Children

The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic.  The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content.  If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine.

World Health Organization

This page follows the prenatal development and then infant development of a child in Egypt, Ethiopia, Bolivia, India, Lao’s People Democratic Republic, and Great Britain.  It is a good window into the world of the people from these different countries.

Planet Teacher

This is a UK site so some of the information and spellings will need some “translation.”

Suggested for approximately grades 4-6. One of the buttons on the web page is the “hot news” button.  This link will send you to a page which has suggestions for follow-up action. 

• Child power- This Planet teacher topic is about children who are taking action to improve their lives.

You can also sign up for their e-zine free of charge.  They also send out information for use by youth group leaders.  Also free of charge.

CSPE stands for Civil, Social and Political Education. This is a curriculum based on human rights and social responsibilities. This website has components for teachers, students and parents.

For teachers, the framework includes law, dignity, democracy, stewardship, development, interdependence and rights and responsibilities. 

For students, the framework is on rights: trade rights, environmental rights, development rights, refugee rights, children's rights, human rights, and stories of human right defenders.  Beside the good information and illustrations that are given, there are also action steps listed for each of the concepts.

There is also a site for parents.  The page "How Can I Support My Child" contains some very useful ideas for raising children with a global awareness. 

Global Citizens for Change

This activity is intended to introduce the U.N. charter on the rights of the child. 

This is an excerpt from Craig Kielburger’s book about how he got involved in Child Labor issues as a boy. It shows the impact one person can have.

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Story Testimony

All ages

UNICEF- Voices of Youth

This website deals with a variety of issues affecting children around the world.  It is recommended that you take the online “tour” of the website for adults which illustrates how the resources can be used. (Click on the “Making it Work for You” button on top right hand side of the page.)

Children’s Defense Fund

Although not free, the materials for the Children’s Sabbath are excellent. 

This resource details the at risk youth of Uganda who are being forced into the military at very young ages.  This is from the Education for Justice website.

Network

This handout details the life of a child in the United States.  Using the format for an average day, the handout presents statistics for the state of U.S. children

This prayer for Children is one of the Worship aids for the Souper Bowl of Caring.  The prayer contains contrasts of the situation of children in different parts of the world.

Children's Day is celebrated on November 20th.  This page gives background about this day and contains links to other useful pages.

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