What are child rights?

Teacher Resources

Created by UNICEF Australia, this three-minute cartoon follows Ruby and Jack as they discuss children’s rights. Ruby helps Jack to understand what rights are and provides him with examples of children’s rights from the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).

UN Declarations and Examples

• UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child

Subject Areas

Health and Physical Education

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Curriculum Links by Province / Territory

Province:	Grades:	Curriculum Link:
New Brunswick	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Alberta	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Northwest Territories	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Nova Scotia	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Ontario	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Prince Edward Island	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Québec	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Saskatchewan	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Yukon	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Manitoba	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
British Columbia	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Newfoundland and Labrador	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None
Nunavut	K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	None