ERIC Number: ED289814
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 22
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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Justice Around the World: A Student Packet for Secondary Schools. Foreign Area Materials Center Occasional Publication 26.
Gilbert, Janet M.
This learning packet contains seven modules designed to teach about human rights around the world. These activities may be integrated into different subjects within the social studies curriculum. For each module, the case studies are drawn from two of the five countries included in the "Handbook on Human Rights and Citizenship." Each module also contains learning objectives, class activities, and student reference materials. The packet is formatted so that student activities may be reproduced for distribution to the class. Module 1 focuses on developing a broader understanding of the definition of human rights through an in-depth examination of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." The activities in module 2 are designed to enhance the understanding of justice as it is observed or ignored at individual, institutional, national, and international levels. Activities in module 3 examine the issue of freedom of conscience and expression. The ways that discrimination is shown against some groups are investigated in module 4. The "International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights" is used as the basis for studying freedom from want in module 5. In module 6, students look at individual rights and protection from the government. Understanding the organizations and methods of working toward universal human rights is the goal of module 7. (SM)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: New York State Education Dept., Albany. Center for International Programs and Comparative Studies.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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