- This project intends to combine learning and action in the real world.
- Teaching units and other resources provided by the UN CyberSchoolBus can be used by
schools for classroom study. The three units are:
- The Scourge of Landmines
- The Production and Clearance of Landmines
- Towards a Total Ban
Each unit is separated into 2 to 4 sections. Teachers can pick and choose from the units,
according to their own schedules. It would be useful to correlate the section and unit with the
week's q&a (see below).
- The Question and Answer sessions are a way for participating schools and students to get
a direct sense of the issues by raising their own questions with experts, landmine survivors
and others. These q&a's will take place once a week. The profile of the person being
questioned and the subject they will speak on will be sent out in advance. There is a deadline
for student questions (see the Program). With the profiles, we will suggest a unit or resource
to help you prepare for the question and answer sessions.
- The learning and exchange processes should lead to action. Schools are asked to start their
own Mine Awareness campaign. The campaigns serve a dual purpose: on the one hand, they
will raise awareness in the local community about the scourge of landmines; they will be the
basis for a fund-raising drive. In a separate message, there are some suggestions about how
to conduct such a campaign. The funds raised will go directly towards demining areas in and
around schools that threaten the lives of schoolchildren.
- The Banner campaign will be a movement of solidarity on the Web in favour of banning
landmines. A banner (similar to ad banners on the Web) will be designed by the UN
CyberSchoolBus. In December, during the Ottawa conference at which 100 countries will be
signing a treaty banning landmines, we request that every web-site in the world place this
banner on their pages in a gesture of solidarity.
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