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Technology allows young people to maintain the bonds linking them to family still in Syria, using

communication to establish each other's safety. Rania, from Aleppo, took images from the instant messaging

service WhatsApp.

She said: "I like WhatsApp and use it to stay in touch with people. This is a picture of my phone showing a love

heart that was sent to me from someone I love a lot. I took these pictures because they show the connections

between me and my family in Syria."

2.1 - Posters (optional)

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2.2 - Postcards (optional)

2.3 - Save the Children bunting (optional)

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2.4 - Letter to MP template (optional)

Dear Our congratulations on getting into office this General Election. This week our Year 7s have today been learning about Children’s Rights and how conflict can affect them with Save the Children. Our pupils strongly believe that all children should have the right to safety, even if they are living in war zones. I attach a selection of their messages which they would like you to take to government. The importance of the right to safety comes to a head in the conflict in Yemen, the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. Right now, the UK government is selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. These weapons are then helping to fuel a war that is killing children and destroying their schools and hospitals. We therefore ask you to please put pressure on the Foreign Office to ensure children and their families have unimpeded access to humanitarian aid in Yemen, and to suspend the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. Our pupils believe that the right to feel safe is one that all children should enjoy, regardless of race, religion, gender, and where they live – even if this is in a warzone. Please make this count for the children of Yemen. Kind regards,

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