1. Pembina Trails Mosaic Project The Rights of the Child

2. Day 1 We are going to learn about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child We are going to learn about a Pembina Trails School Division initiative involving all 13 000 K-12 students in the division You are going to plan your contribution (you will get another entire class to create it)

3. Your First Task Think-Pair-Share 1.Write down 5 rights that you believe children around the world should have 2.Share your ideas with a partner 3.Discuss with the class

4. The Project All 13 000 K-12 students in Pembina Trails will individually create an 8”x10” canvas connected to the theme of the rights of children The end goal: a giant mosaic shaped as the UN symbol for the Rights of the Child displayed on the surface of the playing field at IG Field using 13 000 canvases produced by all Pembina Trails students On May 21 st all 13 000 Pembina Trails students will go to IG Field to see the mosaic and participate in a “Children’s Rights Day”

5. The Symbol for the Rights of the Child

10. You will get….

11. Together, we will create…

12. There will be helicopters overhead taking photos

13. And multiple drones…seriously

14. What do I put on my canvas? The idea is to produce a canvas which represents 1 of the 54 rights of children from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Your teacher will give you a copy of the Convention, and there may even be a poster on your classroom wall

15. The Rights of the Child

16. But, I am not an artist… While we know some of you are very talented artists, many of us are not This is not solely an art project Some ideas: Collage article Poetry photo Math equation Draw Paint

17. Exemplars Here are some of the canvases produced by a pilot group last year Your canvas does not have to look anything likes this, but it they might give you some ideas

18. The Right to Government Protection

19. The Right to a NAME

20. The Right to An Identity

21. The Right to a Name

22. The Right to Join Groups

23. The Right NOT to be Mistreated

24. The Right to Play

26. What are Children’s Rights? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJggYdw3I0k

27. Why is this important?

28. Child Soldiers

29. Sanitation Issues

30. Canadian First Nations’ Reserves

32. War Torn Conditions

33. Child Labour

34. Child Labour (cocoa plantation)

35. Lack of Clean Water

36. Starvation

38. What is in this Convention? Read for yourself:

39. Final Steps for Today 1.After having read through the Convention on the Rights of the Child talk to a partner and try to pick out 5 which you believe are very important 2.Then, individually choose 1 from the list of 5 which you feel is relevant in our world and you can represent on your canvas 3.Make a plan for completing your canvas. You will have another class period to get it done so it can be displayed at IG Field