Editors: Rolf Gollob, Peter Krapf and Wiltrud Weidinger
Authors: Rolf Gollob and Peter Krapf
Volume (V) of EDC/HRE Volumes I-VI Education of Democratic Citizenship and Human rights in school practice Teaching sequences, concepts, methods and models
Exploring Children’s Rights (Vol. V)
Nine short projects for primary level
Children should know what rights they have, but they should also learn how to appreciate and to use them. To achieve this, schools must allow for a wide range of learning experiences in children’s rights education. Children understand and appreciate their rights by using them, both in school and in everyday life. To encourage children to do so, the challenge for the teacher is to create a setting that is governed by the spirit of democracy and human rights.
This manual has been designed for teachers who are looking for tools to teach children’s rights to pupils in the 1st to the 9th year of compulsory education. The manual follows a spiral curriculum in order for the children to explore their rights year by year.
The features of this manual include:
- A short introduction with information on the conceptual framework and on learning by example.
- Nine small projects of four lessons each for pupils in their first nine years of school.
- Detailed lesson descriptions and plans.
- Task-based approach.
- Appendix with a range of resources (including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and an illustrated version of the Convention) and background information on children’s rights.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: What the nine units have to offer (Class 1– 9)
- Part 1: Lesson plans
- Unit 1 (Primary school, Class 1) – I have a name – we have a school
- Unit 2 (Primary school, Class 2) – Names are more than just letters!
- Unit 3 (Primary school, class 3) – We are wizards!
- Unit 4 (Primary school, Class 4) – Our rights – our treasure
- Unit 5 (Primary school, Class 5) – We make rules for our classroom
- Unit 6 (Primary school, Class 6) – Children’s rights: a work of art!
- Unit 7 (Primary school, Class 7) – Is what I want also what I need?
- Unit 8 (Primary school, Class 8) – Children’s rights – thoroughly researched
- Unit 9 (Primary school, Class 9) – Why must we obey rules?
- Part 2: Background information
- 1. Frequently asked questions about the children’s rights convention
- 2. Children’s rights – part of the human rights process
- 3. How children’s rights were created
- 4. Children’s rights: experiencing, getting to know and implementing them
- 5. Pedagogical approach: learning by example
- 6. Task-based learning: accompanying learning
- 7. Teaching children’s rights: key questions to guide the choice of teaching methods
- 8. “But that means that I have the right to have a break, doesn’t it?” – Children’s rights in the classroom
- Part 3: Documents and Teaching Materials
