Human Rights in the Curriculum

The Human Rights in the Curriculum series published by Amnesty International for Key Stage 3 and 4 includes handbooks for Spanish, French and History, all edited by Margot Brown from CGE (History jointly with Sara Slater). Each handbook includes lesson ideas and classroom activities. Topics covered include: slavery and child labour, women, the Holocaust, homelessness and rights of the child.

Local Citizen, Global Citizen

Local Citizen, Global Citizen from Christian Aid for Key Stage 2 and 3 provides lively activities around Growing Up, Word House and the Global Cake to support PSHCE. Children can explore the concepts of growth and development, interdependence and relationships. Authors Margot Brown (CGE) and Di Durie (DECSY).

Rights in Deed

Rights in Deed is a British Council handbook to help secondary students explore concepts like: identity, equality, dignity, choice, power, participation and responsibility from a human rights perspective. It was produced for use in Romanian schools with Margot Brown (CGE) acting as consultant.

Our world, our rights

Teaching about rights and responsibilities in the primary school

Eds. Margot Brown and Dan Jones, illustrated by Nicholas Allan

Synopsis: This new and revised edition of Amnesty International's popular handbook for primary school teachers introduces the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the primary classroom. It is full of tested lesson plans, activities, games, quizzes and case studeis for use across the primary curriculum (in PSHE, Literacy, History, Geography, RE). Every activity is stimulating, enjoyable and linked to the national curricula of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

"This is an excellent resource to support our pupils' understanding of human rights. It is easy to use, comprehensive, provides qualtiy activities and links the PSHCE activities brilliantly to other curriculum areas." Keith Sadler, Senior Primary Adviser and OfSTED inspector.

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