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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 363 535 SO 023 310 AUTHOR Hoffman, Dorothy; And Others TITLE A Child's Right: A Safe and Secure World. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Educating for Peace Project. INSTITUTION United Nations Association of Minnesota, Minneapolis.; United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, N.Y. SPONS AGENCY Bremer (Otto) Foundation, St. Paul, Minn. REPORT NO ISBN-0-934654-94-8 PUB DATE Aug 91 NOTE 166p.; Support also provided by the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation and the Ramsey International Fine Arts School, Minneapolis, MN. AVAILABLE FROMUnited Nations Association-USA, 485 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6104 ($14.95). PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use Instructional Materials (For Learner) (051) Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Childhood Needs; *Childrens Rights; *Child Welfare; Citizen Participation; Elementary Education; Global Approach; Junior High Schools; ..earning Activities; *Literacy; Middle Schools; Social Studies IDENTIFIERS Educational Rights; Right to Education; *United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child ABSTRACT This document is a curriculum thatserves as an' introduction to the United Nations Conventionon the Rights of the Child. Designed for the upper elementary and middlegrades 5-10, the curriculum has students "adopt" an infant from anotherregion of the world, taking personal responsibility for theirnew brother or sister. This responsibility takes the form of activitiescelebrating the naming of the child, and activities exploring the rightsof health, security, freedom, economic well being, education,and other rights guaranteed their new friends by the convention.A personal touch to the learning experience takes the form of the "childhood log," which is the student's ongoing record fromthe birth of their infant twin through his/her development to adulthood.First introduced in the second lesson, the log isa part of all the other lessons. Action as well as knowledge isa goal of the curriculum. Lesson 8 encourages students to take action whetheron the lucal, national, or international level. This specificlesson empowers young people, both in their own c:Aintry and elsewhere, to participatein their own development. In addition, lesson 3on resources has a section on linkage and network that providescontacts for students to write or call others from different regions inorder to create a richer world vision. Numbers of agencies, institutions,and individuals are listed in a resources section ofeach lesson. The last section lists additional resources. Lessonshave specific handouts, labelled and numbered at the end of eachlesson. (DK) A r; r_rjran sr 111 Dorothy Hoffman, Cleo Simonett, Mary Eileen Sorenson U.& DEPARTVENT OF EDOCATION Office alEck/capons' Raosercn and Imam...mint EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) documint has Imen reproduced as recanted from Me porson or orparmason oopinating it. C r4uriof chamois nave Wenmade10 WIOWeve reOheittekthOrt Wiley Pewits ot view Of opinions statsid in this CheCtr mint do het necissaarily repravent official -.. OERI position Or policy 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MALT.E.BIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY N\ <> I- , TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Educating %%cod for V V Peace tret15 Project United Nations Association United Nations Association of the United States of America of Minnesota BEST COPY AVAILABLE UNA-USA The United Nations Association of the United States of America is a national organization dedicated to strength- ening the system and to enhancing U.S. participation in international institutions. UNA-USA carries out its action agenda through a unique combination of public outreach, policy analysis, and international dialogue. Through a nationwide network of chapters, divisions, and affiliated organizations, UNA-USA reachesa broad cross-section of the American public. The Association provides information and educational serviceson the work of the U.N. and NI other global issues for students, scholars, Congress and the media; and eachyear it coordinates the observance of U.N. Day (October 24) in hundreds of communitiesacross the nation. UNA-USA conducts policy analysis and international dialogue through the Multilateral Studiesprogram, includ- ing a citizens' policy dialogue project; the Economic Policy Council, America's premier business and labor forum; and a series of Parallel Studies programs with the Soviet Union, China, and Japan. John C. Whitehead Chairman of the Association Max M. Karnpelman Chairman of the Board of Governors Elliot L Richardson Cyrus R Vance Co-Chairmen of the National Council Edward C. Luck President A Child's