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United Nations

United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Human Rights in Action

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This UN Cyberschoolbus site examines the issue of human rights around the world providing background in a question and answer format, personal stories on human rights issues from students around the globe, resources and suggested links...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Human Rights (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson for exploring and reporting on world human rights issues in which learners analyze the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and compare it to the U.S. bill of rights.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson on the Civil Rights movement is organized into three sections: "Identifying the Need for Change," "Ordinary People in the Civil Rights Movement," and "Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement."
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Other

The Virtual Historian: Persons's Case

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine letters and legal documents associated with the Persons Case. Through the process they will make inferences about human rights and discrimination against women dating prior to 1929 when the word "persons" in the...
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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Human Interface Design

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
This activity explores just how hard it is to get things right when it comes to designing good interfaces for computers.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Animal Rights and Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The relationship of animals and humans has been the subject of differing philosophical views for thousands of years. The controversy continues today in many aspects of contemporary life. Some people believe that a vegan lifestyle is the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Who Owns Rights to Pharmacogenetic Information?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan explores ethical issues around ownership of scientific and human DNA information. Young scholars learn about the benefits and risks of new drugs, and related ethical matters, and what the concerns are about sharing of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: A Refugee's Story (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners watch a 19-minute documentary that tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014, who is now counseling newly arrived refugees. In this lesson, students explore through classroom...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Girls Speak Out: Wide Angle: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson follows girls in India and Benin to evaluate their access to education, a basic human right.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Breaking Through Gender Roles

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will explore the women of NASA and identify and analyze their key contributions to the field of aeronautics.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Which women made significant contributions to the early Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.? In this teaching unit, students will discover the women involved in the formative years of the struggle for women's rights and the history of...
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PBS

Pbs: Tolerance in Times of Trial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson compares the treatment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II and the treatment of Arab-Americans after September 11th.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alan Paton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site features excellent links to lesson plans and activities for the book "Cry, the Beloved Country."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations.
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PBS

Pbs: Theory of the American Founding, Part 3: Why Equal Protection of the Law?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that helps learners examine the Declaration of Independence and other excerpted historical writings in relation to the ideas of human equality and equal protection under the law.

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