Introduce young learners to the list of children's rights as defined by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) with a series of activities that get class members thinking about what they need to grow up safely and happily.

Concepts

children's rights, the universal declaration of human rights, the united nations

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• After modeling how to craft a personal letter, ask class members to write a letter to the president urging him to submit the document to congress for ratification 

Classroom Considerations

• Designed for children in Wales; however, the concepts are appropriate in any classroom in any country
• Preview the 15 questions in the first activity liked to rights; the second question asks individuals to reveal whether or not they had breakfast that morning

Pros

• Class members establish rules for behavior that would create a rights-friendly classroom and/or school

Cons

• None