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Jewish Agency: Natan Sharansky
Known for his human rights activism and his struggle with Soviet Jewry, Natan Sharansky's life is in preview here. After being imprisoned by the Soviets for being a spy for the CIA, Sharansky was released and thereby emigrated to...
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The Progressive Magazine
Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.
East of England Broadband Network
History's Heroes: Thomas Paine (1737 1809)
This website explores the lives of people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Thomas Paine. Find out who he was, what he did, his achievements, and his legacy.
CNN
Cnn: Day of Vindication for Grandma as Pay Law Signed (2009)
It took 10 years, but Lilly Ledbetter won her fight for her gender discrimination claim. It became law under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act signed by President Obama. This article, briefly tells her story. (30 January 2009)
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Understanding Canadian Diversity in Alberta
This site provides an in-depth overview regarding diversity in Alberta. Timelines, biographies, rights/responsibility and more are highlighted. Users may view pictures or listen to stories from real-life people who have experienced or...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition
A virtual library exhibit about free speech, focusing on the principles that unite Americans and the conflicts that divide them.
Utah Education Network
Uen: How Can I Help Change the World?
This lesson gives students ideas in which they can make a difference in the world.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide
Students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations.
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Pbs Learning Media: Malala Yousafzai Champions Education: Pbs News Hour
This Daily News Story from PBS NewsHour Extra was created on October 14th, 2013 After surviving an attack on her life, Malala has recovered and has dedicated herself to the goal that every child everywhere will receive an education.
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Pbs Learning Media: Girls Speak Out: Wide Angle: Lesson Plan
This instructional activity follows girls in India and Benin to evaluate their access to education, a basic human right.
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Pbs Learning Media: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady, Diplomat, and Activist
In this lesson, students will explore Eleanor Roosevelt's many national and international contributions. They will learn how Eleanor Roosevelt used her positions as First Lady and United Nations diplomat to ensure that the powerless had...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
This primary source set uses documents and photographs to tell the story of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, written in August 1789.
BBC
Bbc: Un Told of Mass Darfur Killings
This article offers discussion about crimes against humanity in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The update is from 2006.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Women Who Changed the World: Eleanor Roosevelt
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady who was also a noted writer, diplomat, and humanitarian. Additional content includes a video clip of Roosevelt promoting the National Youth Administration...
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Human Rights and Canada: Building the Foundation
This site provides background on the history of human rights in Canada and events that influenced their evolution. It explains how the principles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is embedded in Canadian laws that protect...
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Classroom Connections: Cultivating Peace
Here you will find free teaching resources for secondary teachers on cultivating peace and teaching students how to take an active role in promoting peace in the world around them.
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Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
A biography of Toledo and how he is doing a poor job as president of Peru. The article describes how he was able to get elected in the 2000 campaign. The article is dated 2004.
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Univ of North Carolina: Online Burma Myanmar Library
Classified and annotated links to more than 5000 full text documents on Burma (Myanmar).
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The Vanished Gallery
Excellent information on the terrifying years from 1976 to 1983 in which thousands of Argentines were arrested and disappeared, as a military junta launched a campaign to squelch "left-wing terrorism". In both Spanish and English, this...
Oregon State University
History of Western Philosophy: Bartolome De Las Casas (1484 1566)
Famous for early advocacy for indigenous peoples of America, he attempted to outlaw the econmienda system enjoyed by the Spanish colonists. Included is a time line of his activities.
TES Global
Blendspace: Malala Yousefzai's Speech to the United Nations
A sixteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, and videos about Malala Yousefzai and her speech to the United Nations.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Human Rights (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for exploring and reporting on world human rights issues in which learners analyze the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and compare it to the U.S. bill of rights.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Gerald Ford
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Gerald Ford to watch a video of a speech he made concerning the Helsinki Accords and the need to honor fundamental freedoms and human...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...