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All of the activities that you have participated in during this project have helped prepare you for this assignment. You have read the 1989 Convention for the Right of the Child, you have thought about the importance of some basic human freedoms such as:
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want.
You have discovered that postive and negative consequences result from some of our freedoms and that many of our freedoms are very interwoven with each other.
Now as you prepare TO GO TO NEW YORK for the United Nations Meeting on the Rights of Children:
PART ONE:
1) Go to the LINKS page and click on the "Your Voice Matters" link.Read what Canadian youth think concerning how we have progressed since 1989 in the area of Children's Rights.
2) Go to the "United States Fund for UNICEF" page. Here you can read about the "State of the World's Children 2002".
3) Go to the "Save the Children" page and browse through the site to familiarize yourself with the state of children's lives in other countries.
PART TWO:
Equipped with the information above, go to the BONE DIAGRAM page. Make a copy of this thinking tool and "thoughtfully" fill it in. This tool will help you identify the current reality of children in the world, in your country and in your closer environment (your school or classroom). It will help you articulate what you would like the future reality for the world's children to look like. This writing will be the message you will share with the United Nations Meeting on the Rights of Children in New York City in May, 2002.
PART THREE:
Using the REALITY OR RHETORIC Benchmarks below, write a 400-450 word report. Your report will be posted on the "Your Rights: Reality or Rhetoric?" webapage, along with student writing from across this land.
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RIGHT OR RHETORIC BENCHMARKS
____ 1) Opening paragraph, addressing the United Nations Assembly and Ms. Carol Bellamy. (2-3 sentences)
____ 2) A paragraph describing how children's lives in the world, in general, have improved since the 1989 Convention. Give examples(from your reading) to support your statements. Has the reality met, exceeded or not met the standrad set in 1989? Your writing cannot just be based on opinion. (5-6 sentences)
____ 3) A paragraph describing how children's lives haven't improved since the 1989 Convention. Give examples (from your reading) to support your statements. (5-6 sentences)
____ 4) A paragraph commenting on children's lives in your country. Has the reality met, exceeded or not met the standrad set in 1989? Give examples(from your reading) to support your statements. (4-6 sentences)
____ 5) A paragraph commenting on children's lives in your closest environment (school or classroom). Has the reality met, exceeded or not met the standrad set in the 1989 Convention? Give examples(from your own experinces) to support your statements.
____ 6) A Closing paragraph making 3-5 recommendations to the United Nations for the updated Convention for the Rights of the Child.
____ 7) A closing statement for your report. It should sum up your feelings and thoughts. Try to make it a powerful statement that will make your report worth remembering. (2 sentences)
____ 8) Your writing should be concise and make use of accurate grammar and spelling.
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SEEN AND HEARD: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
"It is impossible to predict the future or see with any clarity what the next century will bring. But there is one thing this century has taught us for sure; there can be no global security without human security; no human security without respect for human rights; no respect for human rights without respect for children; no respect for children without listening to and hearing what they have to say.In our interconnected world we have to be more than just observers of children’s suffering, we have to be partners with them in their struggles, talking and consulting with them because they know more about their experiences than we do. Then together we can act."
- Landon Pearson
Canadian Senator for Children's Rights
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