Children's Rights
Act it out
This is a drama activity that encourages people to: Review their general perceptions of human rights and find different ways of representing these perceptions: Human rights in general, Children, Citizenship Complexity level 2 (1 - 4) 90 minutes Source: Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People – Council of Europe ![]()
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Ali’s Story. The Impact of Child Labor
Ali’s Story is a unit of two lessons. The lessons are designed to raise awareness of the impact of child labor on the lives of young people, increase students’ understanding of the difference between acceptable and unacceptable forms of work for children and explore solutions and programs that can help end abusive forms of child labor. Recommended age: Grades 6-8 Two lessons Source: TeachUNICEF ![]()
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Ali’s Story. The Impact of Child Labor
Ali’s Story is a unit of two lessons. The lessons are designed to raise awareness of the impact of child labor on the lives of young people, increase students’ understanding of the difference between acceptable and unacceptable forms of work for children and explore solutions and programs that can help end abusive forms of child labor. Recommended age: Grades 9-12 Two lessons Source: TeachUNICEF ![]()
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Ashique's Story
Children, Social rights, Globalisation: This activity uses small group discussions to explore the issues of: The reality of child labour and the causes of child labour and how to end it Complexity level 3 (1 - 4) 90 minutes Source: Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People – Council of Europe ![]()
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Asmina’s Story: A Child Orphaned by AIDS in Africa
Children orphaned by AIDS: The extension activities are designed to help students increase their understanding of and compassion for children affected by AIDS Recommended age: Grades 7-9 Source: UNHCR teacher's guide ![]()
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Child Slavery
The lesson plans are designed specifically to introduce secondary school students to a specific form of child labor – slavery Recommended age: Secondary school / Four lessons Source: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Author: Beverly Witwer ![]()
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Child Soldiers
The lesson plans are designed specifically to introduce secondary school students to a specific form of child labor – child solidiers. Recommended age: Secondary school / Five lessons Source: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Author: Helen A. Finken ![]()
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Child Survival: A Global Challenge
TeachUNICEF has developed this Educator’s Guide to help bring the Youth Report (U.S. Fund for UNICEF Youth Report - The State of the World’s Children 2008) alive for high school students. Recommended age: High school Source: TeachUNICEF ![]()
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Child Survival: A Global Challenge
TeachUNICEF has developed this Educator’s Guide to help bring the Youth Report (U.S. Fund for UNICEF Youth Report - The State of the World’s Children 2008) alive for middle school students. Recommended age: Middle school Source: TeachUNICEF ![]()
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Child trafficking and sexual exploitation
The lesson plans are designed specifically to introduce secondary school students to a specific form of child labor – child trafficking and sexual exploitation. Recommended age: Secondary school / Four lessons Source: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Author: Jeanine Redlinger / www.uichr.org ![]()
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Children’s Rights and Lives – Coincidences at Play: A Teaching Kit
A teaching material on children’s rights and conditions in developing countries and in Denmark. With offset in The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the participants examine what the needs of children are at different places in the world, if their rights are violated, and what it takes to a higher degree to ensure that children’s rights and needs are complied with. Source: Danish Institute for Human Rights ![]()
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Children's Rights
Children, General human rights, Education Complexity level 2 (1-4), 60 minutes Source: Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People – Council of Europe ![]()
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Hazardous Child Labor
The lesson plans are designed specifically to introduce secondary school students to a specific form of child labor – hazardous child labor. Recommended age: Secondary school / Five lessons Source: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Author: Helen A. Finken / www.uichr.org ![]()
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Let every voice be heard
This is a discussion exercise in small groups and plenary, working with the issues of what education is and how it meets, or does not meet, people’s needs and participation in decision-making processes Complexity level 3 (1 - 4) 115 minutes Source: Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People – Council of Europe ![]()
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Our futures
In this activity participants draw, contemplate and discuss their hopes and concerns for the future of their generation Complexity level 2 (1 - 4) 60 minutes Source: Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People – Council of Europe ![]()
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The Right to an Education
Participants recognize the right of children to an education Recommended age: Grades 2 - 5 60 minutes ![]()
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: An Introduction
The four lessons in this unit introduce students to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Recommended age: Grades 6 - 8 / Four lessons Source: TeachUNICEF ![]()
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