Declaration on the Rights of the Child

Classes studying the Declaration on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights developed projects to connect to those studies. The group brainstormed ideas, identified projects, and conducted related research.

The results were a wide range of projects: Students created a presentation on the Rights of the Child that was given at City Hall and the governor's mansion. They organized and participated in a peace site rededication and a peace prize festival. They also wrote and performed a play about child labor. After they performed the play for the local school board, the board agreed that the district would not buy soccer balls made by child labor.

Through the process, students improved their public speaking, interviewing, and photography skills. They regularly discussed what they had learned, wrote in their journals, and analyzed related issues.