there has been an al-shabab ambush here on this section of the road and with the part - athletics governing body chooses seb coe as its now president. as it grapples to restore its image in the wake of doping allegations. children are bearing the brunt of yemen s brutal armed conflict. that is a warning from u.n.i.c.e.f. where 400 air strikes have occurred. eight children have been killed or injured every day and are used to fight. u.n.i.c.e.f. documented 377 cases of children recruited by armed forces and groups since march. plus access to food. difficult before the war is harder. 1.8 million children do not have enough to ate. nearly 10 million need humanitarian substance. 80% of yemen s children. julian is the yemen representative for the united nations children s fund and joins us live from the capital sanaa. thank you for being was. the numbers are shocking. eight children killed or wounded every day in the conflict. give us an example of how you are finding them
library in the classroom. we have a teacher from new whoey, and california teaches government and the other teaches history. welcome to both of you. let me begin with you, how do you engage high-school students in government? it is definitely a challenge, particularly because of political discourse which places so much emphasis on the students do not always come up with the knowledge of what humanities is important. why does this matter to you, and to conceptualize why the science and technology is important. the iwhere resources like c-span library are incredibly important, we can do it in real time, see how the issues are playing out and why they matter. this might be th only government class you ever takes, you are going to be a voter forever, you will be eight juror forever, so i need to give you the 12 that could help you. in your life. and it is helpful to do that, to know not only what is happening now, but why it is happening. and we know that with social media,
california, teachers and government. welcome to both of you and welcome to the fellowship program. how do you engage high school students in government? is a challenge because political discourse faces is so much emphasis on stem. kids understand that side but they do not always acknowledge why the humanities are important. start with a relevance. matter to you and contextualized science and engineering and math and technology. beginning cell is something like, this might be the only government you might take. be a juror forever and i need tools that will help you for the rest of your life. it is helpful to note not just what is happening now but why it is happening. we know the attention span of the generation can be relatively small. what are some of your secrets? it is a chance to learn about their story. the story starts with people who have come long before them and shape the way the world around them operates. if they realize that wait a start, it does not just with
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60 middle more than and high school teachers here in washington, d.c. for the summer nation s more about our government and how the process works. also learning how they can use c-span video library in the classroom. year s fellows, kamps and sunshine cavalluzzi. with, how do you engage high school students in government? it s a challenge because our discourse places so much emphasis on stem. they understand why that side but they don t always come in as to why the humanities is important. challenge to start with relevance and to contextualize. we doing it for? what are our responsibilities to do it well and that s where library are e the incredibly important because we can see in real-time how these why s are playing out and they matter. i think the beginning cell is always something along the lines the only ight be government class you ever take. you re going to be a voter forever. forever so i ror need to give you tools that will help you for the rest of your pursuits.ho