Unit Description:
Stage 1- Desired Results
Essential Questions
How have human rights been violated and how have international organizations attempted to address them?
Enduring Understandings
Students understand that...Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.
Common Core Standards and Performance Indicators:
Unifying Themes:
Individual Development and Cultural Identity
Time, Continuity, and Change
Development
and Transformation of Social Structures
Power,
Authority, and Governance
Civic Ideals and Practices
Social Studies Content Area Standards:
World History
Geography
Economics
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Social Studies Practices (begin on page 3)
Common Core Learning Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,and Technical Subjects (begins on page 76)
Knowledge
Students know that...
Following World War II, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) was written. This provides a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups.
Governments, groups, and individuals have responded in various ways to the human atrocities committed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Historical and contemporary violations of human rights can be evaluated, using the principles and articles established within the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Key Terms
human rights
atrocities
apartheid
exterminate
genocide
deportation
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
oppression
perpetrator
Holocaust
United Nations
Skills
Students will be able to...
Students will investigate and analyze the historical context of the Holocaust, Nuremberg Trials, and Tokyo Trials and their impacts on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Students will examine the articles contained in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Students will explore multinational treaties and international court systems that bind countries to adhere to international human rights.
Students will explore international organizations that work to maintain peace, stability, and economic prosperity, and to protect nations and people from oppressive governments and political violence.
Students will examine the atrocities committed under Augusto Pinochet, Deng Xiaoping, and Slobodan Milosevic in light of the principles and articles within the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Students will examine and analyze the roles of perpetrators and bystanders in human rights violations in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur in light of the principles and articles within the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Students will examine the policy of apartheid in South Africa and the growth of the anti- apartheid movements, exploring Nelson Mandela’s role in these movements and in the post-apartheid period.
Students will explore efforts to address human rights violations by individuals and groups, including the efforts of Mother Teresa, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Summative Tasks
Multiple Choice Questions Bank
MC Questions (Apartheid & Mandela) - 15 questions
CRQ: Comparison Gandhi and Mandela
Cause/Effect Rwanda
Comparison of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Universal Declaration of Human Rights
CRQ: Comparison - Pol Pot & Stalin
CRQ: Turning Point - Nuremberg & Amnesty International
Formative Tasks
Introduction Activity - "What is the United Nations?"
UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights -Analyze different Articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials - Using documents to describe the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials, and explain the impact the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials had on UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The International Criminal Court - Using documents to describe the purpose of the International Criminal Court
Augusto Pinochet - Using articles and primary sources to describe the human rights violations committed under Augusto Pinochet, and which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated.
Slobodan Milošević-
Background Information and questions describing the human rights violations committed under Slobodan Milošević
Human Rights Violations - Using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website to contextualize which articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights were violated under Slobodan Milošević and describe how they were violated.
Cambodian Genocide
Background Information and questions explaining the historical context for the Cambodian genocide
Human Rights Violations - Using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website to contextualize the human rights violations that took place during the Cambodian genocide, and the role of the international community during the Cambodian genocide.
Rwanda Genocide
Background Information and questions explaining the historical context for the Rwandan genocide
Human Rights Violations - Using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website to contextualize the human rights violations that took place during the Rwandan genocide, and the role of the international community during the Rwandan genocide.
Darfur Genocide
Background Information and questions explaining the historical context for the Darfur genocide
Human Rights Violations - Using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website to contextualize the human rights violations that took place during the Darfur genocide, and the role of the international community during the Darfur genocide.
Beyond the Bubble - Apartheid in South Africa
What was Apartheid? - Using Documents to answer "What was Apartheid?" and examines the use of Pass Laws, Homelands and Forced Removals
Nelson Mandela - Using documents, videos and a timeline students will describe efforts made by Nelson Mandela as well as organizations within and outside of South Africa to end apartheid
Stage 3- Related Lessons
Lesson Plans and Content
Inquiry Unit: What ended apartheid?
"I Think" lesson comparing human rights violations in South Africa and China (p. 82-88).
"I Think" lesson: highlights the atrocities committed by the Nazis during WWII (p. 65-70)
"I Think" lesson: The student will be able to explain the purpose and outcomes of the
Nuremberg Trials (p. 88-92).
"I Think" lesson: The student will be able to describe conditions of the concentration camps (p. 59-62).
"I Think" lesson: The student will be able to explain what human rights are; and give examples of human rights abuses and ways the world can address them. (p 25)
Discussion Questions:
Why were the Nuremberg Trials held?
What was the fate of the defendants of this trial?
Discussion Questions:
Why did the Rwanda genocide take place?
Do you believe that there is any lingering tension between the local tribes today?
Suggestions for Diverse Learners: