Rights
Before you look again at the children's forum message with your pupils in the activity on the right, you may like to help them explore the concept of rights through these two websites.
Within the 'Classroom activities' section of the Global Footprints website, you will find 'Additional activities'. From here, scroll down until you find the 'Human rights' heading. Click on the 'Human rights, wants and needs' activity (based on 'What is a Right' from Save the Children, 2002). Global Footprints
The BBC World Service site also provides children's perspectives on child rights from around the world, as well as a range of classroom activities which you may be able to apply or adapt to your own context. BBC World Service
Now look at the activity opposite, which is probably only appropriate for older key stage 2 (KS2) pupils (ages 7-11).
Activity Resources:
- Images
- Interactive
- Sound
- Text
- Video
Activity
- Click on the Text icon, and print out enough copies of the children's forum message as you need for your pupils.
- Ask pupils to circle the most important words and phrases regarding child rights. Encourage them to add any issues of their own that they feel are missing.
- Finally, ask them to reduce the message to no more than 100 words or, in groups, to write a message of their own.
