Human
Rights Education Resources
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list of resources on human rights education.]
Resources on Human Rights Education
Resources
on Human Rights Related Topics and Issues
Human
Rights Resources On-Line
Puget
Sound Human Rights Resources
Resources on Human Rights Education
Human
Rights Here and Now: Celebrating the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
A publication of the Human Rights Educators' Network of Amnesty
International USA, the Human Rights USA Resource Center, and
the Stanley Foundation. Intended for use both by community
groups and teachers in elementary and secondary schools. It
provides background information, ideas for taking action,
and interative exercises to help people learn about hte human
rights guaranteed in the UDHR. It consititues a starter kit
for human rights education: background information on human
rights history, principles, and issues; strategies for teachiing
human rights; 15 activities for a wide variety of age groups
(K-adult); and essential human rights documents.
The
Human Rights Education Handbook: Effective Practices for Learning,
Action, and Change
By Nancy Flowers with Marcia Bernbaum, Kristi Rudelius-Palmer,
and Joel Tolman. A Publication of the Human Rights Resource
Center and the Stanley Foundation.
The Handbook brings together the theoretical thinking and
practical expereince of educators who are working in many
parts of the world to build a culture of human rights. It
provides working definitions for human rights education and
outlines goals, audiences, and content for this rapidly growing
field. At the heart of this manual are practical chapters
on the art of facilitation and a compendium fo effective methodologies
for HR education in both formal and informal settings. These
chapters are supplemented by documents, workshop models, sample
activities, and resource lists.
Economic
and Social Justice: A Human
Rights Perspective
By David A. Shiman. A Publication of the Human Rights Resource
Center and the Stanley Foundation. This is Topic Book 1 in
the HR Education Series, and a companion to Human Rights Here
and Now. Explains the differences between economic, social,
and cutural rights in an historical context from the civil
rights movement to human rights movements. Includes various
HR documents, including an abridged text of the UDHR, a glossary
of HR terms, and resource lists.
Educating
for Social Responsibility: Teacher-designed Curricula for
Peace Education, K-12 Reardon, B. (ed.) (1988) New York:
Teachers College Press.
Education
for Leadership and Social Responsibility.
Nemerowicz, G. & Rosi, E. (1997) Washington, DC: The Falmer
Press.
Facing
History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior Resource
Handbook.
Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Inc. (1994)
Brookline: Author
Human
Rights Education: the Fourth R
Enloe, W. & Willems, G. (1994) Chicago: Amnesty International
USA, Human Rights Educators' Network
On
Human Dignity: the Need for Human Rights Education,
Tibbets, F. (1996) Social Education, Vol. 60 #6, 428-431.
Articles on Human Rights Education by William Fernekes in
Social Education, www.socialstudies.org
The
Kid's Guide to Social Action, by Barbara Lewis, Free Spirit
Publishing, 1998
Teaching
for Social Justice, Edited by W. Ayers, J.A. Hunt, & T.
Quinn, The New Press, New York, 1998
Speak
Truth to Power
An education and advocacy package (book, handbook, video,
play, website) in collaboration with Amnesty International
and Umbrage Editions. Book by Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, play by
Ariel Dorfman, www.speaktruthtopower.org
Resources
on Human Rights Related Topics and Issues
The University
of Minnesota Human Rights Resource has developed an excellent
student activity called Taking the Human Rights Temperature
of Your School. The survey uses criteria from the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights to frame questions that assess
the human rights conditions and climate of your school. This
activity can be found on-line at: http://www.hrusa.org/hrmaterials/temperature/default.shtm
The
Art of Peace: Nobel Peace Laureates Discuss Human Rights,
Conflict and Resolution
Edited
by Jeffrey Hopkins. In November 1998 nine Nobel Peace Laureates
convened at the University of Virginia to share their views
about the importance of basic human rights, their concerns
about conflicts that arise when these rights are denied, and
their practical ideas for achieving reconciliation. At the
core of their agenda is the conviction that an ethical concern
for the welfare of others is essential for personal, political,
social, and economic balance. The book includes short biographies
of each of the laureates. Each presentation is followed by
responses from the participants as well as questions from
the audience.
A
Call to Service: a Witness to Idealism
By Robert Coles.
(1993) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.A
primer on social responsibility from an internationally recognized
authority on the inner lives of children, who has inspired
many in education. A great book for discussing idealism in
the context of community service, civil society, citizenship,
social movements and international work.
Ethics
for the New Millenium
By His Holiness
The Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama discusses a Buddhist view of
ethics with a universal lens for addressing global issues
in the next century and beyond. This book is a great pathway
to engage a dialogue in any classroom or educational circle
about the human condition and what it takes to cultivate humanity
in a global society, from one who is felt by many to be one
of our greatest models. Its no accident this book was a NY
Times Bestseller for months.
