Category 2:
Peace and Democracy: Social Issues
A. Task:
Produce a website that teaches about international human rights, fair
elections and judicial reform.
Read rules and instructions.
B. Learning Objectives:
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Students will be able to list basic
international human rights and human rights for citizens of their
country.
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Students will be able to describe the
significance of human rights, fair elections, and judicial reform in
the development of democratic societies.
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Students will be able to identify the
role international relations and diplomacy play in the development of
international human rights
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Students will be able to list basic
human rights for citizens of their country.
C. Discussion Questions:
These discussion questions are provided to
introduce the topics of
international human rights, fair elections and judicial reform.
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What is the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights?
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What are considered basic human rights in your
country? Do all countries have the same basic human rights? Discuss
the differences.
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What are some significant human rights
issues in your country?
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Why are issues such as religious
freedom and fair elections important to you, your community, and your
country?
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How can human rights positively affect
the whole world?
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Give some examples of significant
human rights achievements in history.
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How did these events or achievements
affect the rest of the world?
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Where in the world are people today striving for human
rights? Who are they and what are they doing?
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How does diplomacy help promote human
rights in other countries?
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Are there individuals or groups of people in your
country who have struggled or are currently struggling for their
rights?
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What historical documents lay out human rights for
citizens of your country? Do immigrants in your country have
different rights?
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Who are some famous people who championed human
rights? What did they propose and/or do? What effects of their work
can be seen today?
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What local, national, and international organizations
promote human rights?
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Is getting an education a human right?
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What is judicial reform?
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What are some of the issues that are posed by people
working for judicial reform?
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What are some examples of ideas for implementing
judicial reform?
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Is judicial reform needed? Explain why or why not.
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What is a fair election?
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What should happen if an election in the your country
is declared unfair?
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Where in the world has there been what the press has
called an unfair election? Why was it called that? What was done
about it?
D. Suggested Starter
Activities:
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Read
biographies of people who have suffered and overcome human rights
violations and write a summary of what your learned.
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Create a
survey asking questions about the different views on a topic in human
rights. Have your classmates and parents respond and discuss the
answers.
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Research
human rights organizations and learn the scope of their work.
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Talk with
local election officials and learn what they do.
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Build a list
of judicial reform topics along with pro and con voices for each
topic.
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Develop
methods for judging the validity and reliability of the Web sites you
will use for research: by whom are they written? How will you know if
you can trust what they say?
E. Content
Standards (USA)
F. Related
Resources