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MORE SPEAK FREE RESOURCES 

• Teaching controversial issues (pdf)
• Curriculum links (pdf)
• Background info: What are human rights? (pdf)
• Universal Declaration Of Human Rights summary (pdf) 

DOWNLOAD A 5 MINUTE DISCUSSION STARTER (please watch videos first to check their suitability for your class as many contain disturbing images)

• Freedom of Expression: Poems
• Freedom of Expression: Images (ppt)
• Film (Vimeo): Signatures
• Film (Vimeo): Bullet
• Film (Vimeo): Over To You
• Film (Vimeo): You Are Powerful
• Film (Vimeo): Serkalem's Story
• Quotes from people Amnesty has helped (Word)
• 50 years of Amnesty
• Interactive Amnesty timeline - great for use on whiteboards
• 50 years of Amnesty (posters) 

DOWNLOAD AN ASSEMBLY 

Assembly: Better To Light A Candle
The play, with script and powerpoint introduces young people to the work of Amnesty International. It follows the stories of Peter Benenson, Amnesty's original founder, human rights defenders, a young Amnesty activist and others who have stood up for human rights.  The play can be for whole year or form assemblies, or it may provide a cross-curricular link between (Global) Citizenship, English and Drama. Young people could also use it to introduce others to human rights issues and Amnesty's work.   

Assembly: Introduction To Amnesty
Using the Introduction to Amnesty powerpoint, introduce Amnesty's work as a non-governmental, human rights campaigning organisation. 

DOWNLOAD A LESSON PLAN

Lesson: Speak Free
The lesson plan can be used in combination with the play, or as a stand alone lesson. It aims to introduce students to the human right to freedom of expression and to Amnesty International, which works to uphold this right. Students will also consider creative approaches to campaigning on behalf of individuals whose human rights have been abused.  

Sticker design competition 
Enter your students' designs for a new Amnesty human rights sticker. The winning design will be turned into an actual sticker which will be sent to schools in the UK and Africa, plus there will be an ipod for the winner! 

Take action! 
You'll find case sheets written especially for 11-18 year olds on our Youth Urgent Action network pages. This month young activists are campaigning for the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in Colombia, by taking photos of themselves holding a solidarity message written in Spanish.

Film + lesson plan: Justice For Dad
Watch the short film Justice For Dad and use the accompanying lesson plan and worksheets to enable students to consider the right to a fair trial and decide whether they are for or against Guantánamo Bay. 

Film + lesson plan: Letters to Death Row
Show the 15 minute film looking at how letter writing campaigns have saved the lives of three people on death row in various parts of the world. After watching and discussing the film, use the accompanying lesson plan to encourage students to consider the impact of death row on both the accused and the victims of crime, as well as enabling them to learn more about the rights denied and the rights enjoyed by the individuals featured in the film. You could also look at the topic of the death penalty in more detail by using our A Matter of Life and Death school's pack

Film + lesson plan: Over To You
In Over To Amnesty youth group members campaign across the UK, taking action to protect human rights. In the accompanying lesson students can explore the elements of a successful campaign and plan their own.

Film: Bahrain - Violence Out Of Control (WARNING: Contains disturbing images)
Amnesty condemns the heavy-handed tactics used by Bahrain's riot police. Only days before the February 14 Day of Rage protests, we released a new report on the human rights crackdown in Bahrain that documents how respect for human rights has deteriorated significantly in the past year.  

ONE LESSON + : HUMAN RIGHTS FILM SCREENING RESOURCES

Blood Diamond (15+) (pdf)
A comprehensive teaching resource including lesson plans, drawings by child soldiers and much more to support an indepth study of the film and the issues it raises.  

The Kite Runner (12+) (pdf)
A companion guide including activities and lessons to engage students in a discussion of complex issues such as ethnic diversity, gender inequality, and the interplay between upper and lower socio-economic and political classes in Afghanistan. 

Hotel Rwanda (12+) (pdf)
Three lessons and various activities for teachers to use in conjunction with a screening of the film. 

• Boy In The Striped Pyjamas: Lesson Plan (Word)| Powerpoint
• Good: Lesson Plan (Word) | Powerpoint
• Kite Runner: Lesson Plan (Word) | Powerpoint
• Persepolis: Lesson Plan (Word) | Powerpoint
• Slumdog Millionaire: Lesson Plan (word) | Powerpoint | Teachers Notes (Word) 

MORE AMNESTY EDUCATION RESOURCES 

• Free resources to download
• Resources catalogue (pdf)
• Resources on freedom of expression
• Books: Human rights fiction + poetry
• Amnesty at 50 webpage

MORE AMNESTY EDUCATION RESOURCES ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 

YOU CAN'T JAIL MINDS: A POETRY PROJECT WITH A DIFFERENCE
Inspired by real prisoners and their poetry, students imagine they are in prison and must express themselves without pen and paper...
Get inspiration to run a poetry project at your school