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We begin this chapter by inventing our own story based on the boxed paragraphs below. Before reading any further, cover all of the boxed paragraphs with a piece of paper. You are going to read these paragraphs, which are extracts from a short story, one at a time. At each stage of the reading ask yourself the following questions as a guide to making links between the separate paragraphs...

An extensive reading program was established for elementary level language learner. Practical advice is then offered to teachers worldwide on ways to encourage learners to engage in a focused and motivated reading program with the potential to lead students along a path to independence and resourcefulnessin their reading and language learning

A simple phonics/reading website

Reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary, speaking, writing activities for different levels.

This bookmark is from the website called Human Rights Watch. The education has been under attack in conflicts. The article says students, teachers and schools are often targeted and used as a war tactic because of their connection to education. The video is an example of those tragedies. A girl who just believed everybody has a right to access to education was shot. World organizations are providing information and trying to protect education. I think this article can be used as an example of why preserving education is very important in some countries. Students can read and watch the video as an example, then teacher can ask them to find other articles on the website that are related to education as a human right.

This site goes over the general facts about NSA surveillance programs. It describes the basic metadata that is collected for US phone calls:"the telephone number of the phones making and receiving the call, and how long the call lasted." It mentions the NSA program PRISM which collects emails, instant messages, and both private and public facebook data. It also mentions the program XKEYSCORE which gathers massive amounts of data from internet traffic. This FAQ also mentions what sort of things can be revealed by metadata and why critics of these programs find them alarming and illegal. This is a great article that covers the basic issues and concerns associated with NSA and mass surveillance. You could have students read it as a way to prep them for a project or discussion on this topic.

I lthink this "The Bill of Rights Lesson" would be very useful and interesting for students to learn and for a teacher to perform. The information of the lesson is quite intelligible, so it can be easily worked with. Many ways of doing it are also suggested (including reading activities, solving puzzles, bingo games, true/false exercises etc.) which make the lesson fascinating and the students more interested in the problem discussed.

This is a good reading comprehension activity regarding the life of Martin Luther King Jr. ( I wanted to stay with the Dr. King theme!) I really like this ESL library because it has a lot of relevant material for ESL students of all levels.

In 1845 Frederick Douglass published what was to be the first of his three autobiographies: the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.

This lesson plan is prepared with an overview of the topic with some questions to guide reading comprehension. I think you can find many ideas for developing your culture and literature classes.

The worksheet contains a short article about Halloween and two exercises on reading comprehension. It is good for low elementary students, just present simple was used. Vocabulary is includ

Useful website where you will find different biographies of African American people who fought for their rights. You will also find important historical events that marked the process of having equal human rights for all American people. In this website, there are also printables with short reading comprehension activities and pictures to color about human rights history for your students.

The article gives a context and background to the Supreme Court of India's decision to recognise transgenders as a legal third gender. Since the article is succinct can be used for activities such as reading comprehension, debate and discussion, and for building vocabulary around the issue of rights and equality.

Human Rights ,its history,philosophy and all the contents associated

It's a great page for young people to learn more about issues related to human rights that affect the world. I would use this web page for previous reading before a debate or a discussion.