Puppets
An Early Childhood or Lower Primary activity linking to Te Whāriki. In this activity children discover the difference between right and wrong, ideas of accountability and taking responsibility for one's actions, and the beginnings of mediation skills. Creativity, discussion and simple elements of conflict resolution are involved.
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Social inquiry overview - Development of human rights
A template for understanding human rights through a social inquiry approach.
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Social inquiry overview - Parihaka
A template for understanding Parihaka through a social inquiry approach.
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Teach with movies
Teach with movies is a website which outlines a selection of human rights themed movies for teachers, for each movie teachers are also able to access a number of related lesson plans. The movies are also clearly labelled with the appropriate age rating.
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Top 10 UNICEF cartoons
This link takes you to UNICEF's top 10 cartoons relating to the Rights of the Child. Most of these cartoons are suitable for all ages. |
UNICEF Canada
This link takes you to the UNICEF Canada website, on this site you are able to access classroom activities on human rights for various ages. This site also contains resources such as maps, information on the United Nations and statistics and data relating to human rights. There are a number of links to other websites also available.
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UNICEF cartoons
This link takes you to a UNICEF website which contains a list of cartoons for children explaining the Rights of the Child. |
What does a child need?
A Primary or Intermediate activity predominantly for the Arts and social sciences. Aiming to increase children’s awareness of the international rights framework which details their individual rights and responsibilities. Children will learn to understand that people have different roles and responsibilities as part of their participation in groups (level 1 social studies), understand how people make choices to meet their needs and wants (level 2 Social Studies) and understand how groups make and implement rules and laws (level 3 social studies).
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Who am I?
A lower Primary activity to develop children’s self awareness and pride in themselves. Curriculum values of respect for self, others & human rights, diversity and equity are explored. Creativity, design, artwork, thinking, self analysis and discussion are involved.
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