Process

1. Introduce students to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: what is it, why is it important? Point out the two most important articles related to education:

• Ariticle 28 (Right to education): Children have a right to an education. Discipline in schools should respect children's human dignity. Primary education should be free. Wealthy countries should help poorer countries achieve this.
• Article 29 (Goals of education): Education should develop each child's personality and talents to the full. It should encourage children to respect their parents, and their own and other cultures.
  Source: A summary of rights under the Convention of the Rights of the Child

2. Ask students to view and read the UNICEF photo essay (Part 1 & Part 2) based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each photo corresponds to one or two articles in the Convention.

3. Refer to the text version of the Convention (print out the child-friendly poster  for the classroom; print out child-friendly flyer for each student) (See Internet links below)

4. Assign students one or two articles each (depending on the class size).

5. Ask students to find their own images (photo, cartoon, illustration) that relate to their specific article (depicts it/shows the consequences). See Image Resources for ideas on finding images.

6. Students present their article and image to the class. This could be done using Powerpoint, as a class handout, etc.

7. Alternatively, this could be an assignment to hand in.

Extension

Divide class into groups and ask groups to find the articles they think relate to education. This is followed by a class discussion.

After the initial brainstorm, refer to UNICEF Voices of Youth as a reference. (See the "Right to learn" section and read about different articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child that are related to education)

Resources

For Teachers

• Convention on the Rights of the Child (background information)

• A summary of rights under the Convention of the Rights of the Child

• Convention on the Rights of the Child (text)

• Rights Convention in child-friendly language (PDF poster) (print for the classroom)

For Students

• Child-friendly flyer (print as Student Handout)

• UNICEF Rights of the Child Photo Essay Part 1 of 2

• UNICEF Rights of the Child Photo Essay Part 2 of 2

• MAGIC- UNICEF Web site for children

• UNICEF Voices of Youth - ("Right to learn" section - read about different articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child that are related to education)

• Image Resources

• Flickr photo sharing (search for images using key words such as: poverty, education, rights of the child)

• A Different World: photo gallery

• Humanitarian News and Analysis from Africa, Asia and the Middle East: photo gallery