About This is My Home and FAQs

Teachers' Lounge of Hope:

What does This is My Home Provide?

Culture, Respect and Classroom Management Ideas

Minnesota Human Rights School Representatives

Introduction to This is My Home by MN Department of Human Rights Commissioner Velma Korbel

NEW! COMMUNITY ACTION PLANNING TOOL

This is My Home: Multimedia Presentation

(The links for the promo and TPT production of This is My Home will not work from within this presentation. These videos are available online from the links provided below, and on the other disc provided with this Tool Kit)

This is My Home: PowerPoint Presentation

Esta es Mi Casa: Presentacion en PowerPoint

This is My Home: Poster (PDF - 415KB)

This is My Home: Brochure (PDF - 78KB)

This is My Home: Frequently Asked Questions

(FAQs)

A sincere thank you to the many contributors to

the This is My Home project including pilot

schools and individuals.

MN Classrooms Bring Human Rights Home: Video (Windows Media - 62.7MB)

Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your School

The Human Rights Education Framework provides a developmental scope and sequence for learning universal human rights language, principles, skills, and practices.

Human Rights and Education Standards have been integrated into this learning process. These standards include:

The Interactive Human Rights Process Model is a student-centered learning circle with 7 steps:

Introduction to Human Rights and Human Rights Education: PowerPoint

This is My Home: Human Rights Poster Set

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) wins Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Translated Document"!!!

Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota

This is My Home: K-12 Human Rights Introductory Lessons - Activities to introduce the fundamental principles of human rights.

The Human Rights Education Framework (PDF - 761KB) provides a developmental scope and sequence for learning universal human rights language and principles and putting these concepts into practice through new skills and community actions.

This is My Home: Pre-K-12           

Curriculum Units in PDF

This is My Home: Interactive Process Model - Develop and Share New Lesson Plans

Many more educational activities from the University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center publications

This is My Home: Minnesota Students Share Their Stories

Spend a day in the life of two children who share their triumphs and tragedies in hopes of diminishing cultural differences. View the 30 second promo or the entire 29 minute video. This is My Home was co-produced by TPT's Minnesota Channel and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota

The Human Rights and Peace Store: This special collection of Human Rights and Peace Education products includes books, curricula, posters, training guides, multi-media materials, gifts, bookmarks, kindness currency, and other resources easily accessible to educators, students, community organizers, youth workers, and parents.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Lesson Plans

United Nations

UNICEF

Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota

Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota

The Peace Resource Center

Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights

UNICEF

•   Compass- A Manual for Human Rights Education  with Young People

Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota

Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

UNICEF

Minnesota Department of Human Rights

Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota

Human Rights Education Association

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

For further resources, go to the University of Minnesota Human Resource Center Web site at: http://www.hrusa.org. You may also call 612-626-0041 or email humanrts@umn.edu.