Human Rights Education Project

Human Rights Education Project

 

Teachers and Students! If you are a teacher of secondary school students or a student in junior or senior high school in Alberta, our Human Rights Education Project is for you.

But for everyone else also - this project provides handbooks and manuals that anyone would find interesting. Also, we have a Human Rights Education Library that anyone with an interest in human rights would find especially helpful.

And check out www.youthroar.org, the website of Youth ROAR (Reach Out Against Racism).

On-line bibliography of websites: Engaging Students in Social Responsibility: An Annotated Bibliography of Web Sites

The Staff

Melissa Luhtanen is the person responsible for developing new materials and she contributes to the teaching. Two other contract educators, Pamela Dos Ramos and Elizabeth Seale, also teach. The teachers are not only available to schools but also will teach teachers about human rights through presentations at teachers' conventions, in-service training, and professional development, and through participation in teachers' groups and networks.

Current Projects

Current projects include:

• Refugees and Discrimination. 
• Continued development of the Human Rights Education Library.

You can help in many ways. Click here for details.

Materials Completed and Available

• Annotated Bibliography of Human Rights Materials -- great resource for teachers, staff and volunteers of community organizations that work in the area of human rights, and any interested in human rights.
• Sample lesson online: Beyond Blame Reacting to the terrorist attack
• Guide to International Human Rights Law for teachers and students:
  • Basic Guide to International Human Rights Law
  • International Human Rights Law--Legislation
  • Background to International Human Rights Law

• Sexual Harassment in Schools:
  • Harassment and What You Can Do About It (video)
  • Sexual Harassment in School: Your Rights and Responsibilities
  • Sexual Harassment in School: Your Rights and Responsibilities -Teacher's Manual

• Discrimination and Human Rights:
  • Discrimination, Human Rights and You -- Student Guide (Senior High)
  • Discrimination, Human Rights and You -- Student Guide (Junior High)
  • Discrimination, Human Rights and You -- Teacher's Guide
  • Discrimination, Human Rights and You -- Set
  • Discrimination, Human Rights and You (video)
  • Online samples -- sample lesson and table of contents of the teacher's manual.

• The Rights Angle: Human Rights Education Using the Newspaper -- Teacher and student materials -- excellent background for teachers and students on human rights and the newspaper. Special thanks to the Alberta Law Foundation, the United Way of Calgary and Area and the Calgary Community Lottery Board, for making a free copy of this publication available to every secondary school in Alberta.