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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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Curated OER

English and Literacy: Children's Rights - Expanded Paragraphs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write expanded paragraphs about children's rights. In this writing and children's rights lesson, students listen to Caroline Castle's, For Every Child, noting the points about children's rights on each page. They discuss each of...
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Curated OER

The Convention on the Rights of the Child

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars chronicle development of human rights for students up to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, define human rights for young scholars according to Convention, and identify and discuss three components of the...
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Curated OER

Youth and Children

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners investigate the rights that students possess while examining human rights in relation to bullying. They develop ideas and advice for conflict resolution between learners.
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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

What Countries Say/What Countries Do Regarding Children's Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of The Child. Students describe the extent of the problem as the international community sees it. They evaluate the analysis of both the countries and the NGO's to comment...
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Curated OER

A Peaceful World

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate children's' rights. They examine what the rights mean, how they are violate and what actions students can take to protect those rights. They read and discuss a poem before investigating the United Nations and...
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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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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Save the Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the origin and history of the Save the Children global relief organization, as well as its campaigns, structure and accountability, and controversies it has faced.
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Other

Human Rights Web: Convention on the Rights of the Child

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Human Rights Web is the United Nations Convention, passed in 1989, which outlines the basic needs and rights of children everywhere.