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HRE Curriculum Integration Guide

A  guide for teachers on how to implement HRE in the classroom. 

The Human Rights Education Curriculum Integration Guide provides model lessons to help social studies and other educators implement human rights education in their daily practice.

This project was developed by a team of New Jersey educators and is tied specifically to their state’s social studies standards. However, the guide can be used as a model for any educator seeking to integrate human rights into their curriculum.

Each lesson is tied to Common Core curriculum standards and contains suggested modifications for ESL populations and classified students, as well as suggestions regarding how each lesson supports literacy development.

Table of Contents

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

  • Introduction
  • Overview of Guide
  • Acknowledgments
  • Copyright Statement

ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

  • Definition of HRE
  • Rationale for HRE

HRE AND NEW JERSEY SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS INTEGRATION

  • New Jersey’s Commitment to HRE
  • Standards Integration Guide for Model Lessons

SERVICE LEARNING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

  • Introduction
  • Identify the Issue
  • Research & Investigate
  • Take Action
  • Ideas for Assessment
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments

MODEL LESSON PLANS
Elementary (Pre-K – 4)

Middle (5 -8)

High (9-12)

FURTHER RESOURCES

We are grateful for the generous support of our members, individual donors, and The Puffin Foundation Ltd
The core values of HRE USA and its partner organizations include transparency and critical thinking skills. We believe that human rights--and human rights education--belong to everyone, and that the full realization of human rights means that access to human rights education materials must never be conditioned upon the subscription to any particular religious faith, ideology, political affiliation, or membership in any particular organization and that any organizational connections should be openly acknowledged.