Students examine the origin of international human rights principles and agreements, and the development of human rights law in Europe and the UK. They research a current event where human rights are being violated, and report to the class.

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10th - 11th

Students examine human rights abuses in thirty countries, specifically explore abuses in Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime, research one country with significant human rights abuses, use Preamble to U.S. Constitution as measure of what assigned country's government should be doing, write seven to ten page paper, and create murals documenting human rights abuses.

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10th

Students identify the issue of basic human rights, examine the importance of the UDHR, and compare it to United States Bill of Rights. They create a definition of human rights as a class. Students are divided into groups of four and they make a list of what they think are the fundamental and universal rights of humans. Pupils of given a copy of the Bill of Rights and the Universal Document of Human Rights.

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8th - 12th

Students brainstorm and discuss what it means to be "human." They relate human rights to human needs and discuss what a universal right is and read about Eleonor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Kindergarten - Higher Ed

Students participate in a brainstorming activity to identify the characteristics of human rights. In groups, they read excerpts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and develop their own definition for human rights. To end the lesson, they review human rights violations throughout the world.

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9th - 12th