Zulema Lopez, a migrant child farmworker, fits in some study time in Bear Lake, MI
As part of our mission to raise awareness and inspire change, Shine Global develops free downloadable curricula to accompany our films. This provides educators with essential tools to promote human rights in schools to the next generation of human rights activists. Learning about human rights is the first step toward respecting, promoting and defending the rights of all people. Teaching human rights means both conveying ideas and information concerning human rights and nurturing the values and attitudes that lead to the support of those rights.
With War/Dance, Shine partnered with Amnesty International to create and distribute a film curriculum (you can get it here). We are now working with teachers to develop the curricula for The Harvest/La Cosecha to help children in US schools learn more about their peers who not only have to go to school but also have to work in the fields harvesting crops to support their families. The lesson plans aim to give a complete picture of the social, cultural, economic, and political consequences of child labor in the US.
Shine Global is currently looking for input from teachers. We want to make sure these curricula are useful to you. Please contact Susan at susan (at) shineglobal (dot) org to learn how you can help.