Human Rights & Activism

Books & Accompanying Learning Resources

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