'Bill of Rights in Schools: A Resource for Post-primary Schools' Target age group 11-18 Published by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on behalf of the Bill of Rights in Schools Project 2004, ISBN 1 903681 29 4 A teaching resource which has been produced through a unique partnership between the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the education authorities in Northern Ireland and with the assistance of the HREA, is now available. The resource serves as a practical guide to the proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. Through practical individual and group exercises it explores the concept of human rights and provides an introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights. The exercises help students to think about issues which may require further protection in Northern Ireland. It makes direct links to the Local and Global Citizenship curriculum at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 and has material which could be used for post-16 pupils. The resource can be used in teaching history, law, politics and religion and will be useful in informal learning groups as well as in the classroom setting. A PDF version of 'Bill of Rights in Schools: A Resource for Post-primary Schools' can be accessed at: http://www.nihrc.org/documents/pubs/et/Boris_Oct04.pdf Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission 39, North Street Belfast BT1 1NA Tel 02890243987 Fax 02890247844 www.nihrc.org ======== North American Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education-na@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education-na/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education-na@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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