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TEACHER Peter Brailsford

YEAR
10
LEVEL
5
DURATION
2-3 weeks


Strand Achievement Objectives to be Assessed Learning Outcomes
Social Organisation
How and why people seek to gain and maintain social justice and human rights. 		Students will:
- Explain how people campaign for the recognition of the human rights of others.
- Explain why people campaign for the recognition of the rights of others.
Processes Learning Outcomes
Inquiry Students will:
- Conduct an inquiry into Human Rights.
Social Decision Making Students will:
- Make decisions about possible social action in relation to campaigning for human rights.
Requirements
Settings:Global
Perspectives:Multicultural, Gender

Assessment
Design your own assessment using the template provided.

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Smiley Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:

Teacher's Guide

  1. Starter Activity
    Watch either the World Vision video Life in Chains (available from World Vision) or Why Human Rights? II (available from Amnesty International).
    1. Describe how what you have seen is unfair. Explain why.
    2. Describe how what you have seen is unjust. Explain why.

  2. Starter Activity: Brainstorm
    1. What are rights? What is social justice?
    2. Should everyone have rights? Why?
    3. Should people expect to have social justice? Why?
    4. Who doesn't have them? Why?
    5. Who is excluded from social justice?

  3. Starter Activity: Pre-Topic Test

  4. Investigation
    The Investigation or Inquiry forms the core of this unit.

    You will need to organise Internet access, either for the class as a whole or for small groups of students at a time.

    Understanding Human Rights and Social Justice provides basic background material and useful Internet links for your students.

    You may decide to work through the information with your class or to provide students with the opportunity to conduct a Social Studies Inquiry independently - but with teacher support and guidance.

    Students may work in pairs or small groups, or individually.

    The Student Instructions - Human Rights: A Just World Investigation scaffold them step by step through the Investigation.

    Investigation Checklist

  5. Wrap up
    Re-Test (quiz). See Quiz Answers.

  6. Follow Up
    Take part in a letter writing campaign.



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