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I have chosen this page because it has an article that mentions the cultural diversity and the problems human right face because of this. i think that there is a very interesting reading about it. I think that this article could be very helpfull for a classroom discussion, or a vocabulary activity in which students could give the definition of some words chosen by the teacher.

This page has resources for us teacehrs to help students develop a critical understanding of human rights and responsibilities. Comprehensive, teacher friendly.

There are ten cartoon which explain the children's rights. They are for both children and adults. With its captivating images and cross-cultural appeal, animation is the perfect tool for informing children about their rights and society about its obligations. It's a good way to encourage a discussion about children's rights in particular and the Human rights in general.

Human rights can be viewed with global perspectives. Our school uses this website as a resource for our global studies classes

Great resource to develop PBL projects expanding the learning process outside the classroom. It covers 5 topics: environment, poverty, discrimination, children's rights to education and health, and law and justice

this site can be used with EFl students as it is a resourse for language learners (like graded readers).the students can use it to enhance their reading and vocabulary skills, while the teacher can set it and a reading home task

This is actually a very well known site, but the reason why I chose it is mainly because of the video. Right now I'm having some lessons concerning our community and it's problems. So I'm using the video to establish a discussion about what people think about the "power of one" so far in our discussions we have talked only about the problems society has, but we haven't considered talking about the solutions...and this could be a really good way to introduce them to my class.

Interesting activities that deal with the topic of Human Rights at Secondary level.

A critical participant in the effort to combat prejudice and discrimination in society is its educational institutions; not only because the attitudes and values to which young people are exposed in school influence their future conduct, but also because, although it is the implicit right of citizens to act upon their "rights," they must know what those rights are before they will be able to do so.

it is rather an interesting discussion about the violation of minority rights in the former Soviet republics, that can be used in class

This article presents ways to prevent violence against women in post-conflict contexts, particularly by engaging men. The acitivuty to be used is called: FISHBOWL Teacher distributes the article to be read. Teacher sets up a fishbowl by having students get into two circles, one inside the other with the students facing each other. Teacher gives students a question relating to the article to discuss for two minutes with the person they are facing. After two minutes the inside circle rotates moving one person over so each person is facing someone new. For another two minutes they can discuss another topic or the same one. The inside circle continues rotating until they are back in front of their original partner. At the end teacher asks fro volunteers to talk about their impressions on the activity.

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A lesson plan with the activities and audio about the refugees. It has variety of activities, there's also a downloadable audio and a text of the article. It can be used to compare the words "imigrant" and "refugee" and to talk about the problems of these groups.

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!

Good selection of topics related to the freedom of speech, which is an always controversial subject, furthermore is a nationwide issue in my country

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up in Peru in order to investigate and present a report of what had happened in Peru as a consequence of the action of the Shining Path. The aim of the final report is that we should not forget our history so that we do not repeat it. The video shows an exhibit of photos and a survivor who speaks to the audience in Quechua.

Hi, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund's "mission is to advocate for the protection of children's rights." It would be very interesting to know what the United Nations is doing to protect children's rights.