Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)

Unit 16: Celebrating human rights - citizenship activities for the whole school

Resources

Resources include:

local organisations such as Victim Support, the Police, faith groups, local councils, the Youth Service, Magistrates
useful websites, eg

www.communitypartners.org.uk (Community Service Volunteers' (CSV) online database of voluntary organisations)
www.amnesty.org.uk (Amnesty International)
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk (Refugee Council)
www.hrw.org (Human Rights Watch)
www.oxfam.org.uk (Oxfam)
www.actionaid.org.uk (Action Aid)
www.humanrights.gov.uk (Human Rights Unit)
www.unhcr.ch (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
www.unicef.org (United Nations Children's Fund)
www.childrens-express.org (online newspaper)
www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk (Holocaust Memorial Day)
www.commonwealth.org.uk (Commonwealth Institute)

NB: care should be taken when encouraging pupils to access websites

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. How can we celebrate Human Rights Day?
	2. How can we plan our activities?
	3. What activities shall we choose?
	4. How successful was the day?