HUMAN RIGHTS

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HUMAN RIGHTS

• What are human rights?

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Journal entry (5 min) Please use complete
sentences to answer the questions below

• Think of some of the rights that you as a
  student living in the United States enjoy today.
  List 5 of the rights.
• Explain how are the rights different from
  privileges? Give a specific example

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What are some of the rights we enjoy in the U.S?

• Turn to your partner and discuss (2 min)
• Be ready to share

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Lesson objectives

• Today we are going to be learning about human
  rights and how they help human beings to live and
  grow.
• Learning objectives
• Understand that human rights belong to everybody.
• Understand that every human right is important
  and needed for human beings to live and grow.

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What do human beings need to live?

• Describe what human beings need to live and grow
  as productive person
• For example
• What do human beings need to survive?
• What things help us to grow physically?
• What things help us to succeed in life?

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Those of you that are familiar with Maslow's
Hierarchy of Needs know that satisfying the
survival needs of hunger and thirst are
prerequisites to everything and anything else
that humankind may endeavor to accomplish. Maslow
pointed out that physiological needs, including
the most basic needs that are vital to survival,
including the need for water, air, food, and
sleep, are the most basic and instinctive needs
in the hierarchy because all needs become
secondary until these physiological needs are
met. In other words - food-deprived people cannot
work, cannot learn, cannot contribute to the
community and, ultimately, cannot survive.
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
   
A scientist, Maslow pointed out that
physiological needs, including the most basic
needs that are vital to survival, including the
need for water, air, food, and sleep, are the
most basic and instinctive needs in the hierarchy
because all needs become secondary until these
physiological needs are met. In other words -
food-deprived people cannot work, cannot learn,
cannot contribute to the community and,
ultimately, cannot survive.
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Human rights

• All human beings, have similar basic needs
  nutritious food, health care, shelter, education,
  protection from harm and more.

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Human rights

• Human beings need these things to live and grow
  and to be human.
• Needs are different from wants. Wants are not
  necessary for a person to survive, grow and
  develop.
• Everyone of us has the right to have these needs
  fulfilled.
• These rights are called human rights.

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What are Human Rights?

• Human rights are rights natural to all human
  beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality,
  ethnicity, language, religion, or any other
  status.
• Human rights include the right to life and
  liberty, freedom from slavery and torture,
  freedom of opinion and expression, the right to
  work and education, and many more. Everyone is
  entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
• You can think of human rights as a set of rules
  that state what we all need to live and grow, and
  how we should treat each other.

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What are Human Rights?

• They are rights because they are things you are
  allowed to be, to do or to have.
• These rights are there for your protection
  against people who might want to harm or hurt
  you.
• They are also there to help us get along with
  each other and live in peace.
• Many people know something about their rights.
  Generally they know they have the right to food
  and a safe place to stay. They know they have a
  right to be paid for the work they do. But there
  are many other rights.
• .

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Why do we need to learn about human rights?

• When human rights are not well known by people,
  abuses such as discrimination, intolerance,
  injustice, oppression and slavery can arise.
• Born out of the violence and enormous loss of
  life during World War II, the United Nations
  Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed
  in 1948 to provide a common understanding of what
  everyones rights are.
• It forms the basis for a world built on freedom,
  justice and peace.

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What is UDHR?

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
  is a very important document in the history of
  human rights. Drafted by representatives with
  different legal and cultural backgrounds from all
  regions of the world, the Declaration was
  proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
  in Paris on 10 December 1948 by General Assembly
  resolution 217 A (III) as a common standard of
  achievements for all peoples and all nations. It
  sets out, for the first time, fundamental human
  rights to be universally protected.
• http//www.un.org/en/globalissues/humanrights/inde
  x.shtml

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Group activity directions

• You will receive a set of cards with 16 human
  rights
• With your group members you will decide which
  rights are the most important and why
• You need to hold a conversation to discuss why
  the certain rights are important more than
  others
• Each group member should be involved in the
  conversation and speak up his/her opinion
• During the conversation each of you need to be
  polite, patient and listen to each others
  opinion
• After each of you had a turn explaining your
  opinion, you will decide as a group where on the
  spectrum the specific right be more appropriate.
• Then you will share your spectrum with the class

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Remember

• The purpose of this activity is to think about
  the importance of human rights, not just lining
  them up in order.
• Think about
• How will the human rights benefit your / our
  lives?
• What would happen if you / we didn't have them?

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Language Frames /sentence starters

• I chose __________because_____________
• I think this right is very important because it
  _______________.
• If this right wouldnt exist then_________________
  ____.
• I think this right is not that important
  because_______________.
• I am having a hard time to choose
  between___________ and __________ . I think that
  both of them are equally important.
• I believe _____________is less important than
  ______________.
• This right___________ is important for the
  physical well being of a human, but this
  right___________is important for the
  ____________.
• If we do not have _________right, then
  ____________

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Evaluation Criteria

• Points (8) (12) (16)
  (20)
• Ability to work together as a team 1 2 3
  4
• Presentation skills (eye contact, posture, voice,
  time) 1 2 3 4
• Clarity of explanations 1 2 3 4
• Providing relevant examples 1 2 3 4
• Participation (everyone) 1 2
  3 4
• Total points _________/100

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Class discussion

• Be ready to answer
• Did you find it easy / hard to choose which human
  rights are less important?
• Which human rights did you select why?
• How would these rights benefit your life?
• Which human rights did you not think were
  important?
• What would be the impact of not having these
  rights?

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THE KEY MESSAGES OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ARE
THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ARE Universal Equal
Interdependent indivisible
Inalienable
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Important - all human rights are yours

• In reality you dont ever have to choose which
  human rights are more important than others.
• Human rights belong to everyone from when they
  are born.
• Although they can sometimes be restricted, human
  rights can never be taken away from you.
• There are different laws that protect everyones
  human rights which we will explore in the next
  lesson.

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What are the violations of Human Rights?

• Some of the worst violations of the right to life
  are massacres, the starvation of entire
  populations, and genocide.
• Genocide is commonly understood as the
  intentional extermination of a single ethnic,
  racial, or religious group
• Examples of genocides in history
• Armenian Genocide in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire
  (1.5 million people were killed)
• Holocaust by Hitler in 1939-1945 (6 million
  people were killed)
• Rwanda Genocide by Hutu government in 1994
  (800,000 people were killed)
• Genocide in Darfur in 2008 (400,000 people were
  killed)

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Global Issue Human Rights Violations

• People in some countries are denied freedoms of
  expression or political involvement.
• They are persecuted and imprisoned, often without
  trial, if they speak out against their government
  or stand up for their rights.
• Action Community organizations such as Human
  Rights Watch and Amnesty International defend
  human rights by pressuring governments and
  monitoring, investigating and publicizing human
  rights violations.

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Important - all human rights are yours

• Every human right is important!
• Every human right is needed to live and grow
  and to be a human being!

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What have we learned?

• That human rights belong to everybody.
• That every human right is important and needed
  for human beings to live and grow.

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Ticket out of the door-your exit assignment ( 20
pts)

• On a separate sheet of paper, write 5-6 sentences
  summary of what have learned about today.
• I have learned_____________________.
• I did not know that____________________.
• I think the most important part of the lesson was
  ___________.
• One thing I enjoyed during the lesson today
  was________.
• Something that I will never forget
  is______________.
• It is important to learn ______________
  because____________.

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• Of all the articles in the Universal Declaration
  of Human Rights, which right is the most
  important (either to you, or to society), and why?