Human Rights Education: The 4th R,
Working for Children's Rights, vol. 7 No. 2, Fall 1996.

AIUSA Educational Resources

Many AIUSA educational resources are available, including topic-specific notebooks, introductory packets, curriculum guides, books, interactive videos, and CD-ROMS. Ordering information follows each listing.

Education Resource Notebook Topics

Created by the AIUSA Educators' Network, the Notebooks are topic-specific collections of activities and resource lists for educators in schools and beyond and for students of all ages. Topics are listed above. Items are priced according to number of pages, reflecting only the cost of photocopying and mailing. You will receive pages of material, which gives you the option of keeping the sections in your own three ring binder or folder.

Introductory Packets

The AIUSA Educators' Network has also developed introductory packets for elementary, middle and high school levels.

Ordering information: Notebooks and introductory packets are available from Vienna Colucci, AIUSA Midwest Office, 53 W. Jackson, Room 1162, Chicago, IL 60604, 312-435-6335 (voice), 312-427-2589 (fax), or by e-mail <vcolucci@aiusa.usa.com>.

New Curriculum Guides

The Uprooted provides curricular material for middle school through adult education that can be adapted for classes on art, history, mathematics, language, and many others. Activities can be used independently and include suggestions for further study and action. A teaching bibliography, filmography, list of refugee organizations and resources, and a copy of the UDHR are included.

Human Rights for Children is a manual of curriculum activities for children ages 3-12 that teaches universal rights and encourages the development of self-worth, understanding, and multicultural awareness. It is organized in 10 sections, corresponding to the 10 principles of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Sections are divided into developmental age groups, and include lists of children's books.

Ordering information: Curriculum guides are available from Hunter House Inc. Publishers, P.O. Box 2914, Alameda, CA 64501, 800-266-5592.

Books, Videos, and CD-Roms

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Adaption for Children (book).
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (animated video).
Amnesty Interactive CD-ROM

Ordering information: The Book, video, and CD-ROM listed above are available from AIUSA Publications, 322 Eights Ave., New York, NY 10001, 212-807-5400 (voice), and 212-627-1451 (fax).

AIUSA Human Rights Educators' Network Steering Committee

  • Nancy Flowers, Curriculum Coordinator
  • Joel Glazier,Mid-Atlantic Regional Representative
  • Denise Janssen, Midwest Regional Representative
  • Patrick Manson,Co-Chair, Southern Regional Rep.
  • Antonio Medrano, Western Regional Representative
  • Janet Schmidt, Co-Chair
  • Mary Whalen, Northeast Regional Representative