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PPT
Curated OER

The United Nations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does the United Nations do? This highly informative presentation gives learners an overview of the types of jobs, policies, and functions of the UN. Note: This resource is text-heavy and would be most appropriate for children in...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

UN-derstanding the United Nations

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Use these interesting facts as a springboard for a culturally and globally diverse classroom discussion on the United Nations.
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Lesson Plan
NPR

Civil Rights of Japanese-American Internees

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Prompted by a viewing of Emiko and Chizu Omori’s Rabbit in the Moon, a documentary about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, high schoolers examine a series of documents, including the Bill of Rights and the UN’s...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decolonization and Self-Determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and discuss colonialism and self-determination. After reading the European's view on the topic, they analyze a map of imperialism in 1914. They watch excerpts of a video and take notes on various United Nations...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Unity and the United Nations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify current world crisis. They explore UN policies in dealing with them. Students access the individual U.S, involvement in each case through research analysis. They become aware of the role of the United Nations in our...
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Lesson Plan
Close Up Foundation

Rights Auction

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
In an engaging activity on universal and unalienable rights, learners work in groups to establish a democratic nation and determine what principles they want to protect to ensure a democratic society. They conduct a "rights auction" in...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Bring United Nations Day to School

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Ideas to honor the mission of the 193-nation-strong organization that fosters peace, sustainability, and human rights around the world.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

United Nations: What It Does for Us

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will understand what the United Nations Organization does and will be able to identify the aims and purposes of the United Nations. They recognize the seven key areas of the Millennium Declaration.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mock Tribunal in Action

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars role-play as members of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. They participate as members of the prosecution, defense, and other parties involved with the trial of alleged war criminals.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The United Nations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students are introduced to the role of the United Nations. Using the internet, they research its history and its influence on politics and peace. In groups, they create a timeline of significant United Nations conventions since World...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Rights : Historical Process towards Individual Application

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners compare governments as they relate to human rights of its citizens.
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Primary
United Nations

Charter of the United Nations: Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official, complete version of the UN Charter. It includes nineteen chapters, for a total of 111 Articles, but it is not difficult to read or comprehend, written in a reasonably clear, straightforward style. You cannot,...
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Website
United Nations

Un: History of the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a history of the United Nations by decade. Read about the history of the charter and the many meetings that led to the writing of the charter.
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Website
United Nations

United Nations: October 24th, United Nations Day

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization of independent states that was formed to promote international peace and security. United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the 1945 UN Charter.
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Primary
United Nations

United Nations: Charter of the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1945 document details the goals and the tenants of the United Nations.
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Primary
Other

Human Rights Web: Charter of the United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, read the complete text of the Charter of the United Nations.
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Activity
United Nations

United Nations Cyberschoolbus: The United Nations: An Introduction for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief introduction to the beginnings of the United Nations, with discussion about the Charter.
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Website
US Department of State

Office of the Historian: The Formation of the United Nations, 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the background of the formation of the United Nations, and the ratification of its charter in 1945.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Avoiding Armageddon: International Role of the United Nations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for exploring the role of the UN's international peacekeeping and peacemaking abilities. Takes learners through an evaluation of what the UN can and should do, under its charter, to reduce threats and promote stable...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The United Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the formation of the United Nations after World War II as a way to provide a venue for resolving differences between countries and as an international peacekeeping organization.
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Handout
Other

Hrw: An Introduction to the Human Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, part of the Human Rights Web, gives a brief overview of the topic of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.