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For teachers
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The World’s Children’s Prize Program (WCP) is used annually by tens of thousands of teachers around the world. It is the world’s largest annual education initiative which empowers children to become changemakers who stand up for the equal worth of every individual, the rights of the child, democracy and sustainable development.

Be inspired

Follow WCP Child Rights Ambassadors Kim and Hassan through the different steps, and gain tips and ideas on how the WCP program can be both fun and educational.

For all schools

Everybody can participate in the WCP program, as long as you have signed up as a Global Friend school. Sign up now!

Important dates

Because of coronavirus and covid-19, the World’s Children’s Prize Program has been prolonged and runs until 15 June 2021.
> Any day before the end of 2020 Round the Globe Run for a Better World will be organized in schools all over the world.
>Any day before the end of 2020: No Litter Day.

> 16 April 2021 is the latest date for the result of your school’s Global vote to be reported.

The World’s Children’s Prize Program


Find out how you as a teacher can use the WCP Program in school. Please note that the WCP program has been prolonged because of the COVID-19 pandemic, until 1 June 2021.

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Activities for the classroom


Use the WCP program in many school subjects, to educate and empower children as changemakers, to make the world a better place?

Teaching materials & resources


The WCP program offers a vast amount of resources including authentic stories in The Globe and online, video clips, fact sheets, pedagogical guides, fact sheets and more, in many languages.

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Age Limit


The WCP Program is open to children from the age of ten until the year they turn 18, when the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that you are a child until you turn 18.

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The WCP Program step by step
Your school decides when you want to start working with the WCP program: the important thing is for everyone to have sufficient time and opportunity to learn and be empowered by the program for a better world.
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WCP in the classroom
Every year tens of thousands of teachers use the WCP program in their teaching plan, in many different subjects from maths to social sciences to music and art.
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The Globe in the classroom
The stories about children and Child Rights Heroes in The Globe magazine and here, online, are the key to your students’ enthusiasm and willingness to learn and grow.
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Material
Materials for school can be downloaded here.
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The Global Trip
Divide your class into teams of reporters and have them go on simulated journeys around the world.
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Classroom Activities
You and your students can decide for yourselves in what way, and for how long you want to work on the WCP Program.
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Said about the WCP
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WORLD'S CHILDRENS PRIZE FOUNDATION

P.O. Box 150, SE-647 24 Mariefred, Sweden
Office address: Långgatan 13, Mariefred, Sweden
Phone: +46-159-129 00 • info@worldschildrensprize.org

© 2020 World’s Children’s Prize Foundation. All rights reserved. WORLD'S CHILDREN'S PRIZE®, the Foundation's logo, WORLD'S CHILDREN'S PRIZE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD®, WORLD'S CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT®, WORLD'S CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN®, WORLD'S CHILDREN'S PRESS CONFERENCE® and YOU ME EQUAL RIGHTS are service marks of the Foundation.


 
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