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ERIC Number: ED289813
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 20
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Justice Around the World: A Student Packet for Elementary Schools. Foreign Area Materials Center Occasional Publication 25.
Carelli, Anne O'Brien
This learning packet consists of 10 exercises which can be used independently by students or as class activities. The activities in the packet were developed to foster awareness of international human rights issues. The objectives are stated at the top of each exercise, with vocabulary words listed under the objectives. Materials from the "Handbook on Human Rights and Citizenship" are meant to be used with these activities. Exercise 1 is designed to help students understand that every human being has basic rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is examined in exercise 2. Understanding human rights in different cultures in the focus of exercise 3 and the role of dissidents is analyzed in exercise 4. The role of the United Nations in protecting human rights is the focus of exercise 5. Understanding the use of poetry and political cartoons as a means of expressing ideas and feelings about human rights is the goal of exercises 6 and 7. Investigating incidents of justice and injustice around the world and the justice process are the focus of exercises 8 through 10. A student evaluation form is included. (SM)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: New York State Education Dept., Albany. Center for International Programs and Comparative Studies.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A