The United Nations and the Declaration of Human Rights

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HISTORY / LIFE ORIENTATION GRADE 9

THE UNITED NATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS                                         20 AUGUST 2020

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing this worksheet you will be able to:

  1. Extract relevant factual information from websites
  2. Deduce how historical events affected popular thinking
  3. Explain what rights and human rights are and why they are important
  4. Explain what led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  5. Discuss and debate the importance of selected rights
  6. Explain the link between rights, obligations, responsibilities, and privileges
  7. Explain why it is important to know your rights and how one can promote and defend rights

LEARNING INPUTS

  1. Extract from the Universal Declaration of Human RightsUN Declaration of Human Rights Text
  2. unhchr.org
  3. https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

LEARNING TASKS

  1. Visit the web sites in the learning inputs and make notes about the UNO
  2. Answer the following questions based on your research:
    • When and why was the UN started?
    • What are its aims
    • Why did people feel it was necessary to declare and protect human rights after World War 2?
  3. Study the handout on the Universal declaration of human rights and answer these questions:
    • Select 3 rights that you think are especially important and write a short paragraph explaining and supporting your choice of each one.
    • Describe three ways in which you can help to promote and protect one of the rights you have chosen
  4. “Every right has a related responsibility or obligation”. Explain what you think this sentence means and say why you agree or disagree with it. Support your argument with a few practical examples.
  5. Design a poster or graphic of some sort to promote one of the rights you have selected.
  6. Describe one example today or in recent history where one of the rights you chose has been violated on a large scale.

ASSESSMENT

This assignment will count towards 30 % of your history and 30 % of your life orientation mark.

Your responses will be assessed on the following criteria:

Accuracy of information

Comprehensiveness of discussion

Use of supporting arguments

Clarity of language

Effectiveness of persuasion

Insight into issues

 

SUBMISSION

The due date for submission is Thursday 3 September

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