Developing a class agreement
In this activity students gain an understanding of the difficulties and processes involved in treaty negotiations. It will help them to appreciate the relationship between establishing a code of rights & responsibilities, and living up to an agreed standard of behaviour within everyday occurences. With an emphasis on group participation in the creation and protection of rights, an agreed set of rules and responsibilities is established for the group. Curriculum values of equity - Tika/pono and respect for others - Manaaki/ãwhi, are emphasised. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Film curriculum guides
This resource comes from Amnesty International - USA, it contains a list of movies concerned with human rights (such as 'Hotel Rwanda' and 'Blood Diamond'), for each movie there are several lesson plans and activities included.
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Freedom for all - The human rights story
A presentation on the history of the human rights framework. This can be adapted for all levels of social studies.
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Games for Change
Games for Change offers links to a number of games based on human rights, development and environmental sustainability issues in the world today. Games are able to be selected from interest categories and can also be broken into age groups. Ages covered range from 3 up. |
Human rights & other curriculum themes/special programmes
This resouce outlines more key areas of education which can also add to human rights learning. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Human Rights Advocates
A Secondary social studies or history activity promoting the study of social justice leaders. Through undertaking this activity students should become familiar with historical figures in the human rights field, be able to compare human rights perspectives past and present and identify attributes of leaders in the social justice realm. Curriculum values explored; excellence - hiranga by persevering in the face of difficulties; equity - Tika/pono through social justice; and integrity - Ngãkau/tapatahi by acting ethically.
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Human rights and the social sciences
This presentation focuses on how a human rights approach enhances and strengthens the teaching of the social sciences by looking at professional, curriculum and pedagogical links. Can be used for staff professional development.
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Human rights calendar
This resource is a calendar that attempts to compile a list of days on which people worldwide celebrate human rights. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)
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Human rights cards
This is a template of human rights cards which can be used for a number of different activities.
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Human Rights in the Social Sciences
This document outlines how human rights fits into the social sciences curriculum.
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