GLOBAL CITIZENSHIPH CALENDARARAR

© UNICEF/NYHQ2008-1470/Pirozzi INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO THE GLOBAL understanding, the Global Classroom shows how CITIZENSHIP CALENDAR each of us can create a better world for all children This Global Citizenship Calendar, which highlights and the communities in which they live. the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, honours children’s rights through ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12 commemorative days. Specifi cally designed UNICEF Canada would like to give particular for educators of elementary school children, thanks to Mona Lavina, who volunteered countless the calendar brings to life the values of global hours to the development of the fi rst draft of the citizenship by focusing on one day in each month calendar. UNICEF Canada would also like to thank as designated by the United Nations. the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for funding the development of the Global A “book” icon on each special date provides Citizenship calendar and accompanying lessons children’s book recommendations; an through the Global Classroom Initiative. accompanying resource with lessons and activities furthers students’ insight into and connections with WRITTEN BY children around the world. Kelly Quinlan, Education Manager, UNICEF Canada Miriam Miller, UNICEF Canada consultant Month by month, year after year, UNICEF Canada Mona Lavina, UNICEF Canada volunteer helps young people to develop the skills they need to survive and thrive in our global community. At the same time, they develop an understanding of GRAPHIC DESIGN the importance of protecting the rights of children Christina Thiele all over the world. For inquiries contact ABOUT UNICEF CANADA’S GLOBAL Education Manager, Global Classroom CLASSROOM PROGRAM UNICEF Canada’s mission is to mobilize and empower E-mail: globalclassroom@unicef.ca Canadians to invest in the positive transformation of every child’s future. UNICEF Canada’s Global Classroom program is a partnership with Canadian teachers and their students to inspire, educate, and promote action on social justice, humanitarian issues, and human rights—especially the rights of all children. This acclaimed program provides educators with classroom-ready resources and engagement tools. Designed to foster global citizenship and

globalclassroom.unicef.ca UNICEF CANADA’S GLOBALOBOBBAA CLASSROOM APPROACHHTH TTO LEARNING

As the world becomes increasingly globalized and interconnected, education is instrumental in preparing children for their role as responsible members of our global community.

Global education, as articulated by UNICEF Canada, A responsible, active global citizen: is organized around fi ve equally relevant global concepts: • Understands their rights and • Interdependence responsibilities • Images and perceptions • Is aware of global issues and their • Social justice • Confl ict and confl ict resolution role as a global citizen • Sustainable action. • Is respectful of and values diversity • Is engaged in their community and the These concepts are not new subject areas, but rather natural environment lenses through which information can be examined. • Works to create a more equitable Children’s rights are at the heart of this approach to global education. These universal rights for all world children are articulated in the most widely adopted • Is responsible for their own actions human rights instrument in the world, the United • Is moved by injustice and works to Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (the eradicate it Convention).

With children’s rights as a foundation for global education, learners are challenged to see themselves as responsible, active global citizens by pedagogy that models the very rights and responsibilities global citizens are meant to uphold. Examining global education through a children’s rights lens also allows learners to start from the personal level and expand outward. By fi rst understanding one’s own rights and responsibilities, learners can better empathize and relate to realities and injustices beyond their personal experience. It is then that responsible, active global citizenship, a goal of global education, begins to develop.

globalclassroom.unicef.ca UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONNVVVEEN ON THE RIGHTS OF THEEC CHILCHCHILDLDD CHILD FRIENDLY VERSION

Article 1 Article 5 Article 10 Article 16 Everyone under 18 has Your family has the If you live in a different You have the right to these rights. responsibility to help you country than your parents privacy. learn to exercise your do, you have the right to be Article 2 rights, and to ensure that together in the same place. Article 17 All children have these your rights are protected. You have the right to rights, no matter who they Article 11 get information that are, where they live, what Article 6 You have the right to be is important to your their parents do, what You have the right to be protected from kidnapping. well-being, from radio, language they speak, what alive. newspaper, books, their religion is, whether Article 12 computers and other they are a boy or girl, what Article 7 You have the right to sources. Adults should their culture is, whether You have the right to a give your opinion, and for make sure that the they have a disability, name, and this should be adults to listen and take it information you are getting whether they are rich or offi cially recognised by the seriously. is not harmful, and help you poor. No child should be government. You have the fi nd and understand the treated unfairly on any right to a nationality (to Article 13 information you need. basis. belong to a country). You have the right to fi nd out things and share what Article 18 Article 3 Article 8 you think with others, by You have the right to be All adults should do what is You have the right to an talking, drawing, writing raised by your parent(s) if best for you. When adults identity—an offi cial record or in any other way unless possible. make decisions, they of who you are. No one it harms or offends other should think about how should take this away from people. Article 19 their decisions will affect you. You have the right to be children. Article 14 protected from being hurt Article 9 You have the right to and mistreated, in body or Article 4 You have the right to live choose your own religion mind. The government has a with your parent(s), unless and beliefs. Your parents responsibility to make sure it is bad for you. You have should help you decide Article 20 your rights are protected. the right to live with a what is right and wrong, You have the right to They must help your family family who cares for you. and what is best for you. special care and help if to protect your rights and you cannot live with your create an environment Article 15 parents. where you can grow and You have the right to reach your potential. choose your own friends Article 21 and join or set up groups, You have the right to care as long as it isn’t harmful to and protection if you were others. adopted or are in foster care.

