Students create a definition for a "right" in order to explore the challenges faced by the UN Commission on Human Rights to create an international framework of rights for all human beings.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Making Rights Universal
Students analyse four rights in the UDHR and decide whether they are universal and enjoyed by all in the world today.
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Literacy with a Social Studies Lens: Reading, Speaking and Listening for Deeper Learning
Learn teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully.
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Reflecting on Statues and the UK’s Colonial Past
This Teaching Idea provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between statues and the UK’s colonial past.
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Race in US History
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The Debate over Reparations for Racial Injustice
With reparations in the news, this Teaching Idea helps students define the term, learn what forms reparations can take, and consider what reparations should be offered for slavery and other racist policies.
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The Equal Rights Amendment: A 97-Year Struggle
This teaching idea provides an overview of the ERA and a look at the history behind the struggle to ratify the amendment that would formally guarantee women equal rights to men under the US Constitution.
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