What is a “Right”?

Explain what the title of the book means: I Have a Right to Culture. Ask: What is a right? Record student responses on chart paper. Explain to students what a right is and how children’s rights came in to being. Say: A long time ago, people from all over the world got...

Discuss the Front Cover

What do you notice about the illustration on the front cover? Look closely at the children. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think they both have some of the same needs and wants? What are they?

Read the Book Aloud

Begin by reading the book aloud and having your child or student(s) react to the text and illustrations. Let them ask questions and makes comments without judgement, recognizing that there are no right or wrong ways to respond. Allow the story-poem to speak to them...

Think Aloud Chart

Create a Think Aloud chart. (Use a piece of chart paper and put the title of the book at the top. List the following questions and record students’ answers.) What do you notice as you are looking at the illustrations in the book? What do the pictures tell us about the...