Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING the complex world of human rights and our role in protecting the human rights of others.
    • We are EXPLORING the events that led to the creation of UDHR
    • We are EXPLORING the struggles for rights in present time

    During this term, we will be exploring human rights around the globe and our role in protecting our own rights and the rights of others. We will be learning about some of the different ways people have advocated for change in the past and the fights people are continuing to wage today in our own backyard here in Aotearoa. We will be spending time thinking about our identity within our communities, the importance of allyship, and figuring out what issues we care about most.

    We will be focussing on the importance of advocacy and how Human Rights are Protected by Non-Governmental Organizations.



    Success Criteria: I can/have...

      • Identify and recognize human rights. 

      • Define a right. 

      • Define dehumanization.

      • Define a scapegoat.

      • Explain the relationship between World War II and the development of international human rights standards.

      • Explain the importance of the UDHR in promoting human rights and preventing atrocities like those committed during World War II.


    Activities:

    1. Do now -slide 3- PPT  2023 Human Rights 
    2. What is a right?
    3. Questions -Slide 4-PPT  2023 Human Rights 

    4.  -note taking key terms-Write each HR-Videos

    5. WWII- A History of dehumanization and scapegoating:


     

     

                 6. What was the Holocaust?
    Use web link below and read the brief article
    https://www.holocaustcentre.org.nz/what-was-the-holocaust.htmlAdolf Hitler and the Holocaust
    - Write 5x bullet points in your exercise book to describe the Holocaust

                 7. Discussion questions:

    Compare and contrast their definition of human rights with UN definition.