CCE Human Rights Resources

Primary

Secondary

Upper Secondary


Primary


Human Rights Document / Instrument

Middle Primary

Upper Primary
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Rules and Laws (Aboriginal Law)

Australian Readers

  • We are Australian
  • Good Neighbours

Discovering Democracy Units

  • People Power (The Eight Hour Day Movement)

Australian Readers

  • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (The Carpet Factory)
  • This Is My Country (The Story of Tjirbruki: A Kaurna Story; The Land Is My Backbone)
  • From Little Things Big Things Grow (From Little Things Big Things Grow)
  • Justice (A Just Punishment; A Bad Boss)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Discovering Democracy Units
 

  • Stories of the People and Rulers
  • Rules and Laws

Australian Readers

  • Good Rulers, Bad Rulers
  • Living with Rules and Laws

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Parliament versus Monarch
  • The Law Rules
  • People Power

Australian Readers

  • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Freedom; Making Change; Pericles’ Funeral Oration)
     
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

 

 

Discovering Democracy Units

  • People Power (the Freedom Rides)

Australian Readers

  • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Different Laws for Different People; Vote ‘Yes’ for Aborigines; I Have a Dream)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 

Discovering Democracy Units

  • People Power (Equal Pay and Opportunities for Women)

Australian Readers

  • Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Susan B Anthony)
Convention on the Rights of the Child

Australian Readers

  • Good Neighbours (Just Like All of You; My GirraGundji; Australians Don’t Have Goats) 

Australian Readers

  • From Little Things Big Things Grow (Too Young to Have a Say)
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons

Australian Readers
 

  • Good Neighbours (Just Like All of You)
 

Secondary

Top

Human Rights Document / Instrument

Lower Secondary

Middle Secondary
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Law (Aboriginal Customary Law)
  • Men and Women in Political Life (Indigenous People and Labour Activists)

Australian Readers

  • Unity and Diversity

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • Art Works

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights)
  • What Sort of Nation? (Economic Policies; Social Policies)

Australian Readers

  • Equality and Difference (Political and Economic Equality; Future Equality)

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • A Case of Native Title
  • Art Works
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Should the People Rule?
  • Law
  • Democratic Struggles

Australian Readers

  • Who Should Rule?
  • When Law Breaks Down

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • In Defence of Human Rights
  • Art Works

Discovering Democracy Units

  • A Democracy Destroyed
  • Human Rights
  • Getting Things Done (Political Parties; Role of the Media)

Australian Readers

  • Law and Justice (When Law Is Not Law; Terrorism and Law)
  • Equality and Difference (Political and Economic Equality; Future Equality)

Discovering Democracy – A Guide to Government and Law in Australia

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • Art Works

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Democratic Struggles (Franchise for Indigenous People)

Australian Readers

  • Unity and Diversity

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • Art Works

Australian Readers

  • Political People (Trying to Change the World; An Australian First)
  • Law and Justice (Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail)
  • Equality and Difference (Judged by the Colour of Their Skins; Through My Eyes)
     

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • A Case of Native Title
  • Art Works
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Discovering Democracy Units

  • Democratic Struggles (Franchise for Women)
  • Men and Women in Political Life
     

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • Art Works

Australian Readers

  • Political People (A Woman’s Place)
  • Equality and Difference (Unequal in Status)

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • Art Works
Convention on the Rights of the Child

Australian Readers

  • Unity and Diversity (Stolen Generation)

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • In Defence of Human Rights

 

Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons 

The Art of Delivering Justice

  • In Defence of Human Rights
 

Upper Secondary

Top

Human Rights Document / Instrument

Upper Secondary

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Australian Readers

  • Words Make Worlds (Naming the Land; A Persuasive Proposal?; Picture Persuasion)
  • People Make Politics (Being Human – When Strangers Meet)
  • People Make Politics (Being Human – Making a New Community; No Man Is an Island)
  • People Make Politics (Fighting for a Cause – You May Say I’m a Dreamer)
  • Shifting Boundaries (Who Is My Neighbour?; Family Comes First; Do Boundaries Make Good Neighbours?; We Can’t Love Everyone; A Distance Well Travelled; We’ve Always Been Global; Humanising Globalisation; The Perils of a Perfect World; Ethics for a Global World)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Australian Readers

  • Words Make Worlds (The Power of Language)
  • People Make Politics (Being Human – Making a New Community; An Indomitable Human Spirit; Men Are Wretched Creatures and Need Strong Government; What Makes Democracy Possible?; Evil Comes from Human Loyalty; No Man Is an Island)
  • People Make Politics (In the Hot Seat)
  • People Make Politics (Fighting for a Cause – My Cause Is Our Cause; For Dignity; Standing Up for Ourselves; The Power of a Pen)
    Shifting Boundaries (Do Boundaries Make Good Neighbours?; We Can’t Love Everyone; The Perils of a Perfect World; Ethics for a Global World)

Australia’s Democracy

Discovering Democracy – A Guide to Government and Law in Australia

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Australian Readers

  • People Make Politics (Being Human – When Strangers Meet)
  • People Make Politics (Fighting for a Cause – My Cause Is Our Cause)

Australia’s Democracy

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Australian Readers

  • People Make Politics ( Fighting for a Cause – A Struggle Within)
  • Words Make Worlds (Challenging Attitudes – The Power of the Press)

Australia’s Democracy

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Australian Readers

  • Words Make Worlds (A Persuasive Proposal?) 
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons