Against All Odds This interactive online game was created by UNHCR to increase students' awareness and knowledge about refugee situations by putting players in the position of a refugee.
Stop
Disasters
Learn how to respond to
different disasters in this new simulation video game from
UN/ISDR.
Food Force
Play this popular video game on world hunger. Six different missions. For 8-13 year olds.
Flag
Tag
Do you know lots of flags?
Tag the right one! Test yourself...
Water
Quiz Discover fascinating facts about
everyone's favorite liquid.
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2011 UN Student Conference on Human Rights
Keep the date: Nov. 30- 2 Dec. 2011 Discrimination and Human Rights Defenders.
Sub-themes: 1) HIV/AIDS, 2) women, 3) persons with disabilities, and 4) race Learn more about the subthemes. Watch the live webcast and post messages on our Facebook page.
Videoconference for Educators
Date: 23 March 2011
Time: 9am-4:15pm (EDT)
Watch the archived webcast (Channel 4) of a global videoconference for educators to mark the UN observance of the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The conference focused on new approaches to teaching about the slave trade. ProgrammeResourcesBackground Note
Child Soldiers WebQuest
There are more than 250,000 children in armed conflict - some are as young as 7 years old! Go on the WebQuest, and help answer its big question: What should be done about child soldiers?
Read ABC Teaching Human Rights, a publication by OHCHR filled with basic information and activities for primary and secondary teachers who want to foster an awareness of human rights. Downloads with Adobe Reader.
Plant for the Planet
Join the campaign to plant one billion trees! Enter your tree planting pledge to help reach this goal during 2008.
Keep the date: Nov. 30- 2 Dec. 2011 Discrimination and Human Rights Defenders.
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