Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Human Rights Day observances. Held annually on December 10th, Human Rights Day commemorates the date on which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, effectively outlining human rights for the first time globally. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms.
In recognition of the 2020 theme – Recover Better: Stand Up for Human Rights – Discovery Education and its diverse network of corporate and community partners present a host of digital resources designed to immerse students and families in the past, present, and future of social justice and equity. Among the curated resources exploring fundamental human rights principles and encouraging students worldwide to create a brighter tomorrow are:
Interactive Human Rights Defenders Map
Speak Truth to Power is an educational program created in partnership between Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education empowering youth to defend human rights through no-cost digital resources for the anywhere classroom. With the Human Rights Defenders Map, students can travel the globe to hear from courageous individuals about how they are working to fight systemic injustice for the betterment of humanity.
Classroom and Family Activities
Unlock the power of testimony to counter hate with Teaching with Testimony, a program from USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education that uses eyewitness accounts from survivors and witnesses of genocide to empower students to find they voices and take action for a better future. Engage the classroom and home alike with “The Promise” Classroom & Family Activities that guide students through the “us vs. them” mentality that fueled the Armenian Genocide from 1915-1923.
Soar with Wings: Social Emotional Skills for School & Life, powered by Wings for Kids and The Allstate Foundation, incorporate academics and fun while building social and emotional skills. Families can work together to build social and emotional learning skills with “In Your Shoes” Family Activity by sharing and learning how everyone has been affected by the unprecedented challenges of 2020.
Social & Emotional Learning Topic Videos
The Discover Your Happy program from LG and Discovery Education equips communities with the skills necessary to reduce stress and create Sustainable Happiness by providing curriculum and standards aligned resources. Kick off thoughtful conversations with the 6 Sustainable Happiness Skills Topic Videos which equips students with science-based skills to develop emotional wellness and resiliency in school and beyond.
Virtual Field Trip
During the 30-minute Tech for Tomorrow experience, go behind-the-scenes at The Tech’s family-friendly science and technology center in the heart of downtown San Jose and met a diverse group of individuals who are using data to change the world for the better. Discover how the 2020 Tech for Global Good Laureates use STEM to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. Through their stories, students are motivated to become problem-solvers in their own area by applying their natural curiosity to create innovative solutions.
“Keeping students connected to the real-world with relevant content means their natural curiosity is supported, no matter where learning is taking place,” said Andrea Lance, Learning Environment and Instructional Resource Coordinator. “Teachers need flexible, curated, digital resources to bring human rights into the lessons to spark thought-provoking conversations and drive action. Resources that don’t just prepare them for the world that exists, but equips them with the skills and tools necessary to change the world.”
All of the resources and program content is available on the award-winning Discovery Education Experience, a flexible K-12 learning platform that connects educators to a vast collection of compelling high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, and professional learning resources. Experience users can find all the content in the Corporate Education Partnerships channel and the Human Rights channel.
“Discovery Education is proud to help educators, students, and their families explore and understand the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being,” said Beth Myers, Discovery Education Vice President of Education Partnerships Beth Myer. “We hope that through these no-cost digital resources, each student will explore the importance of human rights in re-building our world.”
For more information about Discovery Education’s digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn.
The American Consortium for Equity in Education, publisher of the "Equity & Access" journal, celebrates and connects the educators, associations, community partners and industry leaders who are working to solve problems and create a more equitable environment for historically underserved pre K-12 students throughout the United States.
