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Human Rights & Activism

Books & Accompanying Learning Resources

The books and related learning resources in this collection are about standing up, speaking out and taking action. These activites and resources will inspire the next generation to become responsible citizens and contribute to making the world a better place.

Genocide

What is genocide? Why does it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again? These urgent questions are explored in an expanded edition.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Integrated Learning, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Comprehension Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition, Key Ideas & Details, Developing & Creating Texts, Oral Language

Topics: Human Rights & Activism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 14 to 18 / grades 9 to 12

I Have the Right to Culture

The third book in the award-winning I Have the Right series explores a child’s right to culture, including music, art, dance and much more.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Comprehension Strategies, Vocabulary Acquisition, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Integrated Learning, Key Ideas & Details, Text Forms & Genres

Topics: Diversity, Human Rights & Activism

Audience: ages 3 to 6 / grades K to 1

Breadwinner

"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York Times

Resource Skills & Subjects: Integrated Learning, Vocabulary Acquisition, Key Ideas & Details, Comprehension Strategies, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Oral Language, Developing & Creating Texts, Text Forms & Genres, Further Research

Topics: Human Rights & Activism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 10 to 14 / grades 5 to 9

Caravan to the North

An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Comprehension Strategies, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Text Forms & Genres, Integrated Learning, Further Research, Oral Language, Just for Fun!, Developing & Creating Texts

Topics: Emigration & Immigration, Human Rights & Activism, Prejudice & Racism, Stories of Resilience

Audience: ages 9 and up / grades 4 and up

Cat at the Wall

A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel's West Bank, by the author of The Breadwinner.

Resource Skills & Subjects: Comprehension Strategies, Critical Thinking in Literacy, Integrated Learning, Vocabulary Acquisition, Developing & Creating Texts, Key Ideas & Details, Text Forms & Genres, Further Research

Topics: Human Rights & Activism

Audience: ages 9 to 12 / grades 4 to 7