Education Module

Common Threads: Weaving Child Rights & Global Education Module 3: Exploring the CRC - Social Studies, ELA 3

Students will be introduced to the importance of child participation to promote whole-community well-being through reflection and class discussion.

Students are to examine each of the eight child rights individually through inquiry activities and class discussion.

Lesson 3.1: The Right to Shelter

Students engage in a class discussion and inquiry activity in regards to the differences in houses across the world.

Lesson 3.2: The Right to Water

Through video analysis and working with a partner, students will assess the right to water and the consequences of not being able to claim the right.

Lesson 3.3: The Right to Food

Students explore the right to food by considering facts about hunger and synthesizing scenarios with selected child rights.

Lesson 3.4: The Right to Healthcare

Students will begin to understand the difficulties faced by children (specifically children with disabilities), when access to health care is denied through a reading comprehension activity.

Lesson 3.5: The Right to Education

Students consider the right to education through a reading comprehension activity centered on a young girl living in Bangladesh.

Lesson 3.6: The Right to Play

Students will understand that play and recreation are crucial to child development and learning through analysis of written and visual materials.

Lesson 3.7: The Right to Protection

Students will be introduced to child labour and share their opinions through self/group reflection and familiarization of the Fair Labour Standards.

Lesson 3.8: The Right to Participation

Students will be introduced to the importance of child participation to promote whole-community well-being through reflection and class discussion.

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