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CURRICULUM
LINKS AND LESSON PLANS
AMERICAN
FORUM FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION
For
thirty years, the American Forum has been nationally recognized
for providing leadership by initiating hundreds of programs
and developing educational materials focused on a global
perspective. It is the goal of the American Forum that
the young people of the United States achieve an understanding
of global issues, of cultural differences and similarities,
and promotion of our nation's youth for responsible citizenship
in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing
world.
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL USA HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LESSON PLANS
Amnesty
International was founded in London in 1961. A Nobel Prize-winning
grassroots activist organization with over 1.8 million
members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research
and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses
of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom
of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination,
with the context of its work to promote all human rights.
Amnesty International USA is the U.S. Section of Amnesty
International. The following are lesson plans found on
their website:
Crisis
in Iraq: Tips for Teachers
Discrimination
and Literature
Discrimination
and Sports History
Everyone
Has the Right to Marry
Everyone
Has the Right to Freedom of Religion
Four
Lessons on the Death Penalty
Freedom
From Slavery
Human
Rights in Haiti (PDF File)
Pack
Your Bags: The Status and Rights of Refugees
We
Are One Family: My Family / Your Family / Our Families
BRIDGES
TO UNDERSTANDING: CONNECTING CHILDREN WORLDWIDE THROUGH
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Bridges
is an online classroom program connecting indigenous and
urban children worldwide through visual storytelling.
Central to the program is interactive photographic storytelling
mentored by professionals and created by the students.
CURRICULUM
FOR PEACEJAM WITH RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM
PeaceJam
is a dynamic, international educational outreach program
designed to encourage youth to develop the knowledge base,
skills to become peacemakers in their schools and communities.
PeaceJam reaches out to young people with a positive message
of hope and inspiration, celebrating the lives of the
following heroes of peace: President Nelson Mandela, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, President
Oscar Arias, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Betty Williams,
and Mairead Corrigan Maguire.
DESPUES
DE LAS GUERRAS: CENTRAL AMERICA AFTER THE WARS
GraciasVida
Productions, in partnership with NPR's Latino USA, Radio
Bilingue, Latinos in Public Radio, Youth Radio's International
Desk, and Texas Public Radio. "Despues de las Guerras:
Central America After the Wars" is an ambitious,
13-part radio documentary series produced in English and
in Spanish by U.S radio reporters and their Central American
colleagues–achieving a unique international collaboration.
To most Americans the wars in Central America are nothing
more than a distant Cold War memory. Yet the legacy of
those wars continues to impact the social fabric of the
United States as the Central American population in the
U.S. becomes the fastest growing Hispanic group. Segments
listed below:
Santa
Maria: The Tale of One Village
Aftermath:
Peace or Pieces-Central America Since the War
Giving
the Military the Pink Slip
"La
Otra Fontera: The Other Border"-Central America/Mexico
Border
Santa
Maria Tzeja: Youth Voices
Don't
Know the Past? Can't Know the Future
Women,
Identity, Politics and Power in Today's Central America
Youth
and the Gang Phenomenon
Between
Two Worlds: Young Immigrant Women in the United States
Challenges
to Free Expression in 21st Century Central America: The
Case of Jose Ruben Zamora
Conclusion:
As told through the perspectives of Central American Artists,
Musicians and Writers
FACE
TO FACE
Face
to Face explores what it means to be an American with
the face of the enemy. These are real stories of fear,
anger, hatred, loyalty and trust. Presented by ITVS and
funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private
corporation funded by the American people.
GLOBAL
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
The
Global Directory of Human Rights Educators provides resources
for individuals, communities and organisations that are
looking for assistance with their activities or want to
exchange information.
GLOBAL
HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE
This
database includes: a global directory of human rights
educators;a directory of organisations involved in human
rights education;a comprehensive listing of human rights
courses and programmes offered worldwide;an extensive
annotated bibliography of human rights education materials
that have been produced during the UN Decade for Human
Rights Education;a listing of funders that support human
rights education.
INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES: RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM
"I
was a survivor, alone in the world, who had to convince
the world to look at the atrocities committed in my homeland."
Sponsored byThe United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
OXFAM'S
COOL PLANET FOR TEACHERS: DEVELOPING RIGHTS
Through
looking at how young people are claiming their rights
around the world, pupils are encouraged to consider rights
issues in their own lives. Case study material comes from
countries including South Africa, Lebanon and Ethiopia.
In particular, this material supports the teaching of
Citizenship. Lesson Plans Sponsored by Oxfam
Planet
X
The
Next Generation
A
Future for the Colony
Extension
Work Activities
It's
Not Fair!
