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Human Rights Education educational authorities,who are that students sometimes do not take
«« often worried about the already- seriouslysubjects which are not
essential for examinations.
overcrowded timetable and the
teach several subjects to one class, students' need to prepare for major - Some teachers have started
teachers have often found it quite examinations (especiallyin the last teaching human rightswithin their
easy to get the Principals’permission own specialist subject. In particular,
to teach human rights in a way which grades of school). The subject human rights teachingfitswell with
involves manysubjects.Teachers in specialisation of secondaryschool Civics and Law, although teachers
teachersalso means that co-opera-
Rostov-on-Don describe their tion between staff is needed to who have used this approach stress
teaching about rights as a "line" integrate human rights teaching that it is important to avoid present-
running through all subjects,which across the curriculum. ing human rights as an academic
they have used to help children to However, many teachers have subject unrelated to real life.
understand that different subjects, successfullyintroduced teaching - Teachers have also planned jointly
different people, and the world human rights at this level in the with colleagues to involve studentsin
around them are interconnected.
followingways: project work which involvesseveral
- As an optional,separatesubject coresubjects.This avoids the danger
Secondary curricula after school or in weekly class "free that students might sec human rights
time". This approach gives teachers as one, academic subject, and helps
Introducing teachingfor human and students the freedom to explore them to sec the relevance of school
rights at this level can be more teaching human rights without subjects to the real world around
difficult. A lot depends on the pressure, but has the disadvantage them.
attitude of the Principal and the
TheChallengeof Human Rights Education
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LESSON PLAN iW&hhibSi& 'ixi
Length:45-50 minutes
Main aim:To raise students’awareness of human rights No of students: 20
and to foster the sense of universalitywhich derives Age:13-14 years old
from people’s respect for human rights. Level:Intermediate

Activity Aim Length Materials Skills
Warm up: To establish 15 ' A bail of wool Listening
“ Ball of appropriate affective communicating
Wool” framework: (to
create friendly,
relaxed atmosphere,
get everyone
involved)
Read and To familiarize 15 ' (a) 20 drawings reading
match: students with the illustrating articles problem solving
The Universal Declaration of the U.D.H.R.
Universal of Human Rights (b) 20 cards with
Declaration articles of the
of Human U.D.H.R. in
Rights simplified language
(c) The original
U.D.H.R. in Turkish
and in Greek
'
The To introduce 15 - 5 pieces of • listening
Imaginary students to the idea 20 ' coloured cardboard • communicating
Country of rights based on (A3 size) • cooperating
needs; • problem solving
to raise ideas of how • understanding
we value rights. By that human rights are a
further extending way to improve their
this activity, we can lives and the lives of
give the opportunity others
to students to make • taking action to
a list of ‘classroom protect human rights ·
rights’.
16 m - m . m - mmm