Category Archives: Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

Tipping the Scale in our Favor: The Exploration of Social Injustice through the Lens of Fictional Characters

October 16, 2019 – 2:43 pm

By Sanassa Burnett, Language Arts, Albemarle Road Middle School

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2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

Ambassadors Using the Past to Better the Present by Turning Disabilities into Gifts

October 16, 2019 – 2:36 pm

By: Melinda Brewer, English, Coulwood STEM Academy

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Inequality: Words by American Women

March 20, 2019 – 1:34 pm

Tina Jones-McDow, English, Rocky River High School

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Tags central idea, Dignity, double standard, empowerment, era, evaluate the structure of an argument, Feminism, feminist, freedom rights, Gender, inalienable, inequality. Equality. Equity. Privilege, inquiry, Justice, persuasive techniques, power of persuasion, Prejudice, public advocacy, respect, Rhetoric, Rights, rights (legal claims), social movement, status, stereotype, suffrage, text evidence, tone, values (moral claims), violation | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

Retaining Identity through Assimilation

March 11, 2019 – 5:12 pm

Melanie Jolley, Language Arts, Windsor Park Elementary

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To What Extent are Children Denied Human Rights by the United States Judicial System?

February 20, 2019 – 12:46 pm

Gerald Todd Statome, Social Studies, East Mecklenburg High School

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Tags advocacy, Arbitrary, Collective Rights, Convention, Dignity, discrimination, Due Process, Equality before the law, Ethical, Fundamental Rights, Human Right, Human Rights System, Inalienable Rights, International Law, Justice, Moral, Norm, oppression, Penal Offense, Prohibited, Protect, Ratify, Right to Life, Social Progress, Standards of Life | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

The Rights of Autistic Children Through the Eyes of Natalie in Al Capone Does My Shirts

February 20, 2019 – 12:44 pm

Pamela Shembo, 5th Grade, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

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Tags Al Capone Does My Shirts, Autism Spectrum Disorder, children’s rights, Dr. Seuss, Gennifer Choldenko, Horton Hears a Who, IDEA, IEP., Moose Flanagan, myths about people with disabilities, Natalie Flanagan, Responsibility, stereotypes about people with disabilities, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, The Convention on the Rights of the Child, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

Creating Human Rights Models with Basic Statistics and Probability

February 20, 2019 – 12:39 pm

Nathan Golden, Math, Northridge Middle School

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Tags human rights, MAD, mean, median, non-natural probability, single and multi-event probability, statistical models | Permalink | Comments Off

It’s Your Right

February 20, 2019 – 12:37 pm

Katelyn Gardepe, 4th Grade, Selwyn Elementary School

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Tags activity, Convention on the Rights of a Child, Greeting, human rights, Morning Meetings, Passivity, SEL, Share, Social-Emotional Learning, Wants and Needs | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

I Will Fight For My Rights

February 20, 2019 – 12:32 pm

Kadijah Ward, Social Studies, Thomasboro Academy

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Tags access, advocacy, Education, equity, fair, inequity, poverty, quality, resources, Rights, Segregation | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

“Capitalism versus Communism: An Analysis on Economic Differences in the Cold War”

February 20, 2019 – 12:28 pm

by James Berkman, Social Studies, MLK Middle School

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Tags Arms Race, capitalism, Cold War, Communism, Economics, Equality, Freedom, human rights, Joseph Stalin, Justice, Labor, NATO, Socialism, Soviet Union, speech, Taxes, United Nations, United States, Values, Warsaw Pact | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

How To Make An ARTivist

February 20, 2019 – 12:18 pm

Carla Aaron-Lopez, Visual Arts, Whitewater Middle School

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Tags activism, Ai Weiwei, Art, Banksy, books, children’s rights, contemporary art, graphic novels, Guerilla Girls, human rights, Shepard Fairey, street art | Permalink | Comments Off

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

By the Numbers: Evaluating Global Migration and Human Rights Changes for American Immigrants

February 20, 2019 – 12:09 pm

Amanda Lam, Math, McClintock Middle School

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Tags diaspora, displacement, human rights, immigrations, migration, refugee | Permalink | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Vol 6: Teaching Human Rights

Tipping the Scale in our Favor: The Exploration of Social Injustice through the Lens of Fictional Characters

Ambassadors Using the Past to Better the Present by Turning Disabilities into Gifts

Retaining Identity through Assimilation

The Rights of Autistic Children Through the Eyes of Natalie in Al Capone Does My Shirts

Creating Human Rights Models with Basic Statistics and Probability

I Will Fight For My Rights

“Capitalism versus Communism: An Analysis on Economic Differences in the Cold War”

How To Make An ARTivist

By the Numbers: Evaluating Global Migration and Human Rights Changes for American Immigrants

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