Foreword = 5
Acknowledgements and Permissions = 6
Teacher’s Notes = 7
Backgrounders
1.The United Nations and its Charter = 12
2. Conflict Prevention and Resolution = 14
3. Human Rights = 15
4. Sustainable Development = 16
5. The United Nations and NGOs = 17
History
1. "We the peoples ..." /The Founding of the United Nations = 18
2. The United Nations /The First Fifty Years = 20
3. Soldiers of peace /United Nations Peace-keeping = 22
Language
4."... beat their swords into plowshares" /The United Nations working for Peace = 24
5. Poetry from around the world /UN Convention on the Rights of the Child = 26
6. Two poems about refugees /Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees = 28
7. If you can read this, well done! /UNESCO and Illiteracy = 30
Geography
8. To be born a girl /United Nations, Human Rights and Women = 32
9. Trees for life /The United Nations and the Advancement of Women = 34
10.Keeping children alive /The United Nations Children’s Fund = 36
11.When disaster strikes ... /United Nations and Disaster Relief = 38
12.Double time /UN Environment Programme/UN Population Fund = 40
13.Saving tomorrow’s world /UN Conference on Environment and Development = 42
Sciences
14.Only one Earth /United Nations Environment Programme = 44
15.Bad news wrapped up in protein /World Health Organization = 46
16.Something to get your teeth into /World Health Organization = 48
Mathematics
17.Who pays for the United Nations? /Contributions to the UN budget = 50
18.The Members of the UN /Member States = 52
Art
19.Guernica by Pablo Picasso /UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization = 54
20.Humanity’s cultural heritage /UNESCO’s World Heritage List = 56
Music
21.Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976 /United Nations Anthem, Voices for Today = 58
Resource Points
A. Members of the United Nations = 60
B. United Nations Days and Years = 61
C. The UN System/The main organs of the UN = 62
D. What has the UN done? = 64
E. The Preamble to the United Nations Charter = 65
F. World Map = 66
G. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child = 67
H. United Nations Logos = 68
I. World Federation of UNA’s = 70
J. Getting Information on the UN = 71
K. Resources for teaching about the UN = 75
L. The Right to Write?Letter-writing tips = 77
Acknowledgements and Permissions = 6
Teacher’s Notes = 7
Backgrounders
1.The United Nations and its Charter = 12
2. Conflict Prevention and Resolution = 14
3. Human Rights = 15
4. Sustainable Development = 16
5. The United Nations and NGOs = 17
History
1. "We the peoples ..." /The Founding of the United Nations = 18
2. The United Nations /The First Fifty Years = 20
3. Soldiers of peace /United Nations Peace-keeping = 22
Language
4."... beat their swords into plowshares" /The United Nations working for Peace = 24
5. Poetry from around the world /UN Convention on the Rights of the Child = 26
6. Two poems about refugees /Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees = 28
7. If you can read this, well done! /UNESCO and Illiteracy = 30
Geography
8. To be born a girl /United Nations, Human Rights and Women = 32
9. Trees for life /The United Nations and the Advancement of Women = 34
10.Keeping children alive /The United Nations Children’s Fund = 36
11.When disaster strikes ... /United Nations and Disaster Relief = 38
12.Double time /UN Environment Programme/UN Population Fund = 40
13.Saving tomorrow’s world /UN Conference on Environment and Development = 42
Sciences
14.Only one Earth /United Nations Environment Programme = 44
15.Bad news wrapped up in protein /World Health Organization = 46
16.Something to get your teeth into /World Health Organization = 48
Mathematics
17.Who pays for the United Nations? /Contributions to the UN budget = 50
18.The Members of the UN /Member States = 52
Art
19.Guernica by Pablo Picasso /UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization = 54
20.Humanity’s cultural heritage /UNESCO’s World Heritage List = 56
Music
21.Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976 /United Nations Anthem, Voices for Today = 58
Resource Points
A. Members of the United Nations = 60
B. United Nations Days and Years = 61
C. The UN System/The main organs of the UN = 62
D. What has the UN done? = 64
E. The Preamble to the United Nations Charter = 65
F. World Map = 66
G. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child = 67
H. United Nations Logos = 68
I. World Federation of UNA’s = 70
J. Getting Information on the UN = 71
K. Resources for teaching about the UN = 75
L. The Right to Write?Letter-writing tips = 77