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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.

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.

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 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.

One of the tricks to learning any language is to act it. The spoken word is only one part of all communication. If you have a dog and it comes to you to tell you that it's hungry, or in pain, what language does it use?

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...

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

Activities to teach vocabulary ;). I hope you find it useful!

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 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 is a nice site where not only you can find some web links about the principal human rights' advocates, but you can find lots of information about human rights' in general or specifically. From lesson plans to presentations and ways to become an advocate. I invite you all to check it out.

Great video for introducing what Human Rights are. It also has some questions about what is said in the video.

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.

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.

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 website, you'll find great ideas to teach human rights, each lesson plan depends on which level you are going to choose. There are other activities; but I strongly recommend you to use those lesson plans.

I looked at this resource and there are many many detailed lessons that get at human rights, such as ways in which all people are alike. How we see ourselves and others, etc. It is a United Nations publication and you are free to use it as you like.

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 document is very good...It has some strategies that you can use in your classroom to teach and discuss Human Rights. Take a look at it!

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.

This is a place were English teachers can share games and activities that they have found useful in the classroom. If you know a game or an activity that works well with ESL/EFL students and it is not yet listed here, you can submit in it.