Source
Material for Human Rights Education
The
following materials were compiled for a series of events related
to human rights education produced by Global Source.
Source
Material for Educators
Source Material for Students
Human Rights Education Sources On-line
Human Rights in China
Human Rights in East Timor
Source
Material For Educators
Curriculum Guides and Lesson Plans:
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
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.
Human
Rights Education: the Fourth R
Enloe, W. & Willems, G. (1994) Chicago: Amnesty International
USA, Human Rights Educators' Network
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 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.
On
Human Dignity: the Need for Human Rights Education,
Tibbets, F. (1996) Social Education, Vol. 60 #6, 428-431.
Videos:
Environmentalists
Under Fire: 10 Urgent Cases of Human Rights Abuses
By
Amnesty International and the Sierra Club. 21 minutes. As
part of the Humanr Rights and the Environment Campaign, the
goal of the video project is to shine a light on nations where
human rights abuses are being committed against environmental
activists and to take action immediately to stop the abuses
suffered by environmentalists who are being beaten, harasses,
detained, raped, tortured, and murdered.
Globalization
and Human Rights
Documentary by Globalvision, 1998. 57 minutes. (http://www.globalvision.org
)
Mickey
Mouse Goes to Haiti: Walt Disney and the Science of Exploitation...
Documentary produced by the National Labor Committee, 1996.
What is it like to work in a Haitian facorry sewing Disney
children's clothing for export and sale in the U.S.? This
video is an investigation into Disney's factories in Haiti
where workers earn 7 cents for every pair of Disney pajamas
she sews, or one-half of one percent f the sales price of
the garment.
Soldier
Child
Directed
by Neil Abramson and narrated by Danny Glover, 1998. This
documentary reveals the story of the kidnapping of 12,000
children from their homes in Northern Uganda to be trained
as soldiers in a rebel army in Sudan. It also documents the
efforts put forth by the Northern Uganda people for their
children who have escaped from the army.
Welcome
to Sarajevo
Feature film by Miramax, 102 minutes. An offbeat band of TV
journalists stationed in Sarajevo during the heat of the war
report from the front-lines. One of the journalists crosses
the line and risks his life to smuggle an orphaned girl to
safety in the UK.
Source
Material For Students
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.
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. Available
in The Global Source Catalog.
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.
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
Reebok
Human Rights: http://www.reebok.com/humanrights/home.html
United
Nations & Human Rights: 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
Human Rights in China
The
Coming Conflict with China
Bernstein, R. & Munro,
R. (1998) New York: Vintage Books.
China
Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
Kristof,
N. & WuDunn, S. (1994) New York: Random House.
Moving
the mountain
Li, L. (1990) London: MacMillan Books.
Troublemaker:
one man's crusade against China's cruelty
Wu, H.
(1996) New York: Random House.
Moving
the Mountain
A video documentary by Michael Apted
The Chinese
Embassy (Washington DC): http://www.china-embassy.org/
Human
Rights in China: http://www.hrichina.org
Human Rights in Indonesia
& East Timor:
East
Timor at the Crossroads: the Forging of a Nation. Carey,
P. & Bentley, G. (Eds.) (1995) Honolulu: U. Hawaii Press.
East
Timor: Genocide in Paradise
Jardine, M. (1995) Odonian
Press
East
Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the Timorese Resistance
Pinto,
C. & Jardine, M. (1996) South End Press.
Funu:
the Unfinished Saga of East Timor
Ramos-Horta, J. (1987)
Red Sea Press.
Death
of Nation
A documentary by John Pilger
The
Year of Living Dangerously
A film by Peter Weir
East Timor
Action Network: http://www.etan.org
Resources
compiled by the Trade and Human Rights Project at Global Source.
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