Human Rights and the Rights of the Child

Agenda 10/26:

Students though about human rights and brainstormed as list that they believe everyone, regardless of a difference, should enjoy. Students then watched an animated video of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and viewed a powerpoint about the rights of children:

The United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child

As an example of how rights are abused when child soldiers fight in conflicts, they watched a presentation by former child soldier Emanuel Jal: 

Next, students read through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which the United States has not ratified, highlighted rights in the declaration that are being violated around the world today. Finally I assigned a poster assignment. Students will create a two-sided informational poster - one side about one of the articles from the UNCRC and the other about child soldiers.

HOMEWORK:
UNCRC 1/2 page posters - DUE Thursday 11/3