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You will use your knowledge of persuasive techniques and children's rights in order to write and present a call to action using Google slides.

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Explain Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Investigate ways in which the right to language, culture, and religion is at risk among indigenous children in 2 countries.

Identify solutions and present them to the class as a report to the UN.

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Day 1-2: Class will answer the question "what are human rights" and create a list of basic rights. Class will jigsaw read the CRC in child friendly language and choose 1-3 words summarizing each right and record on chart paper.

Day 3: Students will watch Clouds over Sidra and 2 Second a Day videos from Save the Children and discuss how refugee children's rights are not being respected. Students view model Google Slides presentation from teacher on this subject. Students will choose their country (Guatemala, Ethiopia, or other choice) and begin research.

Day 4: Students explore background resources in order to define and find indigenous peoples. Students conduct research on indigenous children in their chosen country, recording notes on a graphic organizer (prewriting).

Day 5-6: Students draft online, incorporating teacher revisions.

Day 7: Students edit work and practice presentations.

Day 8: Groups present to the class.

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Communicator - Students will exchange ideas and write effectively.

Inquirer - Students will learn independently.

Caring - Students will demonstrate empathy and acknowledge diverse perspectives.

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Questions to consider:

How many ethnic groups are in Guatemala?
How many indigenous people live in Guatemala?
What percentage of the country is indigenous?
What are 3 challenges faced by indigenous youth in Guatemala?

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Guatemala is estimated to have 6 million indigenous inhabitants. The official census from 2002 estimates that 45% of the population is indigenous, but alternative reports indicate a figure closer to 60%.

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Listen to the prologue of the famous K'iche story called the Popol Vuh in the original language.

Why is it important to preserve indigenous languages?

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National Geographic Video - Saving Lives One Birth at a Time

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National Geographic Video - Saving Lives One Birth at a Time

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Why do women trust the traditional midwives more than doctors?

How do the students combine traditional knowledge with modern medicine?

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These Indigenous Women Are Saving Lives One Birth at a Time

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To combat the highest mortality rates in Central America, indigenous women in Guatemala are taking safe pregnancy care into their own hands. National Geographic partnered with Every Mother Counts to feature Con Madre as part of the Short Film Showcase.

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Questions to consider:

How many language are spoken in Ethiopia?
What percentage of the country is indigenous?
What percentage of the country is nomadic?
What are 3 challenges faced by indigenous youth in Ethiopia?

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The indigenous peoples of Ethiopia represent a significant proportion of the estimated population of 95 million people in the country. About 15% are sedentary pastoralists and farmers living in the lowlands. The hunter-gatherer communities include Majang (Majengir) who lives in the forest and the Anuak agro-pastoralist people who live in the Gambella region.

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Human Rights Watch Video - Indigenous People Forced From Land

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Human Rights Watch Video - Indigenous People Forced From Land

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What is the plan of the government?

What happens when indigenous people criticize the government's plan?

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Ethiopia: Indigenous People Forced From Land

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Article 30 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child

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Article 30 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child

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In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or persons of indigenous origin exist, a child belonging to such a minority or who is indigenous shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use his or her own language.

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"Indigenous People are distinct populations relative to the dominant post-colonial culture of their country. They are often minority populations..."

"Indigenous People usually have (or had) their own language, cultures, and traditions influenced by living relationships with their ancestral homelands."
- Cultural Survival Quarterly

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Called Tribal Peoples, First Peoples, Native Peoples, and Indigenous Peoples, these original inhabitants call themselves by many names in their 4,000 + unique languages and constitute about 5% of the world's population.

There are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world, belonging to 5,000 different groups, in 90 countries worldwide. Indigenous people live in every region of the world, but about 70% of them live in Asia.

There is no universally accepted definition for " Indigenous," though there are characteristics that tend to be common among Indigenous Peoples:

Indigenous People are distinct populations relative to the dominant post-colonial culture of their country. They are often minority populations within the current post-colonial nations states. In Bolivia and Guatemala Indigenous people make up more than half the population.

Indigenous People usually have (or had) their own language, cultures, and traditions influenced by living relationships with their ancestral homelands. Today, Indigenous people speak some 4,000 languages.

