Introduction : Using ABC: Teaching Human Rights = 6
Chapter One: Fundamentals of Human Rights Education = 9
The development of the human rights framework = 10
Promoting human rights = 13
The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) = 15
The process of human rights education in schools = 16
Content for human rights education = 18
Teaching about and for human rights = 20
Rights and responsibilities = 21
Teaching and preaching - action speaks louder than words = 22
Dealing with difficult issues = 24
Pedagogical techniques for human rights education = 25
Evaluation = 29
Chapter Two: Human Rights Topics for
Preschool and Lower Primary School = 31
Confidence and social respect = 32
Resolving conflicts = 32
Confronting discrimination =33
Appreciating similarities and differences = 34
Fostering confidence and self-esteem = 35
Building trust = 40
Creating classroom rules = 41
Understanding human rights = 43
Introducing children’s rights = 44
Chapter Three: Human Rights Topics for
Upper Primary and Lower and Senior Secondary School = 49
Protecting life . the individual in society = 50
War, peace and human rights = 52
Government and the law = 57
Freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion and expression = 63
The right to privacy = 65
The freedom to meet and take part in public affairs = 66
Social and cultural well-being = 68
Discrimination = 69
1. Discrimination . stereotypes = 70
2. Discrimination - colour or race = 71
3. Discrimination - minority group status = 72
4. Discrimination . gender = 75
5. Discrimination . disability = 79
The right to education = 79
Development and the environment = 82
Economic development and interrelatedness = 89
Business and human rights = 92
Understanding the United Nations = 94
Creating a human rights community = 96
Taking the human rights temperature of your school = 96
Just a beginning = 100
Annexes
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) . original text and simplified version = 103
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child . original text and summarized version = 111
3. A brief introduction to international human rights law terminology = 141
4. Selected organizations = 147
5. Other selected classroom resources = 157
Chapter One: Fundamentals of Human Rights Education = 9
The development of the human rights framework = 10
Promoting human rights = 13
The United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) = 15
The process of human rights education in schools = 16
Content for human rights education = 18
Teaching about and for human rights = 20
Rights and responsibilities = 21
Teaching and preaching - action speaks louder than words = 22
Dealing with difficult issues = 24
Pedagogical techniques for human rights education = 25
Evaluation = 29
Chapter Two: Human Rights Topics for
Preschool and Lower Primary School = 31
Confidence and social respect = 32
Resolving conflicts = 32
Confronting discrimination =33
Appreciating similarities and differences = 34
Fostering confidence and self-esteem = 35
Building trust = 40
Creating classroom rules = 41
Understanding human rights = 43
Introducing children’s rights = 44
Chapter Three: Human Rights Topics for
Upper Primary and Lower and Senior Secondary School = 49
Protecting life . the individual in society = 50
War, peace and human rights = 52
Government and the law = 57
Freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion and expression = 63
The right to privacy = 65
The freedom to meet and take part in public affairs = 66
Social and cultural well-being = 68
Discrimination = 69
1. Discrimination . stereotypes = 70
2. Discrimination - colour or race = 71
3. Discrimination - minority group status = 72
4. Discrimination . gender = 75
5. Discrimination . disability = 79
The right to education = 79
Development and the environment = 82
Economic development and interrelatedness = 89
Business and human rights = 92
Understanding the United Nations = 94
Creating a human rights community = 96
Taking the human rights temperature of your school = 96
Just a beginning = 100
Annexes
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) . original text and simplified version = 103
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child . original text and summarized version = 111
3. A brief introduction to international human rights law terminology = 141
4. Selected organizations = 147
5. Other selected classroom resources = 157