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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.

English as a Second Language Podcast is a wonderful collection of daily life conversations.

Hi Tatiana. Glad you figured out how to join and submit sites to our group. I notice the link to ESL Podcast is not working so I'm providing the correct link here. http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html (the home page of the site) http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=15819515 (number 1045 being infatuated) Best, M.

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 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.

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.

Find information about the rights that should be given to kids all around the world. Learn about UNICEF's four core principles.

This activity can be added to the previous link. A Yes/No qiuz presented in a game. One of the best activities for the lesson, I suppose.

"Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide." Students can investigate, on this site, about abuses happening worldwide and use the information for a debate in the classroom. They can also try to find a solution for a specific problem like they wold at the UN. Another idea would be to write reports or compare what's going on in a specific place around the world with their own reality.

This is a video from the "What would you do?" program. It is a social experiment in which there is a racism situation performed by some actors. This role play was created in order to analize people's reactions on such a case. This can be food for thought in order to open a classroom discussion on human rights and the way we act to make them be respected and taken into consideration.

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.

The site gives a wonderful collection of songs which can be used at the English classes. Music usually helps to feel the problem, it touches our soul, it adds emotional perseption of the world. Tastes differ - this site gives the variety of music styles and everyone will find what will be closer to their heart.

With the invention of new and innovative technologies in the modern era,it has become very comfortable for the language teachers and teaching English does not have to be a difficult task at all. The Internet TESL Journal by Michael Morgan suggests the ways how we can utilise technology in ESL class for better results.It throws light on its various aspects and problems by which a teacher can make good use of it.

In the sphere of education, it remains a place that dares to be a little unique. It is our academic focus to each and every student that makes us distinct.

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.

Remember that learning grammar is only one part of learning a language. So don't be obsessed by it! Learning examples that will help you when you speak or write is the best way to learn.

The Internet TESL Journal Dimitrios Thanasoulasakasa74 [at] hotmail.com www.geocities.com/glossologos/ In this paper, we will briefly examine a variety of techniques, strategies and macrostrategies which teachers can employ in order to motivate their students. As Dornyei (2001: 116) notes, 'teacher skills in motivating learners should be seen as central to teaching effectiveness'.

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.

Oxford Handbooks online about Human Rights

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.