Curriculum Level: 4

An activity suitable for students Years 7-9. Introduces children to democracy and aims to show the possibilities of citizen participation. Through simulating fair elections students become aware of the right of each person to participate in his/her government, either through holding office or electing representatives (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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This activity encourages children to decide on which right of the Convention of the Rights of the Child is the most important to them and which are less important. After deciding and explaining their decision, they should reflect how it would be if they were to really lose one of the rights and how their life would be affected. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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This activity allows children to reflect on stereotypes about gender. A fairytale/story is told, in which the characters' sexes are reversed. Children will notice this as unusual and this should lead to a discussion about stereotypical gender roles and how children agree or disagree with them. Suitable for Years 3-9. (Part of the  Compasito Human Rights Education).

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In this activity children explore pictures from a human rights perspective looking at stereotypes, different perspectives and how pictures inform or misinform. This raises awareness of human rights issues in everyday life and helps develop 'visual literacy', listening and communication skills. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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This creative activity allows children to discuss which rights are most important to them and by displaying them on a mobile they are able to see which rights are important to other children. This can lead to a discussion about why people regard different rights as more important, allowing students to think about rights from different points of view. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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In this activity students imagine that they are sailing to a new world. In their luggage they have both wants and needs cards. Over the course of their journey they must throw away non-essential cards for their new life. This allows children to establish an understanding about the difference between wants and needs. Suitable for Years 4-9. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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In this activity children try to understand what another child is saying by lipreading. Through this exercise students are able to understand some of the difficulties that people with hearing disabilities have. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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This activity, which is suitable for Years 6-8, encourages students to think about inequalities. By role-playing the situations of other children, students become aware of the disparities in access to human rights and the subsequent feelings. (Part of the  Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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In this activity two teams compete to get the orange. However initially neither team knows that they want different parts of the orange, one team wants the juice the other needs the peel. After 3 minutes both teams have the possibility to discuss how they have handled the situation. This activity focuses on negotiation and conflict resolution skills. (Part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook).

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In this activity, part of the Compasito Human Rights Education Handbook, children try to go from one right (represented by a person) to another without being caught and try to reunify the different rights. The aim of this activity is to promote cooperation and solidarity. Suitable for Years 4-9.

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