EVENT POSTPONED: Sustainability and Human Rights: what is the connection?

About this event

10th December marks United Nations Human Rights day. This workshop will provide you with an opportunity to learn about the links between Human Rights, sustainability and Climate Crisis, and use these topics as a stimulus to teach a lesson to marking the day, or develop a new set of lessons. 

During the workshop participants will explore the concepts of fairness and justice when considering the effects of climate change and how this is impacting Human Rights. The first climate change refugees are already being hosted and more often than not in highly climate vulnerable countries. Time will also be spent discussing the concept of climate justice.

Who is it for?

All teachers with an interest in Human Rights, Sustainability and Climate Education

Why attend?

By attending this workshop you will gain:

• Practical approaches to teaching the connections between human rights and sustainability and climate change 
• Access to resources to use in the classroom 
• Approaches to make links with other subjects in the curriculum reading this topic, and develop joined up approaches to teaching
• Ideas for GCSE Citizenship Studies Active Citizenship Projects
• A focus for Sustainable Schools Councils work

Additional information

While this course will focus on the Citizenship concepts of this subject area, it would be of benefit to teachers of Geography, Eco School Leaders, Science teachers and others who teach sustainability and climate change to show the links between curriculum areas and how to develop these. This is especially true if Citizenship is not taught as a discrete topic in your school. 

This workshop will support the ITTECF Standard 4 by providing opportunities for participants to learn that: 

• Effective teachers introduce new material in steps, explicitly linking new ideas to what has been previously studied and learned. 
• High quality classroom talk (sometimes referred to as oracy), can support pupils to articulate key ideas, consolidate understanding and extend their vocabulary.