HUMAN RIGHTS MODULE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL Implementation steps 1. The students get ready by putting on their tracksuit bottoms around their ankles. 2. When the whistle is blown, the students must raise their tracksuit bottoms up to their waist without using their hands. 3. Step 2 is repeated, but this time the students work in pairs. Each pair must assist another student to raise the tracksuit bottoms using their hands. The student who is being helped should only be standing up straight. Discussion/Presentation 4. At the end of the activity, the students are given an explanation on the objective of the activity, that is, for them to experience the daily challenges faced by people with disabilities (PWD). 5. The students reflect on this with the guidance of the teacher based on their experience being a person with a disability. Conclusion 6. The teacher concludes the day’s lesson by stressing the rights of the child as well as human rights learned from the lesson. 7. The teacher can share additional information and specific facts on human rights and children’s rights. Reference notes for the teacher: i. Human rights are fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to every human being. These rights are stated in the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted by the United Nations on 10 December 1948. ii. The UDHR declares that every human being is born equal in dignity and rights, regardless of race, religion, colour, gender and status. iii. Children’s rights are stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). iv. There are 54 articles in the CRC. v. Children are persons who are 18 years of age and below. vi. Among the articles in the CRC that are relevant to the activity: • Non-discrimination (Article 2, CRC) • Rights of the child with a disability (Article 23, CRC) 62