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Global citizenship: a high school educator's guide (grades 9-12) Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: TeachUNICEF Global Citizenship is a unit of four lessons designed to introduce the concept of global citizenship and place it in the context of international human rights; to engage students in a guided inquiry into the meaning of global citizenship and its relationship to national citizenship; to educate about how the United Nations has framed global rights and responsibilities for the 21st century and is acting on them via the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); and to investigate how the U.S. Fund for UNICEF has engaged individuals in support of global citizenship as well as to engage students in designing and implementing a plan to act locally in support of global issues. 
Global citizenship in primary and secondary education in the Netherlands Year of publication: 2012 Author: Lette Hogeling Corporate author: National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) NCDO has examined the opinions and methods of teachers and directors with regard to global citizenship, as well as the obstacles and opportunities they experience around global citizenship in education. More than 1,500 teachers and almost 300 directors have participated in the research. A large majority of the teachers in primary and secondary education think that global citizenship is an important subject for Dutch education. Also, the majority of the teachers are of the opinion that it is important that the lessons link up with current events. Nevertheless, only a minority of the teachers in primary and secondary education believe that global citizenship should be a compulsory part of the curriculum. It is mainly teachers of geography, economics, cultural and social subjects who are of the opinion that global citizenship is an important theme. Global citizenship: from public support to active participation Year of publication: 2012 Author: Christine Carabain | Shelena Keulemans | Marije van Gent | Gabi Spitz Corporate author: National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) This publication explores the concept of global citizenship by drawing on the most relevant, mainly scientific, literature. This exploration will in the coming years be the basis for NCDO’s programmes in the area of research, staff training, and knowledge sharing. NCDO has the important task of engaging people in these two major changes in perspective: what does it mean, how important is it to us, how can we contribute to it? NCDO considers it its responsibility to raise awareness amongst Dutch citizens of the growing connection and mutual dependency between people across the globe, as well as to make them aware of the opportunities they have to help tackle global issues. In other words: NCDO aims to advance the global dimension of citizenship in the Netherlands. But what exactly is that global dimension of citizenship? Despite growing awareness of the importance of global citizenship, a clear and broadly accepted definition of the concept is still lacking (Hart, 2011). To date the concept is often explained by using examples and focus areas. This publication will present the definition of global citizenship that NCDO will employ in the coming period. En rejse tilbage i tiden – en lære for fremtiden Håndbog for lærere Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights What role do Holocaust-related sites play in today's societies? What do they offer young people? What should schools and teachers consider when planning a visit to such a site? And how can teachers make best use of such visits for teaching about the Holocaust and human rights? This Handbook provides a number of examples, hints and historical background information, which will help teachers and students to make visits to Holocaust-related sites and exhibitions a meaningful and enriching experience. Een stap in het verleden – een les voor de toekomst: Handboek voor leraren Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights What role do Holocaust-related sites play in today's societies? What do they offer young people? What should schools and teachers consider when planning a visit to such a site? And how can teachers make best use of such visits for teaching about the Holocaust and human rights? This Handbook provides a number of examples, hints and historical background information, which will help teachers and students to make visits to Holocaust-related sites and exhibitions a meaningful and enriching experience. 
Terrorist Attacks on Educational Institutions Year of publication: 2014 Author: Erin Miller Corporate author: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) | Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology The report describes historical patterns of terrorist attacks targeting educations institutions dating back to 1970. Since that year, more than 3,400 terrorist attacks targeting educations institutions took place in 110 countries. These attacks comprised 2.7 percent of all terrorist attacks worldwide during this time period. 
Studying the Holocaust Through Film and Literature: Human Rights and Social Responsibility Through film and literature, this book shows students the moral and ethical lessons that have evolved from the Holocaust so they can connect them with the moral dilemmas they face in their own lives. The authors focus on 3 main lessons of the Holocaust ‒ thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator and thou shalt not be a bystander ‒ and address the issues of courage, compassion, character and civility. (By the author) Toolkit on the Holocaust and Human Rights Education in the EU Responding to a practical need expressed by teachers and students with a view toward examining the connections between Holocaust and Human Rights Education, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and Yad Vashem have developed this Toolkit to provide first insights into Holocaust and Human Rights Education content and methodologies, which can be used for teaching about and from the Holocaust and human rights. The Toolkit is a practical guide for teachers and educators who wish to develop teaching projects, by linking Holocaust and human rights. In addition, some examples of teaching projects and learning activities of Holocaust Education and Human Rights Education are provided in the Toolkit. 
Discover the past for the future: The role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU The Holocaust has rightfully become an integral part of the collective cultural memory of Europe and the world. This report outlines the findings of the first EU-wide research on the role of Holocaust-related sites and exhibitions in educating young Europeans about the Holocaust and human rights. With this research, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) brings the two fields of Holocaust education and human rights education together and suggests how the merging of the two could develop into a new knowledge of past and present. The report highlights that attempts to expand knowledge of human rights and to establish links between Holocaust education and human rights education need a broader focus than the memorial sites or museums can offer. Much of the work on linking Holocaust education and human rights education needs to be accomplished in schools. This requires teachers to have opportunities to gain a better understanding of human rights education, and human rights education to be better integrated into school curricula in the EU. Visits to memorial sites and museums can stimulate, support and supplement such work. (By the publisher) ‘We saw inhumanity close up’. What is gained by school students from Scotland visiting Auschwitz? As the education for citizenship agenda continues to make an impact on schools in the UK, and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government introducing its Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) project for students and teachers in Scotland, this article focuses on the Scottish context and investigates the school processes by which students are chosen to participate in the LFA project, the impact the LFA project has on student personal growth, and the range of follow‐up activities in their schools and communities. The methodology employed online questionnaires and face‐to‐face interviews, which were designed to ascertain student perceptions of the LFA project and the impact that this project had on student participants, their schools, and their communities. Findings demonstrate that the student cohort were highly academic students who took their responsibilities on return to their schools very seriously and organized a wide range of events, both in their schools and in their communities. There was clear evidence that the LFA project had led to extra teaching and awareness of the Holocaust, racism and human rights; and that students’ citizenship values had been enhanced. (By the publisher)