Starter quiz
- If we work together to achieve something, it is called __________ working.
- conflicted
- independent
- collaborative ✓
- individual
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- Citizenship includes researching local, national and ______ communities.
- 'global' ✓
- WHO stands for ...
- World Hunger Organisation
- Wild Heart Organisation
- World Hygiene Organisation
- World Health Organisation ✓
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- Match up the start of the term with its ending.
- United⇔Nations ✓
- Youth⇔Parliament ✓
- Make Your⇔Mark ✓
- What are the Houses called in the Houses of Parliament?
- House of Lords ✓
- House of Dukes
- House of Commons ✓
- House of Kings
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- Globalisation is the way in which __________ work together.
- countries ✓
- individuals
- local communities
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Exit quiz
- Adults and ______ both have rights.
- 'children' ✓
- Everyone is entitled to rights by ...
- belief
- law ✓
- action
- opinion
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- Put the words in order so that they show what the UNCRC stands for.
- 1⇔United
- 2⇔Nations
- 3⇔Convention
- 4⇔on the
- 5⇔Rights
- 6⇔of the
- 7⇔Child
- There are __________ guiding principles of the UNCRC, including the right to be heard.
- two
- three
- four ✓
- five
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- It is important that rights are __________ and ...
- protected ✓
- excluded
- different
- supported ✓
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- Match the legal international agreement with its fact.
- UDHR⇔outlines every citizen's basic rights, starting from 1948 ✓
- UNCRC⇔outlines every child's basic rights, starting from 1989 ✓
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Key learning points
- Rights are guaranteed by law and ensure that every individual is entitled to them.
- Rights are universal, designed to provide everyone with a healthy, safe and happy life, regardless of background.
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) outlines 54 specific rights for children.
- The UNCRC can be summarised into four principles including: non-discrimination and the best interests of the child.
- This agreement, signed by 196 countries, emphasises the importance of supporting and protecting children’s rights.
Common misconception
We only have rights when we are adults.
We have rights as children as well as adults. Some of these are different but they are all designed to allow everyone to live a safe and happy life.
Keywords
Right - something we are entitled to by law
Entitled - something that is guaranteed
Uncrc - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; a legally binding international agreement that sets out the rights of all children, regardless of their race, religion or abilities
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