Stepping out!

Year level: Upper primary Learning outcome Students will learn about the problems of landmines, how survivors of landmine accidents are rebuilding their lives and how the international community is working toward the removal of all landmines. Create a Web map showing what you know about landmines. Read the case study Stepping out! Recovering from landmines. Add new information you have gained from your reading to your web map. Discuss Why might landmines be used? What do you think might happen to landmine survivors and their families? How are people in Cambodia rebuilding their lives? What would it be like to walk around an area contaminated with landmines? What medical care is available to people in Australia who are badly injured? How can people in Australia support landmine survivors and their communities? Imagine you are a landmine survivor. Write a story describing how you stepped on the landmine, how you recovered and how you have rebuilt your life. Include information about the people who have helped you. Create a Venn diagram showing how people injured in Australia (eg in a car accident) and people injured in Cambodia are supported to recover from major injury. Research progress of demining in Cambodia. A good place to start is the annual Landmine Monitor Report at http://www.icbl.org/lm. Assessment task Write and present a speech explaining the need to support the Mine Ban Treaty to your classmates or parents.