General human rights education links for teachers
All Different, All Equal
A project of the Council of Europe. Includes curriculum to promote intercultural education.
Amnesty International
Posts numerous articles related to human rights topics, and may be an appropriate resource for some older students. For information specifically on education, check out Amnesty International USA's spin-off site, "Human Rights Education". Offers a free, monthly email newsletter for human rights educators, as well as lesson plans and suggestions for teachers. Materials are also available in Spanish.
BBC World Service: "I Have a Right to..."
Case studies which can be used to teach students about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Civitas International
Devoted to civic education resources for educators around the world.
Cultural Survival
Seeks to preserve and protect indigenous cultures. Should be of interest to teachers who wish to address cultural rights, and includes a section called "Education: Pathways to Learning" which details how to incorporate indigenous issues into 8th-10th grade classrooms.
Death Penalty Info
Provides resources for teaching students about the death penalty, including maps, statistics, court cases, and a history of the death penalty.
Facing History and Ourselves: Examining History and Human Behavior
Resources for teaching history reflectively. Contains teacher resources such as lesson plans.
Fields of Hope
Complete curriculum on child labor for high school students.
The Foreign Policy Association - Great Decisions
The "Educator's Corner" is designed for teachers who want to teach about foreign affairs.
Global Source Education
Contains lesson plans, advice, and curriculum, and is designed to "bring the classroom into the real world…and the real world into the classroom."
Human Rights Education Associates
An online library of human rights' resources, equipped with curriculum, lessons, and a teachers' library. All materials are free and ready to download.
Human Rights Internet
A Canadian site with recommendations for teachers, such as textbooks and other resources related to human rights education.
The National Center for Human Rights Education
Provides fact sheets, educational resources, and human rights news.
The New York Times - Teacher Connections
Provides lesson plans based on current events.
The People's Movement for Human Rights Education
Dedicated to human rights learning for social and economic change. Provides excellent explanations of a variety of human rights issues, including: the aged, children, development, disability, discrimination, education, environment, ethnicity, food, health, housing, indigenous peoples, livelihood and land, minorities, peace and disarmament, poverty, race, refugees, religion, sexual orientation, women, work and workers. Good starting point for teachers looking to explore one or more of these issues.
PBS - America Responds
Offers K-12 lesson plans related to current events.
Right to Education
Explains why education is a human right, and how that right is not fulfilled for many children.
Teaching for Change - Building Social Justice, Starting in the Classroom
Features a catalogue of print resources for teachers, and highlights projects in the Washington, D.C. area.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Its History and Significance
Created by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Contains a human rights timeline, national speakers' bureau, and information about Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Nations.
U.N. Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commission
Shows a flow chart of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commission. May be helpful in demonstrating the structure of the commission in a lesson to older students.
UNESCO's Division of Human Rights, Democracy, Peace & Tolerance
Provides strategies for teaching human rights on an international and regional level.
UNICEF - Voices of Youth
Geared especially towards teachers. Offers ideas for teaching human rights education.
Universal Rights Network
Contains universal rights activities, focusing on a range of student activities.
The University of Minnesota's Human Rights Resource Center
The U of MN Human Rights Resource Center and Human Rights Library are among the most comprehensive in the nation. Provides information on all aspects of human rights, including texts of treaties and conventions as well as educational resources. The Human Rights Education Series features a complete curriculum which can be downloaded.
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