Edc/hre volume III living in democracy Rolf Gollob and Peter Krapf (editors) edc/hre lesson plans for lower secondary level

Council of Europe Publishing
This 
is a manual for teachers in Education for Democratic Citizenship 
(EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE), EDC/HRE textbook 
editors and curriculum developers. Nine teaching units of approximately 
four lessons each focus on key concepts of EDC/HRE. The lesson plans give 
step-by-step instructions and include student handouts and background 
information for teachers. In this way, the manual is suited for trainees or 
beginners in the teaching profession and teachers who are receiving in-service 
teacher training in EDC/HRE. Experienced teachers may draw on the ideas 
and materials. The complete manual provides a full school year’s curriculum 
for lower secondary classes, but as each unit is also complete in itself, the 
­manual­allows­great­flexibility­in­use.­
The objective of EDC/HRE is the active citizen who is willing and able to 
participate in the democratic community. Therefore EDC/HRE strongly 
emphasise action and task-based learning. The school community is conceived 
as a sphere of authentic experience where young people can learn how to 
participate in democratic decision making and may take responsibility at an 
early age. Key concepts of EDC/HRE are taught as tools of life-long learning.
This is Volume III out of a series of six:
EDC/HRE Volume I: Educating for democracy: Background materials on democratic citizenship 
and human rights education for teachers 
EDC/HRE Volume II: Growing up in democracy: Lesson plans for primary level 
on democratic citizenship and human rights
EDC/HRE Volume III: Living in Democracy: EDC/HRE Lesson plans for lower secondary level
EDC/HRE Volume IV: Taking part in democracy: Lesson plans for upper secondary level 
on democratic citizenship and human rights
EDC/HRE Volume V: Exploring children’s rights: nine short projects for primary level
EDC/HRE Volume VI: Teaching democracy: a collection of models for democratic citizenship 
and human rights education
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