'For Each and Every Child' is a bilingual picture book explaining the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in child-friendly language and illustrated by notable' New Zealand artists produced in collaboration with Learning Media. More resources: Useful photo essays to help illustrate the UNCROC. UNICEF NZ and a group of volunteers from NZ Model UN teamed up to capture a series of images portraying children's rights in action around Wellington city.

A collection of traditional sporting games from around the world inspired by the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Featuring the traditional Maori ball game Ki-o-Rahi. Suitable for a range of ages these can be used in isolation or as a sequence. Students have fun choosing and learning a game from another country.

Resources for teaching and learning about child rights.

A social inquiry unit based on the benefits of Fair Play in formal and informal play situations, ideal for building a fair and cooperative classroom and playground ethos. Students will think critically about why we have rules and how rules affect our lives. They will investigate the concept of Fair Play and how Fair Play can realise the right to play and be included for all children.

An investigation exercise for two to three lessons centered around the state of emergency declared in Tuvalu due to a severe water shortage. Initiates discussion around the fragility of fresh water, climate change and the situation of vulnerable people in the pacific region.

'The Children's Famine' are powerpoints that look at the famine affecting the Horn of Africa, and outline the causes and how development organisations such as UNICEF go about responding to such crises. Typhoon Haiyan On November 8th, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the central Philippines causing large scale loss of life and widespread devastation. To see how UNICEF has responded to the emergency over the last 3 months view the photo essay.

Ten lessons aimed at helping New Zealand students understand the Pacific as more than a tourist destination, exploring themes such as geography of the pacific, poverty, climate change, water, education and development aid. The activities can be used discretely or together as a unit. Using a social inquiry approach students think critically about causes of development issues and reflect on their own context.

Six lessons on the impact conflict has on the lives of children, including child soldiers, children's rights in conflict and the complexity of addressing needs in emergencies. Activities take a social inquiry approach with formative and summative components. Activities can be used discretely or as a unit.

A photo essay and activities covering 4-5 lessons, investigating democracy, and the way young New Zealanders can access their democratic right to have a say on issues that are important to them.

One to three lessons on the current conflict in Syria, designed to give students a general understanding of the conflict, explore refugee movements, and share children’s perspectives of the conflict. Centred around the powerful UNICEF video 'Syrian Children Speak Out', students hear from real children impacted by this deadly conflict.

This photo essay is a snapshot into the conflict in Gaza and how it is affecting children. The crisis is so intense that statistics are changing rapidly. This photo essay refers to the 23 day mark in the conflict and echoes Anthony Lake's call to end the conflict before more innocent lives are lost.