Book(electronic)1995

Educating for human dignity: learning about rights and responsibilities

In: Pennsylvania studies in human rights

In: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser

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Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Purposes and Approaches -- The Purposes of This Book -- Education for Civic Responsibility and Political Efficacy -- Human Rights and Peace Education -- An Holistic Values Approach -- An Historical Approach -- An International Standards and Institutions Approach -- A Reconstructionist Approach -- Selected References -- 2. A Developmental Sequence for Presentation of the Core Concepts -- Childhood and the Early Grades -- Later Childhood and the Middle Grades -- Early Adolescence and Junior High School -- Youth, Young Adulthood, and High School -- 3. The Early Grades: Laying the Foundation for an Appreciation of Human Dignity-Kindergarten to Grade Three -- Sample 1. Kindergarten: What Is a Human Being?-Reverence for Life -- Sample 2. Kindergarten: Human Beings Are Alike and Different -- Sample 3. First Grade: Rules Are for Protection and Fairness -- Sample 4. First Grade: Respecting the Rules-Making a Compact -- Sample 5. Second Grade: Wishing a World Fit for Children-Understanding Human Needs -- Sample 6. Second Grade: Taking Responsibility to Stop Hurt and Harm -- Sample 7. Third Grade: Learning to Value Global Diversity -- Sample 8. Third Grade: Expectations and Obligations-Responsibilities Go with Rights -- 4. The Middle Grades: Introducing Standards and Principles-Grades Four to Six -- Sample 9. Fourth Grade: The Convention on the Rights of the Child-The Metaphor of the Tree of Life -- Sample 10. Fourth Grade: Confronting Prejudice -- Sample 11. Fifth Grade: The United Nations-Establishing Rights -- Sample 12. Fifth Grade: Making a Difference-Your Right to Action -- Sample 13. Sixth Grade: Children and Hunger-A Violation of Equity Rights -- Sample 14. Sixth Grade: Apartheid Is a Crime-The African Freedom Charter.

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English

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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9781283210669, 9780812200188, 1283210665

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