Right: A Safe and Secure War Ed The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Dorothy Koffman Cfeo Sitnonett Ilan) Eileen Sorenson Acknow ements: The United Nations Association of Minnesota and the United Nations Association-USA wish to acknowledge the support of Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, the Otto Bremer Foundation, and Ramsey International Fine Arts School, Minneapolis, MN. 4 Introduction Welcome to ,6,iihild'ajijcilaLAaafa_ancLagraze_g_alth. an introduction toUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of theChild. This curriculum, designed for the upper elementary and middle grades (grades 5-10), has your students "adopt" an infant from another region of the world, taking personal reponsibilityfor their new brother or sister. This reponsibility takes the form of activities celebrating the naming of the child, and activitiesexploring therightsofhealth, security, freedom, economic well being, education and other rights guaranteed their new friends by the Convention.(See Lessons 1-7). A personal touch to the learning experience takes the form of the Childhood Log, which is the student's on-going record from the birth of their infant twin through his/her development to adulthood. First introduced in Lesson 2, the Log is a part of all the other lessons. Action as well as knowledge is a goal of the writers of this curriculum. Lesson 8 encourages the students to take action whether on the local, national or international level: This specific lesson empowers young people, both here in their own country and elsewhere, to participate in their own development. Inaddition, Lesson 3 Resources has a section on Linkage/Network that providescontacts for students to write/call others from different regions of the country/world in order to create a richer world vision.Numbers of agencies, institutions and individuals are listed in each lesson'sAdditional Resources sect:on. There is also a section, General Resources, at the end the curriculum whichishelpfulifteachers and/or students wish to expand on the topics. Lessons have specific handouts, labelled and numbered, at the end of each lesson. In each lesson needed handouts arelisted under MaterialsNeeded.Special handouts include the complete texts of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (Lesson2) and the Declaration of Human Rights (Lesson2). Other handouts include data from UNICEF's yearly Blatea_fte_Warld.15Qhilaren_Be po rt. which can be updated every year by contacting UNICEF. (See Lesson 4: Additional Resources) As Curriculum Coordinator for this part of the Educating_ forPeace Project, I would like to thank the teacher-author, Dorothy Hoffman, for her creative, energetic and sensitive lessons andher teacher-author assistant, Cleo Sirnonett. The United Nations Association of Minnesota has been assistedin innumerable ways, from office space to the support given bymembers of the advisory group especially in the area of production. Professor WalterEnloe,UniversityofMinnesotaEducationDepartment contributedtothe Linkage/Network section and provided valued research when needed.Jim Muldoon and Jeff Brennan of UNA-USA have provided the leadership and support in seeking and obtaining grant money for this project,in advising and directingin the production of this curriculum, and in the printing and marketing ofit. Special thanks to the Weyerhauser Family Foundatinn and the Otto Bremer Foundation for providing grant money to produce the curriculum. Mary Eileen Sorenson Curriculum Coordinator Educating for Peace Project Ta We of Contents Lesson 1 The Child is Born 1 Lessson 2 The Right to Rights 4 Handouts 9 Declaration of Human Rights 12 Declaration of Rights of the Clild 15 Lesson 3 The Life of Your Infant Twin 41 Handouts 45 Childhood Log 47 Linkage/Network Contacts 56 Lesson 4 The Right to Survive 58 Handouts 63 Childhood Log 71 Lesson 5 The Right to Development 77 Handouts 82 Childhood Log 95 Lesson 5 Part 2:The Right to Education and Literacy 98 Handouts 106 Independent Literacy Project 117 Lesson 6 The Right to Protection 119 Handouts 123 Childhood Log 127 Lesson 7 The Right to Freedoms 133 Handouts 141 Childhood Log 161 Lesson 8 Your Right to Action 163 Childhood Log 167 General Resources 169 Evaluation 171 This curriculum is published by the United Nations Association - USA, 485 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017-6104. Telephone (212) 697-3232. FAX (212) 682-9185. $14.95.Copyright August 1991.ISBN: 0-934654-94-8. 1 LESSON ONE The Child is Born "Where did you come from, Baby dear? Out of everywhere, Into here." George MacDonald Objectives: Students will engage in a brief guided fantasy where they will create an identification with a newborn child. Students will brainstorm and list their hopes for the childin the areas of survival, development, protection, and freedoms. Materials Needed: Suggested:The