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ERIC Number: EJ598129
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
We "Must" Integrate Human Rights into the Social Studies.
O'Brien, Ed
Social Education, v63 n3 p171-75 Apr 1999
Asserts that educators need to teach about human rights issues, such as social and economic rights, in the social studies curriculum because these issues are disregarded throughout the country. Defines human rights, discusses the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and provides two lessons. (CMK)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Consciousness Raising, Educational Change, Ideology, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Problems, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Universal Declaration of Human Rights