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Friday, Decemeber 5, 2014
Human Rights Day
Your Slavery Footprint
This interactive survey of 11 questions is eye-opening. Much of the survey is clip art graphics, and is visually appealing and fun to complete. (Seeing my results, however, was not as much fun...)
The 11th question addresses sex trafficking. When you "Pull down the zipper," (really), it doesn't ask you any questions, so there is nothing to answer. There is just a short, innocuous explanation of how industry uses slavery. This question is NOT part of the end result of your survey because it doesn't ask for your response.
After the survey, you are given your results. Below your result are websites, organizations, etc. where you can become pro-active in eliminating modern-day slavery.
Link: https://slaveryfootprint.org/
Posters for Class Discussion
Lesson Plans on Human Rights for Elementary, Middle and High School
Click on "Download" to access.
Elementary School Lesson Plans
Rights and Responsibilities DOWNLOAD
The Right to an Education DOWNLOAD
WE ARE ONE FAMILY: My Family | Your Family | Our Families DOWNLOAD
Who Has Rights? Who Are Defenders of Human Rights? DOWNLOAD
Middle School/High School Lesson Plans
"Where Do You Stand?" and "Never Again" DOWNLOAD
Everyone Has Right to Marry DOWNLOAD
Everyone Has Right to Religion DOWNLOAD
Freedom from Discrimination - Sports History DOWNLOAD
Freedom from Discrimination in Literature DOWNLOAD
Freedom from Slavery DOWNLOAD
Making a Killing: An Arms Deal Simulation and training DOWNLOAD
Preliminary Reflection on the Death Penalty DOWNLOAD
Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty DOWNLOAD
The Death Penalty as a Form of Torture DOWNLOAD
Refugee Children in Sudan (in Spanish) DOWNLOAD
The Refugee Rights DOWNLOAD
The American Dream Download
If the World Were a Village
For Elementary Kids
Middle/High School Kids
This version is accompanied by Rob Thomas' song, "Someday." The division of the world's wealth, resources, etc. is given, but the mood is hopeful.
Mature High School Kids Only
This video consists of stark, black-and-white photos. Some of the photos are very disturbing, heart-wrenching and dark.
For mature HS students only.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WV1hxYNpISix Teacher's Guides for Full-Length Videos
This program provides educators with essential tools to effectively promote human rights within our secondary schools.
One way to promote this understanding is through the use of videos. This site offers teacher's guides fr the following:
War Dance
The Kite Runner
Born Into Brothels
Darfur Now
Blood Diamond .
Catch A Fire
Hotel Rwanda
Link: http://www.amnestyusa.org/resources/educators/film-curriculum-guides
Amazing Teacher's Guides and Lesson Plans
These guides do not have to be used in their entirety to be effective/worthwhile.
Examples of three guides are given below
Link here to access these guides and more: http://www.amnestyusa.org/resources/educators/teaching-guides
Our World, Our Rights
This book is designed to introduce elementary school children to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It gives kids a simple way of remembering these rights , and also helps them to identify responsibilities which accompany them. Includes classroom activities, stories, case studies, action opportunities and a list of additional resources.
UDHR Poster Series and Teachers Guide
The poster series and accompanying curriculum focus on 12 different articles found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and applies this to a broad range of coursework. Our aim is to encourage teachers from different curriculum areas to incorporate human rights issues in their teaching.(PDF - these files are large and may take a while to download)
Service Learning: Lesson Plans and Projects
Service-learning is a powerful and provocative way for people to learn about human rights-related issues. Working in both the classroom and the "field" establishes a crucial link between the content of curriculum learned in school and the various realities that exist in the world.