Amnesty and CILIP, the library and information association, are working to develop children’s understanding of human rights through the outstanding books shortlisted for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. All the books are also eligible for the Amnesty CILIP Honour, for illuminating, upholding or celebrating human rights. The Medals and Honour winners will be announced on 19th June. We have created special Story Explorer resources to help adults, young people and children explore the human rights values at the heart of all the shortlisted books.

Human rights belong to all of us. Write human rights laws for a new planet. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You’ll need: A copy of the Human Rights Act, paper, pens and pencils What to do: A new planet has been discovered. No humans have ever been to or lived on this planet. There are no laws, no rules and no history. You are the first settler. Complete the following activities to design your planet: Name your planet Write a list of 10 human rights for the planet that should be protected by law and explain why you have chosen those rights? Look at the Human Rights Act on page 11 of the resource. How does your list compare to the rights listed in the Act? Would you like to add any new rights to your list now? Draw your planet and include your chosen final list of Human Rights around the outside of it. Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to have our own thoughts and ideas and to share them Make bean bags to show different feelings. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You’ll need: Balloons, uncooked rice, funnel, feelings resource sheet What to do: Insert funnel into the top of the balloon, pour in rice. When the balloons are full, draw faces on them using a permanent marker pen to represent the emotions of happy, sad, angry, surprised. Sitting or standing, pass or roll the balloons to each other. When you receive it, you should name the feeling on the balloon and make the face. What’s another word to express that feeling? How do you feel when you see someone making a feeling face? What would you do if someone is feeling sad? Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Human rights belong to everybody Make a helping hands mural to show what you can do. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You’ll need: Paper, paint What to do: What can we do to help friends, family and people in our communities? Ask everyone in your home to paint their hands and make a print on a piece of paper. When it is dry, they can write what they are going to do to help on their hand print. Stick them altogether into a Helping Hands mural. Don’t forget to do your own! Can you take a picture of your mural and share it with someone? Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to have opinions and to express ourselves. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You’ll need: Story Explorer resource sheet What to do: Use your paper folding skills to make a story explorer! Pick a colour and move the explorer as you spell it out. Then select a number and unfold for a question to ask of the book, film or TV programme you are enjoying at the moment. Can you ask the questions of someone else to find out more about a story they love? Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Download our pack of ten interactive lesson activities in Welsh to help pupils aged 5-11 understand their own human rights and the values and attitudes that underpin them. Subjects include global and fair trade, poverty and inequality, identity and children’s rights. This resource pack will help to foster attitudes of respect and an appreciation of the uniqueness of each individual. Pupils will also develop skills to enable them to take action to defend human rights. Also available in English on our website.

We all born free and equal. Celebrate our right to equality by rewriting a story. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You can find more on our Classroom to Community blog You’ll need Paper and pen or a computer What to do Choose a story that you have read or watched. Select a supporting character and rewrite the story with them as the hero. Where do they go? Who do they meet? How do they save the day? How is your hero different from the original one? Share your stories with us by emailing. Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to go where we want in our own country when it is safe for us to travel. Create a guidebook to celebrate your local area. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You’ll need Paper, pens and pencils What to do Draw a map of your local area. Label your favourite places and things to do. Write a guidebook entry for each one. Don’t forget to include a picture. Can you share your guidebook with someone who hasn’t been to your area? Share your maps with us by emailing us. Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to play Celebrate our right to play with a scavenger hunt. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. What to do What are your favourite things to do? Make a list of what you need for these activities. A ball? Colouring pencils? A book? A toy? With a friend, swap lists. Look for all the things on your friend’s list. Who can find the most things? Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to express ourselves. Make a flutter of stories to celebrate freedom of expression. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You can find more on our blog You’ll need Paper, paint or colour pencils, scissors, string or ribbon What to do Draw and cut out butterfly shapes. Attach a ribbon or string. Ask members of your family or your friends to tell you a story. It could be about themselves as children or it could be a story that a relative has told them. Write each story onto a butterfly and hang them up. Share your butterflies with us. Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

We all have the right to a family and to choose our friends. Celebrate our right to family and friends by making a People Tree. Each week we will share more bite size ideas for fun and creative ways to learn about human rights. You can find more on our blog You’ll need Paper, paint or colour pencils What to do Draw a tree and put your name on the trunk. On each branch write the name of someone who is close to you (you could include who you live with, your closest friends, members of your family). Draw leaves with the names of people they are closest to. This tree shows how we are also connected to people beyond our family. Share your trees with us by emailing Amnesty’s education work is supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

The books on this shortlist for the 2018 Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medal winners were chosen by expert youth librarians. Proving our theory that all good books engage with human rights, we’ve found deep themes of justice, truth and freedom to explore in every one. All of these books are eligible for the Amnesty CILIP Honour, for books that best uphold, illuminate or celebrate human rights and the values that underpin them. Click each to find human rights education resources that you can use to explore human rights with children and young people.

This Words That Burn bitesize blog series explores the power of poetry. We will introduce you to some incredible poets and share simple activities you can do to inspire your own poetry. You can find links to all the blog posts below: Blog 1: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-introducing-our-bitesize-poetry-series Blog 2: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-reflect-through-poetry Blog 3: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-feel-through-poetry Blog 4: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-question-through-poetry Blog 5: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-listen-through-poetry Blog 6: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-dream-through-poetry Blog 7: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-demand-through-poetry Blog 7: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/classroom-community/words-burn-celebrate-through-poetry If you find these resources useful you can also find our full Words That Burn resources on TES or on the Amnesty website.

Two Welsh language one-hour lessons for students to use UN Convention Against Torture definitions to judge which interrogation techniques amount to torture, then consider whether governments should be allowed to interrogate terrorist suspects using these methods.

Lluniwyd yr adnodd hwn i fod yn gytbwys a hwyluso dadl a thrafodaeth agored ymhlith myfyrwyr 14 oed a hŷn o blaid ac yn erbyn y gosb eithaf. Mae’n cynnwys gweithgareddau a ffeithiau i archwilio’r gosb eithaf. Mae’n ystyried y dadleuon o blaid ac yn erbyn, ac yn gofyn sut mae dienyddio wedi dod yn fater hawliau dynol. Gall myfyrwyr hefyd archwilio effaith byw ar res yr angau ac ystyried p’un a yw’n deg dedfrydu plant i farwolaeth. Mae’r adnodd yn cynnwys sgript ar gyfer gwasanaeth a thrafodaeth. Mae hefyd yn defnyddio ffilmiau, astudiaethau achos a data i bobl ifanc ysgrifennu amdanynt. Mae Amnest yn gwrthwynebu defnyddio’r gosb eithaf ym mhob achos ac ar gyfer pob trosedd, p’un a yw rhywun yn ddieuog neu’n euog. This resource is designed to be balanced and facilitate open debate and discussion for and against the death penalty for students aged 14+. It includes activities and facts to explore the death penalty. It looks at the arguments in favour and against, and asks how capital punishment has become a human rights issue. Students can also examine the impact of living on death row and consider whether it is fair to sentence children to death. The resource includes an assembly script and debate. It also uses films, case studies and data for young people to write about. Amnesty opposes the use of the death penalty in all cases and for all crimes, whether someone is innocent or guilty. Also available in English and Arabic.