Curated OER
Child Soldier
Young scholars identify the exploitations of child soldiers. In this global issues lesson plan, students listen to a story that puts them in the shoes a 16 year old child soldier. Young scholars discuss the plight of the teenager and...
Curated OER
Armed Child
Students examine the plight of child soldiers. In this militarization instructional activity, students study the practice of employing child soldiers to fight in Liberia. Students discuss the U.S. policy to disarm the child soldiers and...
Curated OER
Child Soldiers
Students investigate the military recruitment that exists in many foreign countries. They research the occurrence of using children in the military and its social implications. For research the lesson contains a great variety of...
BBC
Bbc: World Service: Children of Conflict
Read these amazing reports of children in conflict around the world. This site helps students to understand the reality of life for children all over the globe. Archived.
Other
Red Hand Day: A Worldwide Initiative to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
The Red Hand Day campaign works to raise awareness of the abuse of children as child soldiers, and efforts to stop this practice.
Digital History
Digital History: Children and the Civil War
Digital History tells the story of children's lives during the Civil War through their own words. The eight sections are titled: Child Soldiers, Conditions in the Contraband Camps, The Southern Homefront, the Northern Homefront, Near the...
Other
Institute for Conflict Managament: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam: Ltte
A terrorism profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which includes information on their bombing tactics and their use of children as soldiers.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Children at War
This lesson is designed for students in grades 8 to 12. It examines the use of children in combat and its implications.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Civil War Through a Child's Eye
Historical fiction and primary texts provide students with new perspectives on the Civil War era, specifically through the eyes of a child who lived during this time.
United Nations
Unhcr: Child Soldiers Global Report Somalia (2004)
This report, from the UN Refugee Agency, provides statistics and information on the use of children as soldiers in Somalia. (April 2001 to March 2004)