Teaching Human Rights in Elementary Classrooms: A Literary Approach

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  • Linda Farr Darling

Abstract

This article presents elementary social studies teachers with examples of children's literature that can be used to teach about children's rights as they were declared at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Five books are summarized for younger audiences, and four are reviewed for older readers. The author also describes a recent informational book on fifteen children's rights appropriate for all elementary classrooms.

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Published

2004-10-01

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Vol. 39 No. 1 (2004): Special Issue: Social Studies Research and Teaching in Elementary Schools

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