Curriculum & Classroom

Information on how rights-based education provides a practical framework to implement Te Whāriki and the New Zealand Curriculum, as well as Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary School classroom activities linked to learning ares, key competencies, values, curriculum levels and year levels.

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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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Social sciences & human rights

This resource outlines how human rights-based education fits into the social sciences curriculum. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)

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Special Person

An early childhood education classroom activity linking to Te Whariki. Develop an appreciation of difference and an anti-discriminatory mindset in children in an activity involving thinking and group discussion.

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Taking the human rights temperature of your school

A whole school activity which is crucial to development as a rights respecting community. This activity will have students and teachers alike examining thoughtfully and critically the human rights climate at their school and making connections between the need for a safe school environment and international standards of human rights. Curriculum values of 'integrity - Ngãkau/tapatahi' and 'Respect - Manaaki/ãwhi' are encouraged by making all members of the school community equally accountable for the protection of human rights. (Part of the HRiE School Resource Kit)

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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.
The arts & human rights

This resource outlines how human rights-based education fits into the arts curriculum. (Part of the HiRE School Resource Kit)

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The Lifeline

An Early childhood activity linking to Te Whāriki, for children to share with one another the things which are most important to them in life. Involving art, creativity, thinking and sharing.

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The Washing Machine

A fun Early childhood activity linking to Te Whāriki, teaching children how great it feels to receive compliments, be cared for and respected. Through this activity a sense of responsibility to act in a caring and positive way towards others is generated.

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