"The mission of The Advocates for Human Rights is to implement international human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the rule of law. By involving volunteers in research, education, and advocacy, we build broad constituencies in the United States and select global communities."
This curriculum features thirteen different sections on immigration issues and extends the conversation from fundamental basics to more nuanced perspectives. Sections of the curriculum include: Who Are Immigrants, Human Rights Defined, Rights of Immigrants, Push & Pull Factors, U.S. Immigration Policy, Refugees / Asylum Seekers, Undocumented Immigrants, Mock Immigration Court, A Global Perspective on Immigration, Nativism & Myths about Immigrants, Deliberative Dialogue, Civic Engagement & U.S. Immigration Policy and Creating a Welcoming School & Community.
- Lesson 1: Who are Immigrants
- Lesson 8: Mock Immigration Court
- Lesson 13: Creating a Welcoming School and Community
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Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: The Energy of a Nation curriculum includes discussions of push/pull factors for immigrants and discusses undocumented immigrants, as well as nativism. It talks about immigrant feelings of welcoming in a school environment. One lesson is about the legal system and obstacles immigrants face within it. It analyzes history of anti-immigration practice and sentiment and commits to action against it.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: Lesson 13: Creating a Welcoming School and Community features a section on Becoming a Human Rights Activist. It explicitly gives steps to be a human rights advocate. Many of the lessons, but not all, include calls for direct action.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: Creating a Welcoming School and Community explores community relationships by understanding how their school and community is situated locally and globally. The curriculum engages with both local and global communities.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: The curriculum seeks to make changes at a school and community level to make them more welcoming to immigrants. This is especially present in the Welcoming School Environment lesson and its effort to be welcoming of immigrants.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: The curriculum lists definitions, analyzes them, and has students reflect and take action on them. Explicit definitions of human rights from Universal Declaration on Human Rights and from students are present.
Presence Evaluation: Some Presence
Evaluation Notes: The self-reflection is featured mostly in relation to how students can design more welcoming communities. Many of the lesson plans involve student reflection.
Presence Evaluation: Not Present
Evaluation Notes: To date, there has been no empirical study of this curriculum to evaluate its effectiveness.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: The curriculum focuses on how to create a more inclusive and equity-oriented environment for immigrants. immigration only. It talks about Native Americans’ forced migration and immigrant feelings of welcoming in a school environment.
Presence Evaluation: N/A
Evaluation Notes: We are unable to evaluate this domain since it is best measured through observation.
Presence Evaluation: Full Presence
Evaluation Notes: This includes a lesson reflecting on a family’s own immigration history and ancestry.