Human Rights
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Classes studying the Declaration on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights developed projects to connect to those studies. 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.
Eighth graders interviewed veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War as part of an interdisciplinary unit in social studies and language arts. The veterans' contributions and insights made the curriculum more meaningful, real, and relevant to the students' lives.
High school students living with HIV and AIDS collaborated with uninfected peers to teach younger students about the disease.
Theater is an excellent medium for young people fighting the AIDS pandemic. A group of students used theater to teach other youths how to deal with peer pressure and make positive decisions regarding their health.
After discussing the prejudice faced by people with AIDS, students created a comic book character to teach youths about acceptance and respect.
Acceptance is key in the fight against HIV and AIDS. One class realized this after reading a book about pandemics and society's negative views of the infected. The students worked to counteract harassment within their school.
Inspired after watching a movie on the genocide in Cambodia, students spent several years researching and writing a curriculum to improve education about genocides in other countries.
