1.  Purpose to share thoughts and ideas each day.
2.  Be courteous to the members of the group.
3.  Learn either the -5 Basic Human Rights or the -10 Basic Human Rights.
4.  If a student desires to, and completes all 30 of the Human Rights, they will be given a "Certificate of Completion" for their consistent effort, participation, and completion of an art project(Guidelines are available):  Human Rights Collage will be designed and completed by the student.

Shaping experiences that help children to find their true voice, ideas or opinions can be achieved through presenting authentic situational thinking that allows for “looking within” about what matters.

I taught primary grades at the Crescent Heights Blvd. Elementary Language Arts and Social Justice Magnet School for 17 years.  I received a fellowship to study at the Ahimsa Institute, Cal Poly University, Pomona 2013.  The theme was "Gandhi, Sustainability, and Happiness".  I also implemented a "Season for Non-Violence" celebrating the contributions of Ghandi and Martin Luther King, between January 30th thru April 4th (annually) by engaging my students in reflecting on the "64 Ways to Practice Non-Violence" Curriculum.  I was encouraged to feel that the required curriculum topics we taught may not have been easily understood by some, but overall "living life" yields more ability to understand what's going on for our young ones (sponges) than one might imagine.

This class, using the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is an opportunity to help children organize and compartmentalize their worlds in ways which often may be overlooked in the "busyness" of our technological lifestyles.  Even though this may be a fact, helping our children put life into perspective by having a combination of caring, trusted adults, their own evaluation of life through use of prior knowledge every day, and we trust, they have much to gain by being equipped for this ever-changing world.  

We all share one fact…. "we" are Human Beings with Rights, and “we” should know what they are!   

Website for instruction and study:  YouthforHumanRights.org  Students will be able to receive the "What are Human Rights" booklet and other resources to keep after the class.