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First encounter with the Rights of the Child

What is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child about, and what does it mean if a country has ratified it – pledged to follow it?

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Action cards with inspiration

Let the students be inspired by WCP Child Rights Heroes and then harness the enthusiasm generated to enable them to discover how they themselves can make a difference.

Children collecting litter

Litter Survey

Go out and conduct a litter survey with your students. You will need: Sticks and two-metre lengths of string. Ideally gloves and/or picking tools. Agree on any litter the students will not pick up, e.g. because it is hazardous.

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Scrap creations

It is possible to create beautiful, fun and useful items using scrap. Working with colours and shades, recycling, decorating and reusing!

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Breaking the cycle of poverty

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, which partly aim to eradicate poverty, cannot be achieved unless children’s rights are respected.

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What does it mean?

A method that helps pupils improve at understanding text.

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Problem tree about slavery

Identify causes, effects and solutions linked to modern day slavery - children being exploited as slave labour, sometimes as debt slaves.

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Rights & responsibilities

It’s important to know one’s own rights to be able to respect the rights of others. How are children treated in your local community?

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Covid-19 & Child Rights

A newly discovered virus is making a lot of people sick. Children and adults must change their ways in order to combat the spread of infection. How does this affect children’s daily lives and overall health?

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Help from the expert groups

A method built on cooperation and support from friends.

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Windows with views

Stories about vulnerable children and Child Rights Heroes reflect many violations of children’s rights, but also proven solutions. Work individually at first, then take a combined approach and choose the best solution together as a group.

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Recount and listen

To understand a story in-depth, it sometimes takes a little more work!

Roleplaying

Role Play

Use role play as a way of illustrating your experiences through stories.

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Talking Chips

Talking chips as a method provides a structure for group dialogue, conversations and discussions that helps pupils express themselves and participate on equal terms.

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The Problem Tree

Identify causes, effects and solutions linked to various challenges and problems

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Make a Peep Box or diaorama

Explore the lives of a child, a family, or one of the WCP Child Rights Heroes, and make it come alive in a Peep Box or diorama.

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Create effective communication

Let your students try different ways of formulating messages, and find out what is most effective.

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Reporter activities on arrival

Following the preparations and the flight, it is finally time to start the job in the destination country.

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Logs and diaries add value to the trip

The diary or log is a great documentation and evaluation tool that can be used from start to finish, throughout the learning process. It may be only the student who uses it and reads it, or the diaries may be gathered in and read by the teacher on a regular basis.

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Lessons & Activities

Find lesson plans and classroom activities for working in the classroom with issues around the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Global Goals and other important issues.

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Barns rätt till inflytande

Här hittar du vägar till fördjupning till Framtidsväljarens omröstning om barns rätt till inflytande. Utöver en enkel fördjupande övning finns också fler lektionsförslag, berättelser och filmer att ta del av.

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NLG Guide

Here you can access and download the No Litter Generation guide for teachers and Child Rights Ambassadors.

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The World’s Children’s Prize Program

Here you will learn everything about the World’s Children’s Prize program (WCP), step by step, with suggestions for materials to use, lesson plans, exercises, and activities.The WCP Program is one of the world’s largest annual education initiatives, empowering children to become changemakers.

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Stories

Children as well as adults can learn from and enjoy the stories in The Globe. These real­life stories are at the core of the program. Set aside ample time to read and reflect on the stories.

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Round the Globe Guide

Students bring their messages on a 3 km trek for rights and change – a natural and powerful end to Changemaker Day.

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Explore: Rights of the Child

Start your changemaker journey by studying children’s rights as expressed in the UN Convention for the Rights of the Child.

30 documents to download

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Guide for teachers & WCP Child Rights Ambassadors

Guide for every step of the WCP Program, with classroom activities.

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WCP Program in many subjects

The WCP Program resources can be used in many different subjects from maths to social sciences, music and art.

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Step 4: The Global Goals

Explore the UN Global Goals of Sustainable Development.

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Summary – The Global trip

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Step 3: The Rights of the Child in the World

Explore differences and similarities between groups, countries and cultures, and try to understand the needs and rights of others.

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Round the Globe Run for a better World

A manifestation for Child Rights and the Global Goals.

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Stories: Child Rights Heroes 2021

Stories about the candidates for Decade Child Rights Heroes, and the children they fight for.

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Step 2: Girls' equal rights

Quick guide to step 2 in the WCP Program.

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Step 6 Democracy, election & Global Vote

Learning about democracy, election campaigns and the Global Vote.

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Recount and listen

All participants think about and express their ideas about a text, supported by a friend, and then recount the text verbally to others.

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Step 1: The Rights of the Child in your country

Quick guide to step 1 in the WCP program.

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Window with views

Learners work both individually, and together to find the best solution.

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Litter Time Line

How long does litter last?

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Break the cycle of poverty, with cards.

Highlighting the factors that are affected by poverty, allowing discussion and reflection on how to tackle poverty.

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The WCP Program Basics (PPT)

Use this presentation to introduce the different steps of the WCP program.

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Actioncards

Make the most of the commitment awakened among students by the WCP Program.

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Change your footprint

In this exercise, we focus on the positive, thinking about how we can contribute to a better environment.

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Guide for Child Rights Ambassadors

As a World’s Children’s Prize Child Rights Ambassador, you are a changemaker for a better world. With the help of the WCP Program, you will educate and empower other children where you live, as well as teach adults about child rights, especially girls’ equal rights.

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Lesson: Create effective communication

Students try different ways of formulating messages, and find out what is most effective.

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Talking Litter

Supporting a culture of no littering and environmental awareness.

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Climate Action

What is the science behind the rising temperatures and why is climate change happening? Explore!

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Step 5: Child Rights Heroes

Learn about the WCP Child Rights Heroes.

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Problem Tree

Helps the pupils visualise their thinking and see the connections between causes, effects and solutions to an issue.

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Global Goals, children and wildlife

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What does it mean?

Pupils or participants in a training session support and help one another understand a text.

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Paint the WCP Symbol

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