Discovery Education na washirika wakuu wa ushirika na jamii wanatoa rasilimali za kujifunza za dijiti za kuvutia, bila gharama kwa wanafunzi, walimu, na familia kusaidia maadhimisho ya Siku ya Haki za Binadamu. Siku ya Haki za Binadamu huadhimishwa kila mwaka Desemba 10 na ni kumbukumbu ya tarehe ambayo Azimio la Ulimwengu la Haki za Binadamu (UDHR) lilipitishwa na Mkutano Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa mnamo 1948, na kuelezea haki za binadamu kwa mara ya kwanza ulimwenguni. Discovery Education ni kiongozi wa kimataifa katika rasilimali za mtaala wa dijiti zilizoendana na viwango na kujifunza kitaaluma kwa vyumba vya darasa vya K-12. "Kwa kutambua mandhari ya 2020 ""Rudisha Bora: Simama kwa Haki za Binadamu,"" Discovery Education na mtandao wake wa wenzi wa ushirika na jamii hutoa rasilimali nyingi za dijiti zilizobuniwa kuingiza wanafunzi na familia katika wakati uliopita, sasa na siku zijazo za haki ya kijamii na usawa." "Miongoni mwa rasilimali zilizopangwa kuchunguza kanuni za msingi za haki za binadamu na kuhamasisha wanafunzi ulimwenguni kote kuunda kesho nzuri ni: ""Map ya Interactive Human Rights Defenders: Speak Truth to Power"" ni mpango wa elimu ulioundwa katika ushirikiano kati ya Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights na Discovery Education, kuwezesha vijana kutetea haki za binadamu kupitia rasilimali za dijiti bila gharama kwa darasa mahali popote." Kwa kutumia ramani ya watetezi wa haki za binadamu, wanafunzi wanaweza kusafiri duniani kote kusikia kutoka kwa watu wenye ujasiri juu ya jinsi wanavyofanya kazi kupambana na ukosefu wa haki wa mfumo kwa ajili ya kuboresha ubinadamu. "Kuchunguza ""Uwezo wa Ushuhuda wa Kupinga Chuki"" ni mpango wa USC Shoah Foundation na Discovery Education ambao hutumia masimulizi ya mashahidi wa mauaji ya kimbari ili kuwawezesha wanafunzi kupata sauti zao na kuchukua hatua kwa ajili ya siku zijazo bora." "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""The Promise"" ni mwongozo wa masomo ya darasa na shughuli za familia ambazo zinawaongoza wanafunzi kupitia mawazo ya ""sisi dhidi yao"" ambayo ilisababisha Uuaji wa Kimbari wa Armenia kutoka 1915-1923." "Soma ""Soar with Wings: Social Emotional Skills for School & Life"" na ""Wings for Kids"" na ""The Allstate Foundation"" na uone jinsi unavyoweza kuimarisha ujuzi wako wa kijamii na kihisia." Familia zinaweza kufanya kazi pamoja kujenga ujuzi wa kujifunza kijamii na kihisia na <unk>In Your Shoes<unk> Shughuli ya Familia kwa kushiriki na kujifunza jinsi kila mtu ameathiriwa na changamoto zisizo na kifani za 2020. Programu ya Discover Your Happy kutoka LG na Discovery Education inatoa jamii na ujuzi unaohitajika kupunguza mkazo na kuunda furaha ya kudumu kwa kutoa rasilimali za mtaala na viwango vilivyo sawa. Kuanzisha mazungumzo ya kutafakari na Video za Mada ya Ujuzi wa Furaha ya Kudumu 6 ambazo zinawapa wanafunzi ujuzi wa kisayansi ili kuendeleza ustawi wa kihemko na uvumilivu shuleni na zaidi. Safari ya Uwanja wa Virtual Wakati wa uzoefu wa dakika ya 30 wa Teknolojia ya Kesho, nenda nyuma ya pazia katika Kituo cha Sayansi na Teknolojia cha Teknolojia cha Familia katika moyo wa jiji la San Jose na kukutana na kikundi tofauti cha watu wanaotumia data kubadilisha ulimwengu kuwa bora. Tazama jinsi washindi wa 2020 wa Tech for Global Good wanavyotumia STEM kutatua changamoto kubwa za ulimwengu. Kupitia hadithi zao, wanafunzi wanahamasishwa kuwa watatuaji wa shida katika eneo lao wenyewe kwa kutumia udadisi wao wa asili kuunda suluhisho za ubunifu. "Kuweka wanafunzi kushikamana na ulimwengu halisi na maudhui husika ina maana udadisi wao wa asili ni mkono, bila kujali ambapo kujifunza ni kuchukua nafasi", alisema Andrea Lance, Learning Environment na Maagizo ya Rasilimali Mkurugenzi. <unk> Walimu wanahitaji rasilimali za dijiti zenye kubadilika, zilizopangwa vizuri kuleta haki za binadamu katika masomo ili kuchochea mazungumzo ya kuchochea mawazo na kuendesha hatua. Rasilimali ambazo hazitazii tu kwa ulimwengu uliopo, lakini zinawaandaa na ujuzi na zana zinazohitajika kubadilisha ulimwengu. Rasilimali zote na yaliyomo kwenye programu zinapatikana kwenye Uzoefu wa Elimu ya Ugunduzi, jukwaa la kujifunza la kubadilika la K-12 ambalo linaunganisha walimu na mkusanyiko mkubwa wa maudhui ya hali ya juu, yaliyolingana na viwango, masomo ya dijiti tayari kutumika, na rasilimali za kujifunza za kitaaluma. Watumiaji wa uzoefu wanaweza kupata maudhui yote katika Corporate Education Partnerships channel na Human Rights channel. "Discovery Education inajivunia kusaidia walimu, wanafunzi, na familia zao kuchunguza na kuelewa haki zisizoweza kuondolewa ambazo kila mtu ana haki ya kuwa binadamu, ""alisema Beth Myers, Makamu wa Rais wa Discovery Education wa Ushirikiano wa Elimu Beth Myer." "Tuna matumaini kwamba kupitia rasilimali hizi za dijiti bila gharama, kila mwanafunzi atachunguza umuhimu wa haki za binadamu katika kujenga upya ulimwengu wetu. ""Kwa habari zaidi kuhusu rasilimali za dijiti za Discovery Education na huduma za kujifunza kitaaluma, tembelea www.discoveryeducation.com, na kubaki kushikamana na Discovery Education kwenye mitandao ya kijamii kupitia Twitter na LinkedIn." American Consortium for Equity in Education (ACEE) ni shirika la kimataifa linalohusika katika kuunganisha wasomi, vyama, washirika wa jamii na viongozi wa sekta ambao wanafanya kazi ili kutatua matatizo na kuunda mazingira ya usawa kwa wanafunzi wa K-12 ambao hawapati huduma za kutosha.