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Connecting Human Rights and Poverty: Book Resources

For Social Studies 6 students.

If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith; Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)
Call Number: 304.6 SMI

ISBN: 9781554535958

Publication Date: 2011-02-01

Breaks down the population of the world into a collection of one hundred representative people and describes what one would find in this global village, covering languages, ages, religions, food, air and water, schooling, and possessions, accompanied by vivid color illustrations.
Our Rights by Janet Wilson
Call Number: 303.484 WIL

ISBN: 9781926920955

Publication Date: 2013-04-15

Describes how children from around the world have stood up for their rights and the rights of others.
Citizen rights and responsibilities by edited by Heather Kissock
Call Number: 323.09 CIT

ISBN: 9781553889397
For Every Child by Caroline Castle; Desmond Tutu (Foreword by); UNICEF Staff; John Burningham (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803726503

Publication Date: 2001-01-01

Resources

We Are All Born Free by Amnesty International Staff (As told to)
Call Number: 341.4 WEA

ISBN: 9781845076504

Publication Date: 2008-10-01

An illustrated introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was established following World War II, including thirty articles that declare the basic rights for all of humanity as compiled by the United Nations.
Protecting rights in Canada by edited by Heather Kissock.
Call Number: 323.09 PRO

ISBN: 9781553889342

Examines processes with regard to rights in Canada, covering topics such as the Canadian Human Rights Act; the Indian Act regarding the rights of Aboriginal women; and French language rights; with citizen profiles, a case study about Japanese internment during World War II, and more.
Amnesty International by Reg Grant
Call Number: 323.06 GRA

ISBN: 0531146197

Publication Date: 2001-09-01
A Life Like Mine by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: 305.23 DK

ISBN: 9780756618032

Publication Date: 2005-12-19

Looks at what life is like for children of different countries and how each child can fulfill his or her hopes and ambitions no matter how little or much their human rights are infringed.
I Have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres; Aurélia Fronty (Illustrator); Helen Mixter (Translator)
ISBN: 9781554981496

Publication Date: 2012-05-22

A young narrator describes the rights of every child as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.