Lesson Plans Week 1

Lesson 1
Achievement Standard: As a result of participating in this lesson students are working to the
achievement standard of being able to begin to understand the origins and significance of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Australias involvement in the
development of the declaration (ACDSEH023).
Lesson Objective: As a result of engaging actively in this lesson students will be able to
begin to understand the importance of human rights in todays society.
Lesson Outline:
Introduction to rights and freedom and Declaration of Human Rights
What are rights?
Students will be asked to sort into groups of 4.
Using butchers paper the groups are to design their own set of Human Rights. They must
work out what they think is essential to the living of every person across the world.
As a class, go over each groups opinions and begin discussing their view on human rights.
Create a class set of Human Rights on the board.
What are Rights?
A moral or legal entitlement to have or do something.
A right which is believed to belong to every person.
What is Freedom?
The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
Discuss with class their views on both.
Watch and discuss Franklin D. Roosevelts speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5iHKtrirjlY
Why was it important that Franklin D. Roosevelt gave this speech? Why did it ensure a large
number of countries agreed with what he presented? Why was it significant for the future of
Human Rights?
Discuss the Four Freedom model as discussed by Roosevelt.
Go over the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
What is it?
When was it created? 1948.
Why was it created?
What does this mean for its signatories?
Explain the relevance of international law and how it applies to countries.
Compare UN to the League of Nations.
Compare with our set of human rights.