Dr. Seuss wrote " A person's a person, no matter how small." The elementary resource uses Dr. Seuss's book Horton Hears a Who to explore children's rights in an engaging way. Young academics listen to the story, participate in group discussion, complete an activity, and analyze primary documents to understand their rights. 

Concepts

human rights, children's rights, equal rights, natural rights, rights, constitutional rights, picture books, children's literature, dr. seuss

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Help learners create classroom rights based on the lesson 
• Guide a group discussion on the ways pupils can respect each other's rights 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a copy of Horton Hear's a Who by Dr. Seuss

Pros

• Lesson is a great resource to introduce the concept of human rights to K-3 graders 
• Uses a child friendly version of the Convention on the Rights of a Child to ensure language is age appropriate 

Cons

• None