Before continuing to read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, learners need to understand why and how this document was written. First, show and discuss a video from UNICEF to demonstrate the need for such a document. Then have groups construct a timeline of events leading to its creation.

Concepts

human rights, reading comprehension, the universal declaration of human rights, main events

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• The second part in a series of lessons in a discussion of human rights and study of the primary source document, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Pros

• As with other lessons from this module, the lesson fosters great higher-level thinking skills, such as asking questions and evaluating cause and effect

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.5.2 RI.5.3 SL.5.1.a