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This unit illustrates how schools can use a specific annual event to support citizenship education. International Human Rights Day, on 10 December, provides an ideal opportunity for young people to focus on this important aspect of citizenship. This unit is a starting point for planning the involvement of the whole school in human rights education and for engaging pupils, teachers from a variety of subjects, and adults from outside the school in such activities. Activities can be combined to create an off-timetable day or adapted for use within the normal timetable. There are many other dates of significance where a similar whole-school approach can be used, eg 27 January - Holocaust Memorial Day, 2nd Monday in March - Commonwealth Day, 9 May - Europe Day. The Teacher's guide includes information about involving pupils in the organisation of events.
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