1. HUMAN RIGHTS

2. Objectives  Define human rights and identify the 2 basic categories.  Identify key international human rights documents.

3. Warm Up  What are human rights?  What are the 2 basic categories?  http://www.choices.edu/resources/d etail.php?id=198 http://www.choices.edu/resources/d etail.php?id=198  Basic freedoms & rights to which all individuals are entitled.  Political & Civil  Economic, Social, and Cultural

4. Activity: Video  Story of Human Rights video

5. Activity  Ranking Human Rights  Take 2 rights at a time and place them in order.  Pick up your next right, place it within existing order…repeat until all rights placed.  Class Top 3 and Bottom 3

6. Dvpt of Human Rights  US & French Revolutions  Haitian Constitution  http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/bogues/tb5. php http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/bogues/tb5. php  http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/vorenberg/ mv4.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/vorenberg/ mv4.php  Geneva Conventions  League of Nations  WWII Justification  http://www.choices.edu/resources/sch olarsonline/kennedy/dk7.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/sch olarsonline/kennedy/dk7.php  Nuremburg Trials  UN Charter  http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/allee/sa9.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/allee/sa9.php  http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp5.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp5.php  http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp4.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp4.php  http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp9.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/sc holarsonline/pinheiro/psp9.php

7. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Adopted Dec 10, 1948  Formal, universal recognition of human rights  All human beings born free and entitled to:  Civil Rights  Legal Rights  Economic Rights  Social Rights  Standard not yet attained

8. Universal Declaration of Human Rights  How does membership in UN promote human rights?  http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline /allee/sa9.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline /allee/sa9.php

9. International Law of Human Rights  UDHR (1948)  ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)  ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

10. Vienna Conference  What happened?  Reaffirmed commitment to UDHR

11. Human Rights Video

12. Activity: Scholars Videos  Students will watch a series of videos and complete the activity that accompanies  http://www.choices.edu/resource s/scholars_humanrights.php http://www.choices.edu/resource s/scholars_humanrights.php

13. Homework  Wiki Post  Are all rights universal? Are economic, social and cultural rights more or less important than political and civil rights?