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A matter of life and death Please note: This pack includes the case of Troy Davis - on 21 September 2011 Troy Davis was executed by lethal injection

Booklet (pdf)

Lessons

Assembly

Films

Taking action project

Information for teachers

Youth groups

Congratulations to feedback survey winner Hannah Anderson from The Davis School, London.

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Through A Matter of Life and Death lessons, assembly and films, students aged 14+ can explore the issues surrounding the use of the death penalty, one of Amnesty's oldest and most established campaigns.

Amnesty opposes the use of the death penalty in all cases and for all crimes, whether someone is innocent or guilty, but the aim of this resource is to support young people to form their own opinion by developing their knowledge, skills and values. If your students are inspired to take action, the Taking Action Project offers guidance to support them.

You will find all the resources here in English, Welsh and Arabic, plus information about the many ways you and your students can get more involved, from starting an Amnesty youth group at your school to joining our teacher's network.

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Are your students inspired to take action?
Take action for death penalty cases
Taking action project
Set up an Amnesty youth group

YOUTH GROUPS

If you and your students are inspired to stand up for human rights, there are many ways to get involved!

START AN AMNESTY YOUTH GROUP
There are 760 Amnesty youth groups in schools across the UK campaigning, fundraising, organising events - and generally having a lot of fun in the process!

Find out more: Amnesty youth groups
Youth groups leaflet (pdf)
Start a youth group form (pdf)
Young people can also join Amnesty as individual members

TEACHERS

Amnesty wants to support you to bring human rights to life in the classroom - we've got a wide range of resources to help and you can join our TeachRights network to get a twice-termly e-newsletter packed with new resources, professional development opportunities, and courses and events for your students.

More about Teachrights | TeachRights joining form (pdf)

Search all our education resources on human rights topics

Invite an Amnesty speaker to your school
Join Amnesty as an individual member

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

How to use this pack (pdf)
Teaching controversial issues (pdf)
Curriculum links (pdf)
What are human rights? (pdf)
Amnesty's death penalty campaign (pdf)
Amnesty's Child Protection Policy
Death penalty map (pdf)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pdf)

Intro to Amnesty powerpoint INTRODUCTION TO AMNESTY: FREE DOWNLOADABLE POWERPOINT
An introduction to Amnesty's work as a non-governmental, human rights campaigning organisation. Encourages critical thinking + debate about controversial issues. Inspires informed + responsible action. Download

A Matter Of Life and Death