Indigenous People have distinctive cultural traditions that are still practiced.

Indigenous People have (or had) their own land and territory, to which they are tied in myriad ways.

Indigenous People self-identify as Indigenous.

Examples of Indigenous Peoples include the Inuit of the Arctic, the White Mountain Apache of Arizona, the Yanomami and the Tupi People of the Amazon, traditional pastoralists like the Maasai in East Africa, and tribal peoples like the Bontoc people of the mountainous region of the Philippines.

Political action

The international human rights mechanisms - including: the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Issues (UNPFII); the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP); the Universal Periodic Review (UPR); and several Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures - serve in part to provide legal mechanisms for Indigenous Peoples to protect their rights (for example, the right to Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC) - a key concept for self-determination and protecting Indigenous lands.) These entities, policies, and procedures present key opportunities for Indigenous Peoples to speak and advocate for themselves, their cultures, their lands, and their lifeways when state and local governments fail to honor and protect their rights.

Communication strategies

Radio's universal and free nature and its ability to access many remote communities makes it a key medium to reach Indigenous audiences. Indigenous-produced programming strengthens Indigenous peoples' capacity to assert and demand their rights and enables access to information on climate change, environmental issues, women's rights, education, languages and cultures, self-determination, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Cultural Survival's partners are amplifying Indigenous voices on issues that matter to their communities. Broadcasting in Indigenous languages ensures widespread understanding and cultural continuity.

Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

It is estimated that Indigenous territories contain 80 percent of the earth's biodiversity. Indigenous lands also hold unquantified megatons of sequestered carbon as 11% of the planet's forests are under their guardianship. These regions face an unprecedented and rapid loss of biodiversity and climate change effects resulting from the fossil fuel-based industrialized global economy and natural resource extraction. Many traditional Indigenous lands have become biodiversity "hotspots." For Indigenous Peoples, conservation of biodiversity is an integral part of their lives and is viewed as spiritual and functional foundations for their identities and cultures. It is no coincidence that when the World Wildlife Fund listed the top 200 areas with the highest and most threatened biodiversity, they found that 95 percent are on Indigenous territories.

Indigenous Peoples and the environments they maintain are increasingly under assault from extractive industries such as mining, oil exploration, logging, and agro-industrial projects.

Indigenous Peoples resist this invasion with tremendous courage and skill, but their protests are too often ignored by governments and corporations.

Extractive industries

It is no coincidence that 80 percent of the earth's biodiversity is found on Indigenous lands. It is because of Indigenous people's stewardship and relationship with the environment. However, governments in Indigenous Peoples' homelands and multinational corporations too often violate Indigenous Peoples' rights by operating in their territories without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent... Often culturally, linguistically and geographically separate from mainstream cultures, Indigenous Peoples lack the financial resources and access to decision-making platforms to demand a voice at the table and ensure that their best interests are represented. Indigenous Peoples, having exhausted avenues in seeking justice and protection of their rights at the national level, can choose to seek international pressure and attention to their plights.

This is where Cultural Survival comes in.

With your support, Cultural Survival empowers and supports Indigenous Peoples to advocate for their rights - human rights, the right to participate and have a voice, the right to practice their cultures and speak their languages, the right to access the same opportunities as others, and the right to control and sustainably manage their assets and resources - so that they may determine for themselves the future they will lead.

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Called Tribal Peoples, First Peoples, Native Peoples, and Indigenous Peoples, these original inhabitants call themselves by many names in their 4,000 + unique languages and constitute about 5% of the world's population. There are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world, belonging to 5,000 different groups, in 90 countries worldwide.

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Discover the names of the indigenous groups where you live.

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Mapping

We strive to map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world in a way that goes beyond colonial ways of thinking in order to better represent how Indigenous people want to see themselves.

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Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

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This report is over 600 pages but has information on most nations of the world.

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(Adapted from FCPS)

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This 20 page report on understanding and protecting rights of indigenous children has many examples from specific nations.

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3. Language, Rights and Opportunities:The Role of Language in the Inclusion and Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples

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3. Language, Rights and Opportunities:The Role of Language in the Inclusion and Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples

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Report to the UN that includes a historical look at indigenous languages and information on threatened languages