Human rights violations Lesson Plans

Students explore the concept of human rights. In this human rights lesson, students watch 2 videos regarding human rights violations around the world since 2001. Students explore several websites that feature human rights violations. Students discuss their research findings and present them to their classmates.

Students read and interpret six case studies of alleged human rights violations in China, and engage in a simulation/role-play based upon selection of articles in which a Human Rights Panel hears testimony of alleged victims of abuse.

Students define human rights and discuss examples of various human rights. They conduct Internet research, develop a list of human rights, and in small groups create a poster illustrating the class definition of human rights.

Students search for examples of violations of human rights happening in the world today.  For this human rights lesson, students use the Internet to research a global human rights violation, write a paper explaining how it violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and present it to their small group.

Students identify the types and extent of human rights violations that occurred in El Salvador . They will also analyze the various laws and statutes that dictate the processes to protect and punish war crimes and human rights violations. Construct a law that ensures protection of human rights worldwide.

Pupils explore how human rights are different in each part of the world.  In this freedome lesson, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their findings through discussion, oral presentation and role playing. 

Tenth graders conduct online research. In this research lesson students are given guidance to determine which internet resources contain quality information for use in their research. 

Students examine tension in Slovakia over issue of the rights of Romas (Gypsies). They compare and contrast situation in Slovakia to other historical examples researched in class.

Young scholars consider the concept of 'human rights' in relation to the current conditions and history of East Timor and discuss the terms "human rights" and "force," applying their responses to specific historical examples.

Students investigate examples of hate crimes and their causes by participating in a round-table discussion. They also write a personal essay describing their personal views on the subject and describing a plan for putting their views into action.