

At a Glance
Language
English — USSubject
- History
Grade
11–12Duration
One 50-min class period- Human & Civil Rights
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About This Lesson
In the previous lesson, students considered the challenges that Eleanor Roosevelt and members of the Human Rights Commission faced in drafting a global bill of human rights, given nations’ different priorities, values, and cultures. In this lesson, students will consider an infographic that summarizes the UDHR’s Preamble and Articles 1–30 and will then evaluate whether these rights are universal and enjoyed by individuals and groups in the world today.
Students will also discuss the potential and the limitations of a document like the UDHR, which is not a binding legal agreement, and they will examine the question of what responsibility, if any, nations who signed the UDHR have to protect the rights of their own people as well as the rights of individuals and groups in other nations that may have been violated. Finally, students will turn their attention inward to consider the meaning of rights in their own lives and communities.
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