What are human rights Grade 7 Social Studies

What are human rights? Grade 7 Social Studies

What are human rights? A FEW VIDEOS TO START …

Ted Ed: What are the universal human rights? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=n. Dg. IVse. Tku. E

Your Human Rights https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=VO 7 o. S 8 Pqk. JY

Human Rights Explained https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=p. RGhr. Ym. Uj. U 4

The Story of Human Rights https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=oh 3 Bb. Lk 5 UIQ&t=3 s

Defining Human Rights After going to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and watching a few videos on this topic, what is YOUR definition of human rights? How do YOU understand this term? THINK – PAIR – SHARE

Human Rights a. Every person is entitled to certain rights, simply because they are a human being. b. They are called “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be, to do, or to have. c. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to hurt you. d. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=h. Tlr. SYb. Cb. HE&t=81 s

“Where, after all, do universal rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerned citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world. ” Eleanor Roosevelt Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

ADVOCATE An advocate is a person who supports or speaks in favour of something. Someone who fights for something or someone; especially someone who fights for the rights of others.