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Grade 8-9, 10-12
Subject Cross-Curricular
Resource type Activity, Lesson plan/Unit plan
Duration 60 minutes

About This Resource

*Internet Explorer is not supported. Please use Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge to open link. Forced to Fight: is an interactive online resource designed for students between the ages of 13-18. The resource helps facilitate understanding of IHL and humanitarian issues and allows the user to experience what it is like for young people living in situations of armed conflict around the world. Teachers can use this resource in collaboration with the lesson plans available in the teaching resources links or they can choose to use it as a stand-alone activity to trigger critical thinking and classroom discussion on issues related to armed conflict. Visit forcedtofight.ca to explore this resource.
Forced to Fight