globalclassroom.unicef.ca UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CHILD FRIENDLY VERSION

Article 22 Article 26 Article 31 Article 38 You have the right to special You have the right to help You have the right to play You have the right to protection and help if you from the government if you and rest. protection and freedom are a refugee (if you have are poor or in need. from war. Children under 15 been forced to leave your Article 32 cannot be forced to go into home and live in another Article 27 You have the right to the army or take part in war. country), as well as all the You have the right to food, protection from work that rights in this Convention. clothing, a safe place to harms you, and is bad for Article 39 live and to have your basic your health and education. You have the right to help if Article 23 needs met. You should not If you work, you have the you’ve been hurt, neglected You have the right to special be disadvantaged so that right to be safe and paid or badly treated. education and care if you you can’t do many of the fairly. have a disability, as well things other kids can do. Article 40 as all the rights in this Article 33 You have the right to legal Convention, so that you can Article 28 You have the right to help and fair treatment in live a full life. You have the right to a protection from harmful the justice system that good quality education. You drugs and from the drug respects your rights. Article 24 should be encouraged to trade. You have the right to the go to school to the highest Article 41 best health care possible, level you can. Article 34 If the laws of your country safe water to drink, You have the right to be free provide better protection of nutritious food, a clean Article 29 from sexual abuse. your rights than the articles and safe environment, and Your education should in this Convention, those information to help you stay help you use and develop Article 35 laws should apply. well. your talents and abilities. It No one is allowed to kidnap should also help you learn or sell you. Article 42 Article 25 to live peacefully, protect You have the right to know If you live in care or in other the environment and Article 36 your rights! Adults should situations away from home, respect other people. You have the right to know about these rights you have the right to have protection from any kind of and help you learn about these living arrangements Article 30 exploitation (being taken them, too. looked at regularly to You have the right to advantage of). see if they are the most practice your own culture, Articles 43 to 54 appropriate. language and religion—or Article 37 These articles explain any you choose. Minority No one is allowed to punish how governments and and indigenous groups need you in a cruel or harmful international organisations special protection of this way. like UNICEF will work right. to ensure children are protected with their rights.

For the full Convention go to www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm

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“With love, we are creative. With it, we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifi ce for others.”

Chief Dan George JANUARY Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation 1 17 2 18 3 19 4 20 5 21 6 22 7 23 8 24 9 25 10 26

Holocaust Remembrance Day 11 27 All UNCRC articles 12 28 13 29 14 30 15 31 16

The Harmonica Talking Walls by Tony Johnston by Margy Burn Knight

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“There is nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.”

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster FEBRUARY World Cancer Day 1 UNCRC Article 24 16 2 17 3 18 4 19

World Day of Social Justice 5 20 UNCRC Articles 26, 27

International Mother Language Day 6 21 UNCRC Articles 30, 7 7 22 8 23 9 24 10 25 11 26 12 27 13 28 14 29 15

The Name is Jar Marianthe’s Story Painted Words by Yangsook Choi and Spoken Memories by Aliki Primary Intermediate © UNICEF/NYHQ 2009-1245/Pirozzi

“When the well is dry we know the worth of water.”

Benjamin Franklin MARCH International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (1st Sunday) 1 UNCRC Articles 12, 13, 17 16 2 17 3 18 4 19 5 20

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 6 21 UNCRC Article 2

World Water Day 7 22 UNCRC Article 24

International Women’s Day World Meteorological Day 8 UNCRC Articles 2, 28, 34 23 UNCRC Article 24

World Tuberculosis Day 9 24 UNCRC Article 24

World Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the 10 25 Transatlantic Slave Trade UNCRC Articles 2, 35 11 26 12 27 13 28 14 29 15 30

A Cool Drink of Water One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Barbara Kerley by Rochelle Strauss, Rosemary Woods

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“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”

Native American Proverb APRIL 1 16

World Autism Awareness Day 2 UNCRC Article 23 17 3 18 International Day for Mine Awareness and 4 Assistance in Mine Action UNCRC Article 38 19 5 20

International Mother Earth Day 6 21 UNCRC Article 29

World Health Day World Book and Copyright Day 7 UNCRC Article 24 22 UNCRC Article 17 8 23

World Malaria Day 9 24 UNCRC Article 24 10 25 11 26 12 27 13 28 14 29 15 30

Curious George Plants a Tree The Lorax by Margaret & H.A. Rey by Dr. Seuss

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“If you look deeply in the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of their ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment.”

