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Violence and abuse inflicted on women by men is not treated with the same seriousness accorded to a human rights violation, or torture, or terrorism, or a war crime, or a crime against humanity, or an atrocity, despite resembling each of these things closely at least and precisely at most. Press Releases is a task that be used with this article. The article is presented to students and they have to research on a woman that has suffered abuse and violence during the terrorists attacks of Shining Path and MRTA. Students have to write a press release about their findings This will provide reflection and publicity! .

free online double-blind peer-reviewed journal that seeks to disseminate cutting-edge work focussed mainly on the use of technology in TESOL

Collection of teacher resources that address the Millennium Development Goals

This report covers how to begin, how to operate, and how to make e-learning successful and enjoyable. Its contents are developed over years, and is intended for current students and sharing personal experiences and exchange of ideas with other educators.

The article on the use of chats, their pros and cons, practical advice

Spanish is the second most-common language in the United States after English. There are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than there are speakers of Chinese, French, Italian, Hawaiian, and the Native American languages combined. According to the 2009 American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, Spanish is the primary language spoken at home by over 35.5 million people aged 5 or older. There are 45 million Hispanics who speak Spanish as a first or second language and there are 6 million Spanish students, making it the world's second-largest Spanish-speaking community, only after Mexico and ahead of Spain, Colombia and Argentina. Roughly half of all U.S. Spanish speakers also speak English "very well", based on the self-assessment Census question respondents.

Provides examples of service learning projects Service-learning is a powerful and provocative way for people to learn about human rights-related issues. Working in both the classroom and the "field," establishes a crucial link between the content of curriculum learned in school and the various realities that exist in the world.

The ultimate compilation of activities for our students applied for human rights. Easy to follow. Hope you like it.

An effort to preserve the facts regarding the beginnings and first 40 years of microfinance in Peru

Free Practice Tests for Learners of English

Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Racism and discrimination have been used as powerful weapons encouraging fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns. I have chose this site because it shows racism in many countries not only in one region

A collection of games for language teaching

Space to discuss all things Shakespeare, part of BC REading group

The main document of human rights. 

Lesson Plans for classroom usage.

These are organized lesson plans for teaching human rights, once again aimed to be used in classroom usage. I have read most of the activities and I found that there are plenty of good examples, disscussions and group work activities that could be implemented without big efforts.

Several points of view on how to teach Human Rights in an English class.

Developing an Association for Language Teachers This handbook has one simple purpose. That is, to provide some practical suggestions for language teachers. It may be that you are thinking about setting up an association or that you have already started an association and would like more ideas on certain aspects. The suggestions which are presented here are all based on the practical experience of teachers in many parts of the world.

This is a ready-made lesson by Sean Banville about International Mine Day. It is quite accessible and there are different ways to use the material. I liked it because in addition to the reading / speaking / vocab activities it comes with an MP3 recording. Lots of potential!

If you are an ESL-EFL teacher and the topic/theme of interest is Human Rights, this website may work for you. It offers a number of activities that can be adapted to any age or level and it is updated regularly.

Human Rights Humane Education Activities feature lesson plans & activities that explore issues related to the rights of all humans of all ages and types. Activity topics include everything from discrimination and genocide to oppression and sweatshops. Activities are organized by general grade categories. Some activities are in more than one issue category, as well as in more than one grade category.

A great website containing lesson plans and activities on human rights. They are divided into lessons for all ages, elementary, middle school, high school and college/adult categories. All files can be easily downloaded in PDF.

If we have to look for a renowned institution in human rights around the world, there it is Amnesty International. It has been all around the world denouncing all kinds of human right violations. They are specially interested in crimes against humanity due to war, political unrest, terrorism, hunger, etc.