Early Childhood	Later Childhood	Adolescence	Older Adolescents and Adults
LEVELS	Preschool & lower primary school Ages 3 to 7	Upper primary school Ages 8 to 11	Lower secondary school Ages 12 to 14	Upper secondary school and adult groups Ages 15 and up
GOALS	Respect for self Respect for parents and teachers Respect for others	Social Responsibility Citizenship Distinguishing wants from needs from rights	Knowledge of specific human rights	Knowledge of human rights standards Integration of human rights into personal awareness and behaviors
KEY CONCEPTS	Self Community Responsibility	Individual rights Group rights Freedom Equality Justice Rule of law Government Security Democracy	International law World Peace World Development World Political Economy World Ecology Legal Rights Moral Rights	Moral inclusion/ exclusion Moral responsibility/ literacy
PRACTICES	Fairness Self-expression Listening	Valuing diversity Fairness Distinguishing between fact and opinion Performing school or community service Civic participation	Understanding other points of view Citing evidence in support of ideas Doing research/gathering information Sharing information Community service and action	Participation in civic organizations Fulfilling civic responsibilities Civic disobedience Community services and action
SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS	Racism Sexism Unfairness Hurting people (emotionally, physically)	Discrimination/ prejudice Poverty/hunger Injustice Ethnocentrism Passivity	Ignorance Apathy Cynicism Political repression Colonialism/imperialism Economic globalization Environmental degradation	Genocide Torture
EDUCATION STANDARDS & INSTRUMENTS	Classroom rules Family life Community standards Convention on the Rights of the Child	UDHR History of human rights Local, national legal systems Local and national history in human rights terms UNESCO, UNICEF	UN Covenants Elimination of racism Elimination of sexism Regional human rights conventions UNHCR NGOs	Geneva Conventions Specialized conventions Evolving human rights standards