Discrimination
in Education
From
Moral to Legal Rights
Choose
Your Own Teacher!
Planning
for Action
Taking
it Further
Actions
for Global Rights
RETANET:
RESOURCE FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE AMERICAS
RetaNet
is part of the University of New Mexico's Latin American
& Iberian Institute, a Title VI Regional Studies center
with outreach to teachers and the community. A web site
for secondary educators with Latin America content for
teaching and an on-line interactive learning community
of teacher peers. Lesson Plan:
A
Pre-Columbian Mosaic of Latin America: Linguistic Diversity
within the Maya Cultural Region - Lesson With Emphasis
on Rigoberta Menchu Tum (PDF File)
SPEAK
TRUTH TO POWER
Speak
Truth to Power is dedicated to the promotion of human
rights awareness. It is a not-for-profit organization
that seeks to proactively engage the general public in
an ongoing series of issue-related programs and events.
Provides a forum for individual action and to foster communication
between human rights-interested individuals and organizations.
"In
a world where there is a common lament that there are
no more heroes, too often cynicism and despair are perceived
as evidence of the death of moral courage. That perception
is wrong. People of great valor and heart, committed
to noble purpose, with long records of personal sacrifice,
walk among us in every country of the world."
- Kerry Kennedy
TEACHING
TOLERANCE: FIGHT
HATE AND PROMOTE TOLERANCE
Founded
in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance
provides educators with free educational materials that
promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity
in the classroom and beyond. Their magazine and curriculum
kits have earned Oscar nominations, an Academy Award,
and more than a dozen honors from the Association of Educational
Publishers (EdPress) including the Golden Lamp Award
Teaching
Tolerance also promotes equity and respect by offering:
Classroom activities; web-exclusive resources; materials
for Mix It Up, a student-led activism initiative; grants
for anti-bias projects developed and implemented by K-12
educators; and a monthly e-newsletter.nce.org Classroom
lesson plan activities:
UNITED
NATIONS CYBERSCHOOLBUS
The
United Nations Cyberschoolbus was created in 1996 as the
online education component of the Global Teaching and
Learning Project, whose mission is to promote education
about international issues and the United Nations. The
Global Teaching and Learning Project produces high quality
teaching materials and activities designed for educational
use (at primary, intermediate and secondary school levels)
and for training teachers. The vision of this Project
is to provide exceptional educational resources (both
online and in print) to students growing up in a world
undergoing increased globalization.
Peace
Education
Briefing
Papers
Poverty
Curriculum
Schools
Demining Schools
Human
Rights
Cities
of the World
World Hunger
Indigenous
People
Ethnic
Discrimination
Racial
Discrimination
UNIVERSAL
VOICES: ONLINE HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNET GUIDE
This
resource guide was developed and edited by the University
of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Center for International Education
for the 2000 Global Studies Summer Institute (GSSI) entitled
"Age of Crisis or Age of Reason? Teaching Human Rights
at the Turn of the Century." This guide features
a variety of Internet resources related to human rights
issues and human rights education. The editors of this
resource guide are not responsible for the accuracy and
reliability of the resources cited within the guide. Users
are cautioned that some of the resources do not necessarily
present information in a balanced and impartial manner.
It is entirely up to the user to determine the validity
of the sources included in this guide.
VOICES
OF YOUTH
Child
Rights : Do you know your rights? HIV and AIDS: How can
you help stop the spread of HIV? Education: Why can't
every child go to school? Commercial Sexual Exploitation:
How can we stop the sexual exploitation of children? Media:
How good is media coverage of young people? State of the
World's Children: What can you do to help improve the
state of the world's children? This site was developed
in 1995 as part of the celebrations for UNICEF’s
50th Anniversary (UNICEF was started on 11 December 1946).
VOICES:
THE WORLD OUTSIDE MY DOOR
If
we are to come to a clearer understanding of our own knowledge
about issues of peace, seeing through the eyes and voices
of others, human rights, varying points of view, children’s
rights, global pluralism, we need to understand that every
place on earth is a unique one. The World Outside My Door
are thematic integrated curriculum mapping which include
objectives, vocabulary, resources, and Internet sites.
Suggested activities are listed, but the procedures are
not, as they are to be developed by teachers or they are
framed within the context of material in the textbooks
sited.
Aboriginal
Dreamtime
Architects
for Peace
Exploring
Social Action
Lest
We Forget
Maya
Lin: Beyond the Wall
Mexican
Murals
Kuna
and their Molas
Senufo
Paintings
Trail
of Tears
Transatlantic
Dialogue
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