SCHOOL QUESTIONNAIRE

 Create Strategies For Teaching Human Rights in Your School Environment

1.                 Your classroom

a.      Subject(s) ______________________________________________________

b.      Aspects of curriculum that involve/relate to human rights (e.g. units or lessons about the Holocaust, diversity, respect, the United Nations, civil rights movement, the Diary of Anne Frank, art of indigenous peoples, etc.) ______________________________________________________________

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2.                 Student body

a.      Existing student groups relevant to human rights (e.g. student leadership, 4-H, religious/social justice groups, Amnesty Int’l student group, diversity/multicultural organization, or others) _________________________

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b.      Approximate number of immigrant students _____ and their countries of origin _________________________________________________________

c.      Races/ethnicities represented ______________________________________

d.      Languages spoken _______________________________________________

e.      Range of economic diversity among students __________________________

f.       Other factors about students or the surrounding community that highlight its diversity _______________________________________________________

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3.                 Your school

a.      Name one or two current issues/challenges facing your school or your students (e.g. hazing, student violence, separation between student cliques, sexual harassment, or others) ______________________________________

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b.      What are some strategies that you, your colleagues, or your students have used to combat these issues? ______________________________________

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