What are Human Rights?
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Objective
I can define human rights and explain why they are important.
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Warm-up video
CBC Kids News · 4:55Vetted channel
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Human rights are a set of rules and expectations that help us understand what all people deserve.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly.
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The chair of the committee that drafted the UDHR was Eleanor Roosevelt, and the document is available in over 500 languages.
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Practice
10 questions
What are human rights?
According to the video, does everyone deserve the same human rights?
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Exit ticket
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“What are human rights, and why are they important according to the video?”
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