"If there is one thing that I do that makes me proud of my work as an educator, it is human rights education."
Since 2003, the Advocates for Human Rights has provided a program for K-12 teachers to assist them in integrating human rights education into their existing curricula. This program called "Rights Sites" provides examples of best practices on how human rights education can flourish in diverse educational environments. You are invited to explore the Rights Sites' success stories by clicking the links at the bottom of this page.
"...When I teach human rights issues as part of my curriculum, students learn that nothing that we study exists in an ethical void - not math, not science, not politics. And then they start to see their own actions and choices as part of the same fundamental human picture…"
To learn about integrating human rights into your classroom click to read and download the issue of Rights Sites News that will help you get started in human rights education!
For past issues of Rights Sites News
click on the link below.
http://www.discoverhumanrights.org/Rights_Sites_Newsletter.html
Learn about how elementary schools have incorporated human rights into their classrooms.
Learn about how middle schools have incorporated human rights into their classrooms.
Learn about how high schools have incorporated human rights into their classrooms.
Are you interested in learning more about how you can partner with The Advocates in our Rights Sites Project? If you are an educator or school administrator and would like to learn more about our school partnerships, please contact Kathy Seipp, Education Program Associate at The Advocates for Human Rights.
This framework provides teachers with age-appropriate goals, concepts and standards for Human Rights Education.
Abbreviated Version of the UDHR
Click here for the student created animated video describing the 30 articles of UDHR.
Abbreviated version of the CRC