Freedom
From Fear
By Aung San Suu
Kyi. The moving collection of writings of a courageous leader
of Burma's National League for Democracy who was put under
house arrest by the ruling military junta that took over Burma
during the process of a democratic election that she eventually
won. Winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi
has become a global leader on human rights, peace and social
justice. A primer for any study of Burma.
The
Human Rights Reader
Ishay, M. (1997) New York: Routledge.
A comprehensive anthology of primary source material for the
study of human rights throughout the growth of Buddhist, Christian,
Muslim, Greek, and Roman civilizations, through the Enlightenment
and Industrial Age, and up to the present. A recommended tool
of study for any human rights education.
The
Human Rights Reader:
Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents, from the
Bible to the Present
Micheline Ishay, ed., Routledge, New York: 1997. A comprehensive
anthology of primary source material for the study of human
rights throughout the growth of Buddhist, Christian, Muslim,
Greek, and Roman civilizations, through the Enlightenment
and Industrial Age, and up to the present. A recommended tool
of study for any human rights education.
In
the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social
Activists
By Catherine Ingram.
(1990) Berkeley: Parallax Press.
Twelve interviews with a variety of inspirational leaders,
including The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Cesar Chavez, Joanna
Macy, Ram Dass, Joan Baez and Gary Snyder. A great source
of wisdom to help examine issues of social justice and social
responsibility.
Iqbal
Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery
By Susan Kuklin.
A journey through the history of child labor and slavery through
the lens of Igbal Masih, a Pakistani boy who under bondage
was forced to work in a carpet actory. He became an international
human rights activist by risking his life to tell his story
and work to end the system of child slavery in his country
and around the world. Groups of American and European middle
school students actively took up his cause and raised tremedous
awareness of the plight of children like Iqbal. A great primer
for a study of the rights of the child. Recommended for grades
4 and up.
Irrepressible
Spirit: Conversations with Human Rights Activists
By Susan Kuklin.
(1996) New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
A cultural and biographical
survey of human rights issues inspired by the work of the
international NGO Human Right Watch. Through meetings with
human rights practitioners and professionals from Asia, Africa,
Europe and the Americas author introduces you to an entire
division of labor of human rights work, from those who work
on the ground to those who work behind the scenes to address
international human rights violations. One of few book like
this written for secondary school students. A great primer
on human rights education.
State
of the Peoples: a Global Human Rights Report on Societies
in Danger
Cultural Survival (1993) Boston:
Beacon Press.
Talking
Peace: a Vision for the Next Generation
By Jimmy Carter.
(1993) New York: Dutton Children's Books.This
former President sets a model for global citizenship to young
people through his reflections on working for conflict resolution
and peace during office and currently through The Carter Center.
Jimmy Carter discusses issues of war, peace, global conflict,
mediation, The Middle East Peace Process, and human rights.
A primer for teaching about global citizenship and social
responsibility.
The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, An Adaptation for Children
by Ruth Rocha & Otavio Roth, United Nations Publications
Human Rights Education Sources On-Line:
Amnesty
International: http://www.amnesty.org
Carter
Center, Emory University: http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER
Center
for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights
Free the
Children (Children's rights site run by children): http://www.freethechildren.org
Global
Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org
Human
Rights Internet: http://www.hri.ca
Human
Rights Interactive Network: http://www.webcom.com/hrin
Human
Rights USA: http://www.hrusa.org
Human
Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org
Iqbal
Masih Web Page (Pakistani youth killed for speaking out about
child slavery): http://www.digitalrag.com/iqbal/index.html
Partners
in Human Right Education: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/education/pihre/index.html
PeaceNet/Human
Rights Page: http://www.igc.org/igc/issues/hr
People's
Decade of Human Rights Education: http://www.pdhre.org
Red Cross/Red
Crescent: www.ifrc.org/
Reebok
Human Rights: http://www.reebok.com/humanrights/home.html
United
Nations Human Rights Commission:
http://www.un.org/rights
United
States Department of State- Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices: http://www.state.gov/www.global/human_rights/
University
of Minnesota Human Rights Library: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/
University
of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre: http://www.uottawa.ca/~hrrec
University
of Washington Human Rights Education and Research Network:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~genres/hr/hrerc.html
Voices
of Youth, UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/voy
Puget
Sound Resources
Kitsap
County Council for Human Rights: 614 Division Street MS-23,
Port Orchard, WA 98366, 360.337.7185
Hate Free Zone Washington: www.hatefreezone.org
The Safe School's Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org
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