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A review by gymnerdreader
Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids by National Geographic
5.0
Annotated Bibliography Entry: Every Human Has Rights by: National Geographic Society
Text Set: Kindness
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary:
This is a photographic guide based off the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights except it is simplified so it is accessible and kid-friendly. It is arranged by sub-headings that represent the "big idea" of what that particular page is saying. For example there sub headings about freedom, assembly, privacy and many others. As well as stating the right in kid-friendly language it also includes realistic photos to accompany what is being said as well as poetry and other written pieces written by children of various ages. Basically, this is a book that illustrates and states what rights every human is entitled to have as well as mentioning that we, as a society has some work to do as not every country extends these rights to their citizens.
Personal Response:
This is definitely a book more suited for older children due to the themes that is discussed. While it is a book more suited for upper elementary grades, it is a book that every child should either read or it should be displayed in the classroom library where children are free to access it and read it. I think this book is that important. There are children in this world that believe they do not have any rights. As this book eloquently puts it with the pictures they incorporated, there are some children in the world that do not have the same freedoms that kids in the U.S. (and other democratic countries) possess. It is important for kids to learn these rights because it what every child is entitled to. I am a big history and social studies person (was actually originally going to be a history teacher) so having books, such as this one is going to be important to me.
Descriptions of Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book are not like your typical drawings found in children's books. The illustrations are all photographs as this is a photographic guide. The pictures that were incorporated were striking and definitely evokes emotion in the reader. There are also captions for all the photos further explaining them. The subjects included in the pictures are diverse and are from various countries. I think these photos are perfectly representative of what this book was aiming for. The pictures kept my interest and really evoked emotion. They were very powerful!
Classroom Connections:
Teachers can use this book as a discussion piece for older students. Teacher and students could talk as a group about what these rights mean to them. This is a question that should promote deeper level thinking and lead into a pretty good discussion. Students could even write responses to these questions in their journals. Another thing teachers could use this book for is having children either write their own poems about these topics, much like the poems that were included in every page or they could have children paint pictures and create artwork on these topics. This reminds me of an activity that I watched on the teaching channel where a teacher had her students create paintings on democracy. She had her students use their hand prints as the foundation for the drawing and the students incorporated words that resembled or represented democracy. This was done in a Canadian classroom when they were discussing an article about democracy, but I think this book would be a good replacement for an article. Basically, I am saying that with this book students could do a similar activity.
Link to video: https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/teaching-democracy-through-art
Text Set: Kindness
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary:
This is a photographic guide based off the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights except it is simplified so it is accessible and kid-friendly. It is arranged by sub-headings that represent the "big idea" of what that particular page is saying. For example there sub headings about freedom, assembly, privacy and many others. As well as stating the right in kid-friendly language it also includes realistic photos to accompany what is being said as well as poetry and other written pieces written by children of various ages. Basically, this is a book that illustrates and states what rights every human is entitled to have as well as mentioning that we, as a society has some work to do as not every country extends these rights to their citizens.
Personal Response:
This is definitely a book more suited for older children due to the themes that is discussed. While it is a book more suited for upper elementary grades, it is a book that every child should either read or it should be displayed in the classroom library where children are free to access it and read it. I think this book is that important. There are children in this world that believe they do not have any rights. As this book eloquently puts it with the pictures they incorporated, there are some children in the world that do not have the same freedoms that kids in the U.S. (and other democratic countries) possess. It is important for kids to learn these rights because it what every child is entitled to. I am a big history and social studies person (was actually originally going to be a history teacher) so having books, such as this one is going to be important to me.
Descriptions of Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book are not like your typical drawings found in children's books. The illustrations are all photographs as this is a photographic guide. The pictures that were incorporated were striking and definitely evokes emotion in the reader. There are also captions for all the photos further explaining them. The subjects included in the pictures are diverse and are from various countries. I think these photos are perfectly representative of what this book was aiming for. The pictures kept my interest and really evoked emotion. They were very powerful!
Classroom Connections:
Teachers can use this book as a discussion piece for older students. Teacher and students could talk as a group about what these rights mean to them. This is a question that should promote deeper level thinking and lead into a pretty good discussion. Students could even write responses to these questions in their journals. Another thing teachers could use this book for is having children either write their own poems about these topics, much like the poems that were included in every page or they could have children paint pictures and create artwork on these topics. This reminds me of an activity that I watched on the teaching channel where a teacher had her students create paintings on democracy. She had her students use their hand prints as the foundation for the drawing and the students incorporated words that resembled or represented democracy. This was done in a Canadian classroom when they were discussing an article about democracy, but I think this book would be a good replacement for an article. Basically, I am saying that with this book students could do a similar activity.
Link to video: https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/teaching-democracy-through-art