"If there is one thing that I do that makes me proud of my work as an educator, it is human rights education."
The Advocates for Human Rights provides assistance for K-12 teachers to integrate human rights education into their existing curricula. The Advocates' school partners - called "Rights Sites" - provide examples of best practices on how human rights education can flourish in diverse educational environments. You are invited to explore 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, read the "Getting Started" edition of our newsletter, Rights Sites News, or contact Kathy Seipp at 612-341-3302 ext.133 or kseipp@advrights.org.
For past issues of our newsletter devoted to human rights education and related topics, click here.
READ about SCHOOLS and TEACHERS that have implemented HUMAN RIGHTS into their CLASSROOMS!
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.
The Advocates is looking for Minneapolis middle-level teachers (grades 5-8) who would like ideas, assistance, connections, or other help in getting their students involved in a service-learning project! If you are interested, please contact Sarah Herder at sherder@advrights.org or 612-746-4691.
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 Sarah Herder, Education Director at The Advocates for Human Rights, at sherder@advrights.org.
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