November in Review & Human Rights Day 75 : #ItStartsWithMe

 

Human Rights Day

https://www.un.org/

"The Universal Declaration shows the way to common values and approaches that can help resolve tensions and create the security and stability our world craves."

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General 

10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). 

This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.  

The year-long Human Rights 75 initiative seeks to shift the needle of understanding and action towards greater knowledge of the universality of the UDHR and the activism associated with it.

Council of Europe

@coe

• Theme 2023 : Freedom, Equality  and Justice for All 

In the (nearly) 75 years since the proclamation of the UDHR, human rights have advanced. However, progress does not mean the fight for rights and equality ever ends. 

On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Declaration, a milestone celebration called Human Rights 75 (HR 75). Human Rights Day will capture all the moments from this year’s commemoration and seeks to increase knowledge on the universality and indivisibility of human rights, especially among young people, inspire people to create a movement of shared humanity while empowering them to fight for their rights and take action.

Human rights gain new meaning when they become a reality in the daily life of every single person in the world. 

credits: UN

https://www.ohchr.org/

• Activities:

Motivate your students to join UDHR/ UN on the 75-day countdown to Human Rights Day on 10 December. Each day we'll be sharing stories, videos, fun facts and more to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Declaration.

If there was ever a moment to rekindle the hope of human rights for every person, it is now. And this moment will last throughout 2023 and beyond – a year of commemoration of one of the world’s most ground-breaking international commitments. 

The UDHR calls upon everybody to stand up for human rights. We all have a role to play.

Cross-curricular : Civics; History; Languages; Geography; Arts ; Sports ; History Music.

Level: All levels. You must adapt the resources and activities to the age and level you are teaching.

And now here the most-read posts of November:

Science : Wow ! The magic Leonids meteor shower ! Let's prepare for a fall meteor shower !

September in Review & International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls ! #NoExcuse !

Escolas : Sophia Mello Breyner Andresen, ' uma vida de poeta ' ! Recursos

Wherever you are I hope that you're having a safe time at school or on distance learning. Fourteen days for Christmas. Wow!

Take care.  Enjoy your life and profession. We are teachers for better and for worst. Students need teachers and teachers need students. An empty class must be terrible. We love to be teachers.

I'll be back posting the normal roundup next week.

G-Souto

10.12.2023
Copyright © 2023G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blog

November in Review & Human Rights Day 75 : #ItStartsWithMe ! by GinaSouto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schools ! Let's join the Junior World Food Day : #WaterIsLife ! Resources & Activities

 

World Food Day

https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/

Last 16th October the World Food Day has been celebrated as every year since 1981. An opportunity to (re)think how we manage a finite resource, the water, in degradation and over-exploited by sectors such as agriculture and industry.

Water is essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the Earth's surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, produces our food, and supports livelihoods.  

But this precious resource is not infinite and we need to stop taking it for granted. What we eat, and how that food is produced all affect water. That's way we celebrate every year The Word Water Day 

Together, we can take water action for food and be the change. 

Water is Life, Water is Food

Leave No One Behind

https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/

• Theme 2023: "Water is Life"

With the slogan ‘’Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind’’ the campaign, is communicating in over 50 languages across more than 150 countries. 

FAO/ UN are calling for action from governments, the private sector, civil society, and individuals, including youth, to safeguard water.

Junior World Food Day

https://www.fao.org/docs/devwfd22libraries/

The Global World Food Day Ceremony took place last Monday, 16 October 2023. Ok! But don’t miss the third edition of Junior World Food Day, tomorrow 19 October. 

This fun-filled event will feature: stories, music, art and dance. 

Hear from special guests who will join youth for a conversation guaranteed to inspire water action for food!

• Education: Junior World Food Day at school!

This unique event brings together chefs, influencers, innovators, and special guests with young minds for an engaging, cross-cultural conversation.

A cooking show as well to inspire water action for food. 

During this important event with inspiring stories, music and art, there will be a live performance of the 2023 youth music video by the Piccola Orchestra di Tor Pignattara and friends.

