Learning About Human Rights in the Primary School

FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR-OLDS | SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEAR-OLDS

LESSONS FOR FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR-OLDS 

Lesson 1 - The tale of the orange juice

This activity helps pupils to understand the basic principals of global trade. The purpose is to explore where an everyday item comes from and how it reaches us, and enourage pupils to make links betweeen their own lives and the lives of other people around the world. It also creates a better understanding of the product supply chain and acts as an excellent starting point for considering Fair Trade as a human rights issue.
Lesson 1 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 1 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 2 - One for you, three for me

This activity helps pupils to recognise that the world's food supplies are not divided equally, and introduces the concepts of fairness and justice in a global context.
Lesson 2 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 2 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 3 - Fair play?

This activity helps pupils to develop an understanding of the concepts of fairness and justice.
Lesson 3 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 3 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 4 - Rights and responsibilities in the classroom

This activity encourages children to think about both rights and responsibilities in the classroom and identify behaviour that respects and disrespects human rights.
Lesson 4 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 4 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 5 - Exploring identity

To help children understand that we all belong to different groups. We have some things in common with others but we also have different abilities and qualities that contribute to our uniqueness as human beings.
Lesson 5 activity (pdf) | Lesson 5 activity Welsh (pdf)


LESSONS FOR SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEAR OLDS 

Lesson 6 - We are all born free

This activity introduces children to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by using images from the book of the same name. Through creative writing and story-telling, children familiarise themselves with some fundamental human rights and their meanings.
We are all born free film clip 
Lesson 6 activity (pdf) | We are all born free (ppt)
Lesson 6 activity Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 7 - Right up your street

In this activity, pupils investigate and understand how rights apply to everyday life, by examining a street scene showing human rights in practice. Through group and class discussion children familiarise themselves with the rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and their meaning, and identify rights being enjoyed, denied and demanded.
Lesson 7 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 7 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 8 - Children's Rights picture quilt

This activity encourages children to learn about and understand rights contained in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by making a children's rights picture quilt illustrating key articles of the Convention.
Lesson 8 activity (pdf) | Resource sheet (pdf)
Lesson 8 activity Welsh (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)

Lesson 9 - Refugees - They came because they had to

This activity encourages children to learn about and understand the situation of refugees and the right to seek asylum through a quiz, story and role-play.
Lesson 9 activity (pdf) | Lesson 9 activity Welsh (pdf)
Resource sheet (pdf) | Resource sheet Welsh (pdf)
Refugees (ppt) | Refugees powerpoint Welsh vesion
Uncle Ali (ppt) | Uncle Ali powerpoint Welsh version

Lesson 10 - Taking action for human rights

Two activities to learn about human rights by exploring the aims and activities of voluntary organisations concerned about human rights and develop skills necessary for pupils to participate in taking effective action for human rights through letter writing.