Thich Nhat Hanh MAY Vietnamese Monk, Activist, Writer World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 1 17 UNCRC Article 17 2 18

World Press Freedom Day 3 UNCRC Article 13 19 4 20

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 5 21 UNCRC Article 13

International Day for Biological Diversity 6 22 UNCRC Article 29 7 23

8 Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those 24 Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War May 8 – 9 9 UNCRC Article 38 25 10 26 11 27 12 28

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 13 29 UNCRC Article 38 14 30

International Day of Families World No-Tobacco Day 15 UNCRC Article 5 31 UNCRC Article 24 16

The Family Book The Nanny Goat’s Kid by Todd Parr by Tony Ross and Jeanne Willis

Primary Intermediate cking UNCRC Article 24 UNCRC Article 22 UNCRC Article 19 UNCRC Article 33 All UNCRC Articles All UNCRC Articles World Refugee Day World cation and Drought United Nations Public Service Day International Day of the African Child Hamzat’s Journey: A Refugee Diary Hamzat’s by Anthony Robinson Intermediate “Let freedom reign. The sun “Let freedom reign. glorious a never set on so human achievement.” Nelson Mandela World Day to Combat Desertifi World

© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-0178/Pirozzi International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Traffi United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture United Nations International Day in Support of Victims 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 UNCRC Article 32 UNCRC Article 29 UNCRC Articles 19, 39 World Environment Day World World Day Against Child Labour Day Against World Four Feet, Two Sandals Four Feet, Two Williams, by Karen Lynn Khadra Mohammed Primary

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression International Day of Innocent Children Victims

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“Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.”

Vaclav Havel JULY International Day of Cooperatives (1st Saturday) 1 All UNCRC articles 17 2 18 3 19 4 20 5 21 6 22 7 23 8 24 9 25 10 26

World Population Day 11 UNCRC Articles 9, 30 27 12 28 13 29 14 30 15 31 16

If the World Were a Village: National Geographic Student Atlas Second Edition of the World by David J. Smith by National Geographic

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“Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes the possibility of life.”

Octavio Paz Mexican Poet, Writer, Diplomat AUGUST (1914 – 1998) 1 17 2 18

World Humanitarian Day 3 19 All UNCRC Articles 4 20 5 21 6 22

International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade 7 23 and its Abolition UNCRC Articles 2, 32, 35 8 24

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 9 UNCRC Article 30 25 10 26 11 27

International Youth Day 12 All UNCRC Articles 28 13 29 14 30 15 31 16

What’s the most beautiful thing How People Live you know about horses? by Dena Freeman by Richard Van Camp Intermediate Primary © UNICEF/NYHQ2006-0448/Pirozzi

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” SEPTEMBER Charles W. Eliot International Day of the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 1 16 UNCRC Article 29 2 17 3 18 4 19 5 20

International Day of Peace 6 21 UNCRC Article 38 7 22

International Literacy Day 8 UNCRC Article 28, 29 23

World Maritime Day (Last Week of September) 9 24 UNCRC Article 29 10 25 11 26 12 27 13 28 14 29

International Day of Democracy 15 UNCRC Article 13 30

Can You Say Peace A School Like Mine Peace One Day by Karen Katz by DK Publishing, by Jeremy Gilley UNICEF Primary Intermediate Primary and Intermediate © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-0750/Roger LeMoyne

“A hungry man is not a free man.”

Adlai E. Stevenson American Politician, UN Ambassador (1949 – 1953). 1900 – 1965 OCTOBER International Day of Older Persons International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 1 UNCRC Article 29 17 UNCRC Article 27 World Habitat Day (1st Monday) 2 UNCRC Article 27 18 3 19

World Space Week (October 4 – 10) 4 UNCRC Article 29 20 World Teacher’s Day 5 UNCRC Article 28 21 6 22 7 23

8 24 Disarmament Week (October 24 – 30) UNCRC Article 28 United Nations Day All UNCRC Articles World Post Day World Development Information Day 9 UNCRC Article 13 UNCRC Article 17 World Mental Health Day 10 UNCRC Article 24 25 11 26

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (2nd Wednesday) World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 12 UNCRC Article 27 27 UNCRC Article 17 13 28 14 29

International Day of Rural Women 15 UNCRC Article 2 30

World Food Day National UNICEF Day 16 UNCRC Articles 24, 27 31 All UNCRC Articles

Fly Away Home One Hen—How One Small Loan Made by Eve Bunting a Big Difference by Katie Milway Primary Intermediate © UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1240/Pirozzi

“The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.”