In the spirit of leaving no one behind, FAO teamed up with The Kabin Studio Cork and POTP to produce this year’s Junior #WorldFoodDay anthem.

Teachers, invite your students to listen to this song and share it with your friends to encourage them to take #WaterAction every day!

And why not to create and produce their own song with the help of different curricula teachers?! I know you will do it !

• Registration of classes:

Don't forget to join the hybrid event by registering at the link here.

Other activities:

• Join the World Food Day Poster Contest!

Students love contests. So let's do it! What comes to mind when you try to imagine a world where everyone has access to food and water? 

Your actions can also contribute to a sustainable future. Show your creativity by designing a poster of your water action for food. 

Example: Take a photo or scan your poster and submit your entry by filling out the form on FAO website. 

Winners:

Three winners in each age category will be selected by a jury and announced here in December. 

Winners will be promoted by FAO offices around the world and receive a certificate and surprise gift bag.  

Ages: To participate, you must be aged 5 - 19.

Deadline:  Entries until 3 November 2023.  

• Book: Activity Book Junior:

Climate Action Maria's story

FAO. 2023. Activity Book – Climate action. Maria's story. First revision. Rome.

https://www.fao.org/

This Activity Book is aimed at a broad age range of young people interested in learning more about the importance of water on our planet, inspiring them with solutions for a wiser management of water resources.

Download Maria's story here

Embark on this inspiring adventure to a coastal fishing community in the book Climate action. Maria's story, where children can discover practical ways to make a difference in our changing climate.

 

This captivating story is designed to engage even young readers, aged 5 and above, with adult support recommended for enhanced reading comprehension.

*The book also provide ideas for those wishing to enter the World Food Day (WFD) 2023 Poster Contest.

* Young kids must be supported by teachers.

• Other resource: a video for kids

As you could read, there's a  good number of resources and activities to motivate your students of different ages, to understand since little kids how important is Water! They will understand that #WaterIsFood and they must manage this finite resource. 

And remember them they are lucky kids and adolescents in a world have no water no food. 780 millions of people are in crisis.

I'm sure your will do a good job by helping students in different lessons to partcipate on WaterAction.

As you always know activities will depend from the level and ages you are teaching!

Have a good job and be safe!

G-Souto

17.10.2023

Copyright © 2023G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

Schools ! Let's join the Junior World Food Day : #WaterIsLife ! Resources & Activities ! by GinaSouto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

sources: UN/ FAO 

July & August in Review. Teacher's Day ! The teachers we need for the education we want !

World Teacher's Day 2023

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/

Being a teacher provides a unique opportunity to make a transformative and lasting impact on the lives of others, contribute to shaping sustainable futures and achieve personal fulfillment. 

World Teachers’ Day (5 October) this year is observed under the theme: 

"The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage". 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights the importance of putting at the top of the global agenda stopping the decline in the number of teachers and starting to increase that figure.

World Teacher's Day 2023

https://www.un.org/en/

 "We call upon countries to ensure that teaching is transformed everywhere into a more attractive and valorised profession where teachers are valued, trusted, and adequately supported to meet the needs of every learner. Bold actions must be taken, if we are to reverse the current decline and successfully increase teacher numbers."

Joint message UNESCO/ UNICEF/ ILO

Teacher's Day 2023

credits: UNESCO

https://www.facebook.com/unesco

👉Some important aims:

The 2023 celebrations will aim to put the importance of stopping the decline in the number of teachers and then starting to increase that number at the top of the global agenda. 

Through various activities, all the countries will advocate for a dignified and valued teaching profession, analyse their challenges, and showcase inspiring practices to attract, retain and motivate teachers and educators. 

It will also examine the ways in which education systems, societies, communities, and families recognise, appreciate, and actively support teachers.

Here are the most read posts of July & August:

Back To The Future : Yes !! Let's go back 38 years !

Green education : International Youth Day ! Green Skills for Youth !

