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Children's Commissioner for Wales

Know Your Rights!

For Students K - 12th
Children around the world enjoy a list of rights that protect their bodies, minds, families, and lifestyles. Review the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child with learners of all ages, and teach them all about their rights.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission

How Do Human Rights Work?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Do human rights apply to children? Scholars learn of three children asking for help to determine their rights and how to handle specific situations. Class members must research any laws pertaining to the requested right and how the...
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Anti-Defamation League

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Malala Yousafzai may be young, but she's mighty! Young scholars listen to a short lecture about Malala's background, read an article about her winning the Novel Peace Prize, and meet in groups to discuss statements she has made. Class...
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Creative Visions Foundation

Visual Interpretations of the CRC

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can people better understand the human rights that are guaranteed to children around the world? Pupils attempt to answer the question with the second of two lessons explaining the Introduction to the Convention on the Rights of the...
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Amnesty International

Human Rights and Service Learning (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What better way is there to teach about human rights than by seeing them firsthand? Introduce your class or club to the spirit of service through a myriad of service project ideas. First in a series of human rights instructional...
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Amnesty International

Respect My Rights, Respect My Dignity: Module One – Poverty and Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Creating an environment where learners feel both educated and empowered challenges any teacher when discussing a sometimes bleak topic. A respectful resource provides them with the details and permits them to make a plan of action....
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Australian Human Rights Commission

An Introduction to Human Rights and Responsibilities

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How are your students' rights protected? What are their responsibilities in protecting the rights of others? A lesson plan on human rights and the responsibilities therein introduces class members to the concepts of global citizenship,...
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Australian Human Rights Commission

Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Human rights became a global focus after decades of war, recovery from war, and uncountable war crimes committed throughout. Social studies class members discuss the Universal Declaration of Human Rights before completing an interactive...
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Creative Visions Foundation

Introduction to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been ratified by 196 countries so far ... and still counting! Using the first of two lessons covering the Introduction to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, scholars learn...
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Deliberating in a Democracy

Youth Curfews

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Don't stay out too late! Scholars analyze the need for youth curfews in a democratic society. They examine primary documents, case studies, and short video clips to form their opinions and take a position on the issue. Holding a class...
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California Department of Education

Safe at Work

For Teachers 8th Standards
From minimum wage to minimizing injuries, young workers need to know their rights! The sixth and final instructional activity in a series of college and career readiness activities gets eighth graders thinking about safety and labor laws. 
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United Nations

The UN: Working for Us All

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The United Nation's role in world diplomacy is critical, but its enforcement is limited. Using activities such as role plays and simulations, classmates consider the role the UN plays in world peace keeping. The unit plan includes five...
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Interactive
DocsTeach

Before and After Carlisle School

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
White reformers thought they were "killing the Indian" to "save the man." Native children were taken from their parents and placed at boarding schools, such as the Carlisle School. Using a comparative photo analysis of children before...
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University of Oklahoma

Advocating For My Needs After High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A three-lesson unit teaches learners with special needs how to advocate for their needs after high school. Class members review appropriate was to disclose their disability during interviews and applications, and how to request...
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Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Chapter 15 Teacher Guide and Student Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Following the routines established in the initial lessons in this series that uses Iqbal as a core text, kids complete their reading of Francesco D'Adamo's novel about child labor.
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Curated OER

Just-Us and Kindness: A Voice for Children: King Day

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, 8th graders read human rights literature and use information gleaned to discuss children's rights around the world. Students discuss scenarios...
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Curated OER

Children and Family Law

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine children's rights and how laws can affect their education and daily life. Through the investigation of various cases, they assess how the best interests of children are either upheld or ignored and how the Constitution...
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Curated OER

Whole Child: Parenting Skills

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities intended to develop both the growth of the child and the parenting skills of the adult. They role-play daily activities, manipulate dough, discuss the rights and...
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Curated OER

Exploring the Relationship Between Government Policy and Children

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the State of the World's Children report. They research the State of the World's Children website and analyze the information. They create Power Point presentations and hypermedia reflecting the government policy and...
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Curated OER

Youth and Society

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss and research what children's lives throughout the world are like and consider factors that influence living conditions. Students compare child labor laws for the U.S. and other countries and identify ideal human rights.
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Curated OER

Equality: Children's Rights

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities designed to help them explore the similarities and differences of people. They design and wear masks, sort attribute blocks, read stories, discuss the rights and...
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Curated OER

Adequate Standard of Living: Children's Rights

For Teachers K
Students and parents participate in a variety of activities designed to explore the issue of every person's right to adequate housing. They make butter, make models of different types of housing, read books, discuss the rights and...
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Curated OER

Children's Rights/Child Labor -- A Photographic Essay

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students continue to examine the conditions students work in throughout the world. Using photographs, they discover the similarities and differences in regions throughout the world. They relate their own experiences to the child laborers.
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Curated OER

Children's Rights/Child Labor - Photos & Posters as Instruments of Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the use of students for labor around the globe. Using magazine pictures, they create a poster showing the various conditions they are subject to. They compare and contrast the differences in regions and evaluate the...

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