UNIT 2: HUMAN RIGHTS

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS

 

 

SESSION 2: THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: INTRODUCTION

 

By the end of the lesson you should be able to:

  • learn about rights and responsibilities
  • be aware that in some parts of the world even children’s rights are not respected because of their vulnerability
  • learn about the Convention on the Rights of the Child

EXERCISE 1
We have already discussed the RIGHTS we have as Human Beings and now we should talk about responsibilities. With all rights come responsibilities. For example, we all have the right to free speech, but the responsibility to make sure we do not offend or force our views on anyone else. Most of the responsibilities that go with many of the rights we have as citizens are common sense and basically involve treating others the way you would be expected to be treated.

Take a new page in your jotter. Divide the page into 2 columns. Head one column RIGHTS and the other RESPONSIBILITIES. Now cut and paste the correct responsibility a child has opposite the matching right of a child.


 EXERCISE 2


Convention on the Rights of the Child In 1989 the United Nations produced the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC states the basic human rights that children of the world should have. A child is classified by the CRC as every person under the age of 18. It is more difficult for children to protect themselves than it is for adults.Moreover, some children do not have adults who can look after them and ensure that their rights are protected.

Go to: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pdfs/NCD-poster_e.pdf

Use the information on this website to match the number of the articles with the summary of their contents.  The first one has already been done for you.

 

Article 2

a. Every child has the right to life

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Article 6

b. The child should be protected against all forms of discrimination on the basis of, for example, their sex, religion, and race

 

 

Article 32

c. A child should not be separated from their parents against their will

 

 

Article 9

d. Every child should have the right to free speech

 

 

Article 13

e. Every child should have the right to a high standard of health

 

 

Article 38

f. Every child should have the right to an education

 

 

Article 24

g. Every child should be protected from performing work that is hazardous or harmful to their health

 

 

Article 28

h. No child under the age of 15 should be made to fight in a war

 

 

EXERCISE 3:

You will read some newspaper headlines. Next to each of them you should write down the number of the right that is being
denied to children in each of the newspaper headlines.

  1. Seven-year-old boys given guns and told to fight in civil war

 

  1. Rich and corrupted men live in luxury while children in their country starve

 

  1. Six ten-year-olds kidnapped to work as slaves

 

 

  1. Ten-year-old girl dies because of landmine injuries