A fabulous lesson on the life of Clara Barton awaits your class. They describe how Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, and the role it played in organizing help for those in need. Additionally, young historians explain how...

What are the basic first aid supplies that should be on a boat? What should be done when someone stops breathing and/or their heart stops beating? Lesson three is only one of twenty-two lessons on boat safety. This lesson is about first...

Students study humanitarian intervention and its role in society.  In this politics instructional activity students view a video on Darfur and discuss what they learned. 

Pupils examine humanitarian work and how it has evolved.  In this humanitarian instructional activity students complete an in class activity then discuss their findings.

Students examine environmental changes .  In this investigative lesson students view a film then complete and activity that includes a debate. 

Students study ethics and the importance on humanitarian interventions.  In this lecture instructional activity students read case studies and answer questions regarding the importance of government and humanitarian interventions...

Pupils are introduced to Eleanor Roosevelt the person. They are introduced to how she cared about people. Students are introduced to the concept of leadership. They write a poem about Eleanor Roosevelt as a leader, or they write a...

Students work together to create lists of rights and responsibilities that set a standard of behavior to foster human rights in their community. They participate in class discussions, draft a plan of action to establish these behaviors...

Students research prominent human rights activists from U.S. history. They report the biographical facts of their subject along with information on the causes he or she represented. Students also examine local human rights issues and...

Students study the history, ethics, politics and law of state sovereignty and its limits.  In this investigative lesson plan students listen to a lecture, discuss then complete a few assignments. 

Students view the Amnesty Interactive CD-ROM and investigate different aspects of human rights around the world. They identify people who have contributed to human rights, documents from ancient to modern times that have contributed to...