Citizenship at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3-6)

Resources include:

• stories that are appropriate for raising issues of human rights
• newspaper and magazine articles
• simplified copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
• resources from organisations involved in human rights issues, eg Unicef, Save the Children, Christian Aid, Amnesty International
• Human Rights Act 1998 Study Guide, produced by the Home Office
• useful websites, eg
  • www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/abc.htm (a site produced by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; has practical activities on the theme of children's rights)
  • www.unicef.org (for information about human rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child)
  • www.crights.org.uk (Children's Rights Alliance)
  • www.annefrank.org.uk (Anne Frank Educational Trust)
  • www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk
  • www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
  • www.citfou.org.uk (Citizenship Foundation)
  • www.lcd.gov.uk/hract/hramenu.htm (Human Rights Unit)