Article 17 of the Convention on the Rights of a Child - Behind the News

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In 2016, the focus of National Children's Week was Article 17 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. You probably don't know what that is off the top of your head but it's incredibly important and it's actually one of the reasons that BtN even exists!

TEACHER RESOURCES (yr 6&7 Civics and Citizenship)
"Students will learn about the Convention on the Rights of the Child, focussing on the right to information from the media."
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/teacher/episode/20161018-childrightsarticle17.pdf

BTN STORY PAGE
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4555737.htm

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