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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the concept of human rights by developing and defending their own 'Bills of Human Rights' and by writing a reflective essay that compares their notions of human rights and the protection of them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the human rights issues in contemporary Haiti in this unit. They examine the economic and social development on the island. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students conduct an interview with a person who was alive during WWII. They explore the media coverage of human rights abuses and speculate about what American knew and when regarding the Holocaust. They prepare a commentary with their research. Full Review »
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- 10th
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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. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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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. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students read about an Urgent Action information sheet from Amnesty Interational and a petition about human rights abuses against sexual minorities outside the USA. They discuss the situation, read about other similar cases and then write a letter concerning a currently active Amnesty International case. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students examine the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In groups, they identify the basic rights within the document. They use primary source documents to determine how the declaration applies to a specific situation. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They study some of the issues facing Japan in reference to the UDHR. The analyze rights abused and rights upheld in three real cases using the Human Rights Quarterly article entitled "Human Rights and Sexual Abuse. Full Review »
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