3.8 - Universal Human Rights
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The concept of universal human rights suggests that all people should be treated fairly and should have the opportunity to meet their basic needs.3.8a Across global communities, governments and citizens alike have a responsibility to protect human rights and to treat others fairly.
- Students will examine the extent to which governments and citizens have protected human rights and treated others fairly for each world community.
- Students will examine prejudice and discrimination and how they serve as barriers to justice and equality for all people.
- Students will investigate steps people can take to support social action and change.
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Coretta ScottThis extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United STates and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott. Narrated by Phylicia Rashad with music by Michael Bacon. Includes a bonus feature... |
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground RailroadHenry dreams of a world where his life belongs to him. But when his family is sold, he risks everything for what he knows is right. With the strength and conviction of the best kind of hero, Henry makes a harrowing journey in a wooden crate - and mails himself to freedom! Narrated by Jerry... |
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Martin Luther King Jr. DayTwo students from different ethnic backgrounds are brought together as they learn about the life of America's foremost civil rights leader. This program will grab your students' attention as they learn about Dr. King's contributions to the people of the United States and those living throughout... |
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RosaOn December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history. This powerful story is brought to life with stirring narration by author Nikki Giovanni, music by Ernest V. Troost,... |
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RosaAn inspiring account of an event that shaped American history Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is... |
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The Girl from the Tar Paper SchoolBefore the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high... |
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The Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war, and the creation of the United Nations, the international community vowed never again to allow... |
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