Bringing human rights education to US classrooms
Subtitle: exemplary models from elementary grades to university
By: edited by Susan Roberta Katz and Andrea McEvoy Spero
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781137471123
Subjects: Human rights; Study and teaching; Humanistic Education; EDUCATION / Curricula; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education; EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects; EDUCATION / Comparative
Other titles: Bringing human rights education to United States classrooms
Description: "Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms presents ten research-based human rights projects powerfully implemented in a range of U.S. classrooms, from elementary school through community college and university. In these classrooms, the students--primarily young people of color who have experienced or witnessed human rights abuses such as discrimination and poverty--are exposed for the first time to thinking about their own lives and the world through an empowering human rights lens. Unique in integrating theory and classroom practice, and in addressing human rights issues with special relevance for communities of color in the US, Katz and Spero provide indispensable guidance for those studying and teaching human rights"--

"Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms presents twelve research-based human rights projects powerfully implemented in a range of U.S. classrooms, from elementary school through community college and university. The students, composed are primarily of young people of color, who have experienced or witnessed human rights abuses, such as discrimination and poverty, are exposed for the first time to thinking about their own lives and the world through an empowering human rights lens"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Foreword; Olga TalamantePART I: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION 1. Building a Human Rights Education Movement in the United States; Felisa Tibbitts2. The Challenges and Triumphs of Teaching for Human Rights in U.S. Schools; Susan Roberta Katz and Andrea McEvoy SperoPART II: PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS3. Each One, Teach One: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party for an Elementary School Audience; Jessie Blundell4. The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living: Human Rights Education in the Elementary Classroom; Erin Brennan5. Bringing to Life Human Rights Education in the Science Classroom; Annie Adamian6. Challenging Islamophobia in the Middle School Classroom: Using Critical Media Literacy to Teach Human Rights; Kelly Delaney7. Tout Moun Se Moun "Every Person Is a Human Being": Understanding the Struggle for Human Rights in Haiti; Victoria Isabel Duran8. Know Your Rights: Understanding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Jacqueline Fix and Puja Kumar Clifford9. Teaching The Crucible through Human Rights; Barbara J. Arduini10. Reframing a Community College Social Problems Class through a Human Rights Perspective; Lindsay Padilla11. Teaching and Learning Asian American Leadership: A Human Rights Framework; Melissa Canlas12. Female Genital Mutilation: A Pedagogical Tool To Explore Global Violence Against Women; Onllwyn Cavan DixonAfterword: Will Human Rights Be Decolonizing?; K. Wayne Yang.