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Child SoldiersKristin Sundvall
7th Period English
Global Phenomenon
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Young or old
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TORTURE
MURDER
RAPE
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Prostitution and drug-trafficking.
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Rejection here
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FUTURE
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“…a new way to bring love and hope to the world.”
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Government officials do as they please.
Raise the awareness of this issue.
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NEW KNOWLEDGE
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“I went though things no child should ever go through.”
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Open-minded
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Sarah Crichton Books, 2007. Print. The true story of a twelve-year-old boy who is forced into the army of Sierra Leone
Carroll, Jamuna. "Children Do Not Have The Right To Join An Army." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale, 2006. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/ infomark.do?contentSet=GSRC&docType=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&doc Id=EJ3010406212&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&so urce=gale>. This is a debate over whether or not children should join the army and why.
"Child Soldiers." Global Issues in Context. Gale, 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/gic/ infomark.do?contentSet=GREF&docType=GREF&type=retrieve&prodId=GIC&docId=CP3208520 022&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. This article tells about the use of child soldiers in Africa, particularly Sierra Leone.
Harding, Lauri. "Military Recruiting Exploits The Vulnerability of Teens." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale, 2008. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/ infomark.do?contentSet=GSRC&docType=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&doc Id=EJ3010484205&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&so urce=gale>. This is about teen exploitation through soldier-hood and the tactics used with child soldiers.
"Human Trafficing Assumes Many Forms." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale, 4 June 2008. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/ infomark.do?contentSet=GSRC&docType=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&doc Id=EJ3010263219&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&so urce=gale>. This is a description of what child soldiers have to go through.
Manheimer, Ann. "The Worst Forms of Child Labor." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale, 2006. Web. 28 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ ovrc/ infomark.do?contentSet=GSRC&docType=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&doc Id=EJ3010005207&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&so urce=gale>. This is a description of different horrors that children are forced into from prostitution to being a soldier.
"Voices of the Children." Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale, 2002. Web. 23 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/ infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId= OVRC&docId=A85590491&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. Interviewing four primary school students who were formerly child soldiers.
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