Education Module

Common Threads: Weaving Child Rights & Global Education Module 2: Child Poverty - Social Studies, ELA 3

Students will become aware of the purpose and content of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how child rights relate to achieving them. Connecting child rights to poverty and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Lesson 2.1: How is Child Poverty Connected to Child Rights?

Students will begin to understand that there are many causes and consequences of child poverty and how they are connected to child rights by grouping statements as either a cause or a consequence of poverty.

Lesson 2.2: Child Rights and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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