Do you read newspapers or listen to the morning or evening news? For the next few weeks, as you study this collection and to enable you to do the Writing and Oral tasks on pages 74 and 75, you will need to do both. Inform yourself about war in the world today.
You will also need to begin looking at some reliable news websites, e.g. RTÉ, The Irish Times, BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, and those recommended by your teacher.
Using the map below, name three areas where war is happening today. If you can name the warring countries, peoples or armies, do so. This is the start of your war research.
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War n. Definition: fighting between nations, groups or states, using weapons and armies, and causing vast destruction and loss of life