Learning Resources
Children’s Rights Resources Introduction
In this document you’ll find everything you need to introduce your class to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) through Roald Dahl’s characters. These school resources include curriculum links and activity overviews.
The introduction document is divided into four sections:
- Introduction to our school resources
- Rights Champion Checker Resources
- Children’s Rights Resources at a Glance
- Curriculum Links and Activity Overviews
Children's Rights Resources Introduction
Rights Champion Checker Resources
Rights Champion Checker activities run throughout these resources. You’ll find a Rights Champion Resource within each activity which focuses on the 20 or so rights that occur most often in the three featured Roald Dahl stories.
To sit alongside these resources we have also developed a United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Rights Poster. This A1 poster summarises the 42 articles which describes children’s rights. You can download a copy of the poster below, or order a free A1 poster to display in your class from learning@roalddahlmuseum.org (limited to availability, while stocks last. UK addresses only, please allow up to 28 days for delivery).
You can find out more information in the Introduction document above.
A1 UNCRC Rights Poster
How have these resources been created?
These resources were developed with feedback from teachers using Roald Dahl stories in different ways in urban/rural, mainstream/SEND, monocultural/multicultural classrooms across the UK. The resources use the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as a frame and the experiences of some of Roald Dahl’s child heroes as opportunities for children to learn about themselves, their rights and their relationships with the people around them.
Sophie, Matilda and James grow up in unconventional families including adopted carers and insect friends. Roald Dahl’s books show that families come in all shapes and sizes. This makes them fantastic stories to explore empathy, resilience and connection among other topics. Unpacking the stories of these unconventional child heroes can help children build their capacity to cope with challenging circumstances.
You can find out more about why these resources were created here.
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