Pablo Casals Spanish Cellist and Conductor NOVEMBER (1876 – 1973) International Day of the Prevention and the Exploitation of the International Day of Tolerance 1 Environment in War and Armed Confl ict UNCRC Article 38 16 UNCRC Article 2 2 17 3 18 4 19

Universal Children’s Day 5 20 All UNCRC Articles

World Television Day 6 21 UNCRC Article 17 7 22 8 23 9 24

World Science Day for Peace and Development 10 UNCRC Article 29 25

International Day for the Elimination of 11 26 Violence Against Women 12 27 13 28

World Diabetes Day 14 UNCRC Article 24 29 15 30

Whoever You Are/ This Child, Every Child; A book Quienquiera Que Seas (bilingual) about the World’s Children by Mem Fox by David Smith

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“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything.” DECEMBER Albert Einstein World AIDS Day 1 UNCRC Article 24 17 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery International Migrants Day 2 UNCRC Article 2 18 UNCRC Article 2

International Day for Persons with Disabilities United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 3 UNCRC Article 23 19 All UNCRC Articles International Human Solidarity Day 4 20 UNCRC Article 2

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 5 UNCRC Article 29 21 6 22

International Civil Aviation Day 7 UNCRC Article 29 23 8 24

International Anti-Corruption Day 9 UNCRC Article 3 25 Human Rights Day 10 All UNCRC Articles 26

UNICEF’s Anniversary and International Mountain Day 11 UNCRC Article 29 27 12 28 13 29 14 30 15 31 16

We are All Born Free Every Human Has Rights: by Amnesty International A Photographic Declaration for Kids by National Geographic Primary Intermediate FURTHER RESOURCES

Children’s Books International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (August 23) World Cancer Day (February 4) Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Defi ance by Deborah Hopkinson by Valerie Hobbs International Day of Peace (September 21) International Women’s Day (March 8) Can You Say Peace? A Ride on Mother’s Back by Karen Katz by Durga Bernhard, Emery Bernhard Peace One Day World Autism Awareness Day (April 2) by Jeremy Gilley Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book by Celeste Shally World Food Day (October 16) Let’s Eat: What Children Eat Around the World Rules by Beatrice Hollyer by Cynthia Lord What the World Eats World Book and Copyright Day (April 23) by Faith D’Aluisio My Librarian is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World UNICEF Day (October 31) By Margriet Ruurs Children Like Me by Susan Elizabeth Copsey, Barnabas Kindersley Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second Word War World Diabetes Day (November 14) (May 8 – 9) Sugar Was My Best Food: Diabetes and Me So Far from the Sea by Carol Antoinette Peacock, Adair Gregory, by Eve Bunting, Chris K. Soentpiet Kyle Carney Gregory

International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22) International Day of Persons with Disabilities Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (December 3) by Rochelle Strauss, Margot Thompson (Illustrator) Silent Lotus by Jeanne M. Lee International Youth Day (August 12) American Born Chinese The Black Book of Colors by Gene Luen Yang by Menena Cottin, Rosana Faria (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator) Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories International Migrants Day (December 18) by Laurel Holliday Magnifi co by Victoria Miles

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Additional Websites

Restorative Justice Week (November) Internet Safety Correctional Service Canada Cybertip, Canada’s National Tipline for Reporting of www.csc-scc.gc.ca the Online Sexual Exploitation of Children, 2010. www.cybertip.ca International Development Week (February) Web sites for educators and parents on Canadian International Development Agency Internet Safety www.acdi-cida.gc.ca Kids in the Know www.kidsintheknow.ca Freedom to Read Week (February – March) Book and Periodical Council of Canada Cybertip www.freedomtoread.ca www.cybertip.ca

International Women’s Day (March) www.internationalwomensday.com Web sites for children/youth on Internet Safety Global Action Week (April) Zoe and Molly Education International www.zoeandmolly.ca www.ei-ie.org Chatdanger National Aboriginal Day (June) www.chatdanger.com Indian and Northern Affairs Canada www.ainc-inac.gc.ca

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