World Teacher's Day 2023

https://www.un.org/en/

💟My thoughts:

Teachers, don't give up! There a lot of difficulties in the present era we are living! War, human rights, violence, freedom, climate change, students suffering the burnout of the last two, three years.

We are a reference to our students ! How many of boys and girls we saved along our life as teachers by helping them to work about their inner aspirations.

Happy Teacher's Day! Don't give up! You're the beat of education!

Copyright © 2023G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

G-Souto 

05-10-2023

July & August in Review, World Teacher's Day : The Teachers We Need ! by GinaSouto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Education for Peace ! International Day of Peace : #ActionsForPeace Global Goals

 

International day of Peace

https://www.un.org/

"Peace is needed today more than ever. War and conflict are unleashing devastation, poverty, and hunger, and driving tens of millions of people from their homes. Climate chaos is all around. And even peaceful countries are gripped by gaping inequalities and political polarization."

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres 

As we know, each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more...

International day of Peace

Decade of Action

https://www.un.org/

• Theme 2023:

This year’s theme is Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals. 

It is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace

• Sustainable Development Goals:

2023 marks the mid-point in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 observance of the International Day of Peace coincides with the SDG summit to mark the mid-point milestone.

The SDGs aim to bring us closer to having more peaceful, just, and inclusive societies, free from fear and violence.

credits: UNESCO

https://www.unesco.org/en/days/peace

The International Day of Peace celebrates the power of global solidarity for building a peaceful and sustainable world.

This has never been so important at a time of unprecedented challenges. New forces of division have emerged, spreading hatred and intolerance. Terrorism is fueling violence, while violent extremism seek to poison the minds of the vulnerable and young. In the poorest and least-developed parts of the world, climate-related natural disasters are compounding existing fragility, increasing forced migration and heightening the risk of violence.

The barriers to peace are complex and steep - no one country can solve them alone. Doing so requires new forms of solidarity and joint action, starting as early as possible. 

• Resources: Videos

We need a new comprehensive approach, to address root causes, strengthen the rule of law and promote sustainable development, on the basis of dialogue and respect. This guides all of UNESCO’s action to build peace through education, freedom of expression, intercultural dialogue, respect for human rights and cultural diversity and scientific cooperation.

"Being responsible for peace means acting to overcome the flaws and injustices which continue to prevent us from achieving an egalitarian world. Because a planet eroded by division is a planet which knows no peace."

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

illustration: Elyx Yak

• Education:

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

 

Albert Einstein

• How to build peace?

Peace Day invite students, teachers, schools and youth organization all over the world to dialogue about How to build peace.

The first UNESCO online Campus on the school year approached a main issue: How to build peace.

Six schools from five countries, Greece, Portugal, India, Nigeria, and Vietnam gathered for a passionate debate. You can follow here

• Resources: other activities

There are UN materials available on this page for teachers and students. A fun and engaging way to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals and what you can do to take action to make them a reality. 

Teachers and students are free to download and share with your colleagues,  and friends!

illustration: Elyx Yak

Here are some among them:

The SDG Book Club aims to use books as a tool to encourage children ages 6-12 to interact with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a curated reading list of books from around the world related to each of the 17 SDGs in all six official UN languages : Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Find out more!

illustration: Elyx Yak

The Go Goals game is a board game that aims to help teach children around the world about the Sustainable Development Goals in a simple and child-friendly way. 

You’ll find questions and answers, game rules, dices and rules on how to play by clicking the link! 

credits: UN

https://go-goals.org/

 

Download and print the game pack. 

credits: UN

Get inspired by 170 Actions to Transform Our World! This book contains 10 daily suggestions for each Goal on how you can make a difference in the world around you. 

A great tool for parents, teachers and students of all ages.

And you have much more educational resources as teachers, parents, and students. Follow the page.  

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

 Dalai Lama

G-Souto

22.09.2023

Copyright © 2023G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

Education for Peace ! International Day of Peace : #ActionsForPeace Global Goals by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

sources: United Nations / UNESCO