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Film English is the brainchild of teacher, trainer and author Kieran Donaghy ( Kieran's LinkedIn profile). Kieran teaches at UAB Idiomes Barcelona, part of the Univiersitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The site promotes the innovative and creative use of film in English language teaching and learning. All of the lesson plans revolve around the use of video and film to teach English. The site promotes cineliteracy, the ability to analyse moving images, and considers cineliteracy as a 21st century skill which our students need to learn. In addition, the lessons promote critical thinking in the language classroom, and  encourage learners to reflect on values while learning a  language. PrintFilm English has become a very popular resource English Teaching bank and is visited by over 80,000  teachers every month and there are over 2.5 million page views a year. It has received critical acclaim winning various awards, including winner of Best Individual Blog and Runner-up in The Best Use of Video in the 2011 Edublog Awards; the 2011 TEFL.net  Site of the Year; and British Council Teaching English Featured Blog of the Month.

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.

This article was fascinating to me because it seems a great commentary on what is a "right" and what is a "Privilege." I feel in the USA the difference between these two are not understood. This writer does a good job of explaining how to define each and who holds the power of each.

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 website defines "Human Rights". It explains what Human Rights means in both specific and basic terms. You can find out about Human Rights laws and who enforces and monitors them. This site is a great resource for both educators and students.

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.

in this web page we can find useful activities to teach human rights, and connect the rights in our lives

This is a very interesting web site about Human Rights that has interesting ideas on how we can teach them in the classroom. It includes a wide variety of links with lessons and activities we can adapt in our classrooms.

This site gives good overview and understanding of human rights. It covers topics like; Human rights in the news, history and human rights, mapping human rights in our community, etc...

Film English by Kieran Donaghy features a media lesson on Human Rights and street art. This time a lesson is designed based on an award-winning video for Amnesty International by Carlos Lascano. On this section, you can find the link for the video to project in the classroom and a worksheet with activities mainly designed to generate discussion among the members of the group. The activity is intended for students in upper-intermediate level onwards. These activities will reinforce the listening and speaking skills.

I teach children and this page has very good videos, activities, flashcards and songs for you an your students. It's awesome!

Thanks for telling me about his on our Ning. Now I've added it to my Diigo with a young_learners tag!

This website has a small section/page about "Children and Human Rights". It lists and describes some of the human rights that are violated in many children's lives. It's a good page with facts about Human Rights for children.

In this article the author presents 3 levels of racism described in order to promote and foster the creation of new theories on this concept. Moreover, the writer created a didactic allegory on a gardener's tale that illustrates her points and gives a clear and easy to understand perspective about racism. This can be used as a taxonomy to describe the different types of racism and promote the reflection upon it.

English language teaching in India has for a long time treadled the traditional path of Language Teaching and Learning. The path leads us through teaching vocabulary and grammar textbooks, cramming students with a considerable amount of exercises and then evaluating their accomplishments through consecutive exams. Song have been in integral part of human life and experience since ages. They have also become an integral part of our language experience, and if use in coordination with a language lesson they can be a great value.

I agree Dipak! Music uses a different part of our brains that helps us retain information better. I am interested in finding music I can use in class that was not designed for pre-schoolers. Adults in my class should not be singing songs for little kids! Thank-you.

In this website you will find excellent short videos about the human rights that all human beings have. The right to education, to life, to democracy and more. It provides tools to make our lessons more dynamic and varied. Videos like the ones shown in the website help us to start discussions and opened conversations sharing our different points of view. =D

This side is about how Education is a basic right of all and how youth is facing problem for getting this right.

This websites contains not only news but also multimedia and it covers information on many countries. It has up to the minute news and is presented in informative and interesting manner.

The website contains news, analysis and resources from human rights perspective. It is updated on daily basis.

This is a page on Amnesty International's website. It is full of lesson plans that explicitly teach human rights. There are two separate sections - one for elementary students and one for middle school/high school students. The elementary lessons involve games and songs. This is a great resource for classroom teachers - lessons would need to be modified for distance learners.

ESL, English as a second language, teaching materials and resources for speaking, study and learning. TESOL teachers, schools, and programs.

The game contains quotes and pieces from the short biographies of four human rights activists. Students should match the piece with the correct character and thereby build up a brief description of each person. Educational goals: :: To learn about some of the individuals who have fought for human rights in different countries; :: To stimulate interest in human rights heroes; :: To develop skills of handling and ordering information; :: To promote respect, responsibility and engagement about human rights.

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.

i choose this site because i think that human right not only means to provide education.In our country most of the people with degrees are job less and due to this are suffering from poverty.This site tells us about the human right research on poverty and inequality.

The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection of The Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., represents much of King's life and work spanning from 1944 to 1968. Encompassing approximately 10,000 items, the collection allows insight into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s thoughts, personality, ministerial preparation, organizational skills and strategic planning during the Civil Rights period.