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ERIC Number: ED389406
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 43
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-921564-09-0
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
In Our Own Backyard: A Teaching Guide for the Rights of the Child (Intended for Grade 1 through Grade 8).
Biggs, Dinny; And Others
This guide presents children's rights as an issue directly affecting all children and one in which children's meaningful participation affects the responsibilities that accompany those rights. The handbook is organized around teaching ideas about the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and later ratified by several member nations. Part 1, "Know Your Rights," suggests nine teaching tools and resources for a broad overview of children's rights and is followed by activity suggestions. This section provides information on monitoring students' learning, identifying students' location on the continuous process of inquiry, and selecting the appropriate tool for an entry point, an application, a summarizing activity, an action taking project, and so on. Part 2 provides activity ideas related to particular rights under five theme categories: mental and physical well-being, identity and expression, family and community, knowledge and culture, and law and protection. Part 3 provides additional resource suggestions and teaching aids, including informational material, a rights of the child poster, case study cards, and rights cards. (AP)
UNICEF Canada, 443 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, Ontario M4S 2L8, Canada ($10 Canadian).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: United Nations Children's Fund Canada, Toronto (Ontario).
Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A