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Education resources introducing human rights

Knowledge

Raise awareness of human rights in your classroom with the following educational activities and materials.

First Steps
First Steps (Welsh)

This fun and interactive resource is designed to support teachers to introduce human rights to children aged 3-5.

Learning about human rights in the primary school
Learning about human rights in the primary school (Welsh)

Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities to help pupils understand their own human rights, foster attitudes of respect and develop skills to enable them to take action to defend human rights.

Learning about human rights in the secondary school
Learning about human rights in the secondary school (Welsh)

This comprehensive pack of eight lesson plans is full of exciting and innovative ways to teach human rights.

Dreams of Freedom drama pack

This activity pack is full of creative ideas for using Amnesty's latest children's book, Dreams of Freedom, to explore human rights and the idea of freedom with students aged 7-11.

My Rights Passport
My Rights Passport (Welsh)

A colourful pocket-sized booklet of all the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ideal for introductory lessons on human rights and to give to students to keep.

Human Rights and Solidarity (for ages 7-13)
Human Rights and Activism (for ages 14-19)

Resources for the COVID-19 crisis to learn about human rights and how to take action and show solidarity in the community. 

Posters

Universal Declaration of human rights poster
Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster (Welsh)
 

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A poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for your classroom.

Primary poster pack
Secondary poster pack

A pack of bright and colourful posters to introduce human rights into the classroom.

These rights are our rights poster
These rights are our rights (Welsh)

A bright and colourful A1 poster with 'chicks' illustrating the 30 rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Right up your street poster
Right up your street (Welsh)

Download this activity for pupils to investigate, and understand, how rights apply to everyday life by examining a street scene showing human rights in practice.

Freedom park poster

One of the wonderful images from the We Are All Born Free book made into a poster depicting Article 3 of the Universal Decleration of Human Rights: "We all have the right to life".

My Little Book of Big Freedoms Poster

A free poster celebrating the Human Rights Act. It can also be coloured in.

UNCRC Poster

A free poster celebrating the United Nations Convention on the Child (UNCRC).

 

Online Learning

Introduction to Human Rights

Human rights – A Tool for Change

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This introductory course aims to provide you with a better understanding of the human rights system and invites you to turn yourself into an agent of change. 

Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In this free course you will explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and learn how it empowers you to know, claim and defend your rights.

Video

Amnesty's YouTube channel
Amnesty's Vimeo channel