Australian Human Rights Commission
This link takes you to the Australian Human Rights Commission website, where you can access human rights activities for the classroom. These activities are suitable for a wide range of age groups.
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Classroom Responsibilities
This activity emphasises the essential connection between rights and responsibilities.
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Compasito 4.01 A Body of Knowledge
An activity aiding learning abilities and highlighting disability as an educational issue. Particularly suitable for young children. (Part of Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook)
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Compasito 4.21 Picturing
In this activity students create a 'human photo' of violent situation. Students then illustrate how the situation could be resolved without the use of violence. Suitable for Years 3-9. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).
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Compasito 4.23 Putting rights on the Map
This activity which is part of the Compasito Human Rights Education handbook invites the students to draw a map of their community. They are then asked to analyse it from a human rights perspective, linking venues with rights like freedom of religion, right to education. By doing this students are able to link their environment to human rights and to evaluate the human rights climate in their community.
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Compasito 4.38 Who's behind me?
In this activity students begin to understand the impact of stereotypes and labelling of both individuals and groups within society. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).
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Compasito 4.39 Who should decide ?
This activity encourages students to think about decisionmaking. Children think about when and why parents or children should make certain decisions, particularly in relation to children's rights. Suitable for Years 3-9. (Part of the Comapsito Human Rights Education Handbook).
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Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook
Compasito will provide you with ideas, inspiration and practical help to explore human rights with children. Designed by the Council of Europe and thoroughly tested internationally Compasito includes various rights-based classroom activities suitable for Years 1-10 students. Follow this link to access a list of classroom activities.
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Compass - Children's Rights
This activity deepens students’ knowledge of the Children’s rights and the duties and responsibilities under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)
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Compass - Do we have alternatives?
An easy activity developing knowledge and understanding about the causes and consequences of bullying. This activity explores ways of confronting the problem.(Part of the Compass HRE manual)
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