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“Human Rights in Focus” DVD
"Human Rights in Focus" includes three short films about human rights. A copy of this DVD, developed by Amnesty International in the UK in 2007, is being sent in early October 2008 to every secondary school library in Australia. You can download the accompanying curriculum resources and worksheets from the Amnesty International UK website.
“Right Here, Right Now”
Right Here, Right Now: teaching citizenship through human rights is a downloadable resource designed for use in citizenship education in years 7-9 ("Key Stage 3" in the UK).
It links human rights concepts with everyday experiences and enables teachers to examine human rights issues such as identity and diversity, rights and responsibilities and child poverty.
Lesson plans
This page includes downloadable lesson plans and resources for teachers on human rights issues.
Taking Action for human rights
These resources have been developed by students at Deakin University's Graduate Diploma of Applied Learning. They are useful for VCAL and in other contexts such as SOSE/HSIE. There is material on • taking action for human rights • organising an event.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in other languages
Amnesty International Australia's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Here is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in several languages.
Refugees’ rights: classroom resources
Are you a teacher looking for ways to engage your students about refugees? This page includes lesson plans and online resources formulated around refugee and asylum seeker's human rights.
Ideas for Human Rights Education
Here are some practical classroom ideas on teaching for human rights. Produced by the LOTE, ESL and Multicultural Education Unit of the Victorian Department of Education and Training.
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