Students will examine a variety of Unicef-inspired documents regarding the rights of children as an introduction to the concept of education as a right.
Les droits des enfants :
Regardez la liste de vidéos. https://vimeo.com/channels/tleodd
Choisissez-en 5 et regardez-les.
Pour les 5, notez :
Affiche pour promouvoir un droit (le droit que vous trouvez le plus important pour garantir la meilleure vie que possible aux enfants) : éduquer les autres et les encourager de faire quelque chose pour aider ces enfants qui vivent dans les situations où ce droit n'est pas respecté.
Have students watch the first video as a class. For the activity where they choose 5 videos, be sure they have technology available (phones with earbuds, or class sets of tablets/chromebooks/computers). Also be sure your school/district doesn't block the video links.
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This is an introduction to one situation that keeps children in general (boys and girls) from receiving an education: the obligation to begin working and earning money as young children.
Vidéo : les enfants qui travaillent dans les mines de diamant de la RDC
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Students will learn about an organization that is working to increase the rates of education of girls in Cambodia (a former French colony).
Recherchez le travail de l'organisme "Toutes à l'école"
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Students will read bios of the girls and women in the village of our Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo
After the biographies/profiles of the girls and women in the village arrive, the teacher will prepare a set of profiles for each group of students.
Students will work in groups to read and discuss the bios.
Students will start a wordwall of necessary vocabulary for comprehending the letters and for talking about life in the village.
Students will determine patterns that the letters reveal about the lives of girls and the impact of education or the lack thereof.
Students will determine what new questions they have.
Students will decide how to proceed with this information and what they would like to do.
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Students will gather information "from the field" by drafting questions to send to our Peace Corps Volunteer match regarding the realities of education in the village where she is serving.
Students will determine what questions they have for the volunteer.
Students will use comprehensible and appropriate French to ask their questions.
Students will peer edit eachother's questions.
Students will create an online form and input the questions into the form.
If there is no ability to use an online form, create the form on paper and mail it to the contact.
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