Julia Khader

Sister MaryAnn Jacobs

EDUC 403 – Reading in the Content Area
24 April 2022

Human Rights Unit Materials

Pre-Reading Lesson Instruction Materials (Day 1 of 5: Introduction to Human Rights)

Students will engage with the primary source of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BhWorYDClcNvJ5Ycu4OcgNTXi41UiuJD/view?
usp=sharing

Teacher will utilize slides 2-10 from the Instructional Unit PowerPoint.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tRvZIUOBkEtOUbqWAdio1_r5JH36TW5o/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=103100327233338035666&rtpof=true&sd=true

During Reading Lesson Plan Instructional Materials (Day 2 of 5: Apartheid)

Teacher will utilize a Kahoot game as a Closure Activity.
Link: https://create.kahoot.it/share/apartheid/e27d8ea9-4368-444c-b29f-4abe712b1561

Teacher will utilize slides 11-22 from the Instructional Unit PowerPoint.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tRvZIUOBkEtOUbqWAdio1_r5JH36TW5o/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=103100327233338035666&rtpof=true&sd=true

Students will engage with the History.com article, “The Harsh Reality of Life Under Apartheid in
South Africa.”
https://www.history.com/news/apartheid-policies-photos-nelson-mandela

Students will be provided with a worksheet upon which they will record their new captions
(found below).

Name: Date:
 “The Harsh Reality of Life Under Apartheid in South Africa” by Erin Blakemore

Instructions: As you read the History.com article on Apartheid, STOP at every image you come
across. Analyze the image using what you have learned in the text, what you see in the picture,
and what you recall about this topic. Using this analysis, record on this sheet to your new
caption to at least two visuals.
 

Image  Original Caption Your New Caption

A sign common in A sign put up by the

Johannesburg, South Apartheid regime to reinforce
Africa, reading racist perceptions of the
'Caution Beware Of native population. Pictured
Natives'. two Black men walking
towards the sign in a dejected
manner showing how often
they come across systems of
discrimination towards them.

Many white women

in South Africa
learned how to use
firearms for self-
protection in the
event of racial
unrest in 1961,
when South Africa
became a republic.
A woman shows the
"interior passport"
that she must have
to enter Cape Town
during work hours,
circa 1984. The rest
of the time, people
of color were not
allowed in the
cities. 

Children from the

townships of Langa
and Windermere
scavenging close to
Cape Town, in
February 1955. 

A crowd at a
Johannesburg
protest meeting
which defied a ban
on such gatherings,
circa 1952.
30,000 protestors
march from Langa
into Cape Town in
South Africa, to
demand the release
of prisoners in 1960.
The prisoners were
arrested for
protesting against
the segregationist
pass laws.

Nelson Mandela,
and seven other
members of the
anti-apartheid
African National
Congress, were
sentenced to life
imprisonment in
1964. 30 years later
Mandela became
the president of
South Africa.
Post-Reading Lesson Plan Instructional Materials (Day 3 of 5: Genocide)
Teacher will utilize slides 23-30 from the Instructional Unit PowerPoint.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tRvZIUOBkEtOUbqWAdio1_r5JH36TW5o/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=103100327233338035666&rtpof=true&sd=true

T-Chart handout (found below).

This lesson also features two online reading materials. The main reading of the day is the
Primer, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights is the core text for the unit that will be used
for reference within the day’s topic. Online links can be provided to students based on
technological and internet accessibility; hard copies will also be made available.
- Genocide Primer reading. Link:
https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/images/PDF/GENOCIDE_Intro.pdf
- UN Declaration of Human Right. Link:
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/udhr.pdf
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T-Chart

Instructions: Select two genocides you read about in the Primer document and use the chart
below to summarize and evaluate the reading.

Genocide
Topic: Topic:
Vocabulary Lesson Plan Instructional Materials (Day 4 of 5: The International Criminal Court)
Teacher will utilize slides 31-44 from the Instructional Unit PowerPoint.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tRvZIUOBkEtOUbqWAdio1_r5JH36TW5o/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=103100327233338035666&rtpof=true&sd=true

Students will watch an online video produced by United 4 Social Change on the international
Criminal Court
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z7P3phILzk&t=69s

Students will complete an independent practice worksheet (found below).

Name: Date:

International Criminal Court Worksheet

Instructions: Based on what you learned today, complete the following worksheet.

What document established the International Criminal Court?

How many branches make up the International Criminal Court?

In your own words, what is the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV)?

Match the following terms with their correct definitions.

The Presidency _____
The Judicial Division _____
Office of the Prosecutor _____
The Registry _____
a. non-renewable term issues ensures fair trials and issues
warrants of arrest and summons.
b. non-renewable term that carries out the investigation and
examination of alleged individuals before the Court.
c. position that oversees the judicial, administrative, and external
relation
d. resource branch that handles the technical details of the court
such as budget and translation services

Dig Deeper: Based on what you learned today, respond to the following questions using
evidence from the PowerPoint and the video we watched in class.

In your opinion, do you think the ICC is an effective Court of Last Resort?

Does the United States work with the ICC? Why or why not?
Final Lesson Instructional Materials (Day 5 of 5: Crisis in Ukraine)
Teacher will utilize slides 45-60 from the Instructional Unit PowerPoint.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tRvZIUOBkEtOUbqWAdio1_r5JH36TW5o/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=103100327233338035666&rtpof=true&sd=true

Students will watch an online video from WBNS 10TV that chronicled the first news of Ukrainian
invasion.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNnxYbTBnc

Students will be tasked to analyze political cartoons in group, a handout will be provided for
students to organize their thoughts as they engage in QAR reading exercise (found below).
Name: Date:

Analyzing Political Cartoons

Instructions: Use our QAR reading strategy to analyze your assigned political cartoon. Start with
level 1, move onto level 2, and then finish with level 3 at which point you will have produced a
conclusion on the meaning of the cartoon.

Question you are trying to answer: What does this image mean?

Level 1: Right There

- Use the space below to Identify what you observe. People, places, things. 

Level 2: Putting It Together

- Use the space below to put all your observations into a single statement.

Level 3: Making Connections

- Use the space below to connect what you learned about the crisis in Ukraine to your
observations to come up with a final conclusion.
Below or approaching level students can/will be provided with a Unit vocabulary sheet to use
for reference that defines all the academic language, found below.

Vocabulary for Unit on Human Rights

Term Definition
African National South Africa’s oldest Black political party which advocated against
Congress (ANC) apartheid.
Afrikaans Official language of South Africa.
Apartheid Afrikaans for “apartness.”
Asylum An inviolable place of refuge and protection especially given to
refugees, displaced people, by an embassy or other agency enjoying
freedom from what is required by law for most people.
Defiance A mass mobilization against the racist Unjust Apartheid laws that was
Campaign launched in 1950.
Discrimination The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or
things, especially on the grounds of race, age, sexuality, income, ability,
gender, or sex.
Endowed Something that is provided freely or naturally.
Genocide Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Human Rights Freedoms and assurances guaranteed to all members of the human race,
earned through their shared humanity, that are protected by law. These
rights include freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and
want.
Inalienable Incapable of being surrendered, transferred, or taken away.
Interior Passport Document intended to restrict the mobility of Black and other people of
color in Apartheid South Africa. It had to be carried at all times and was
needed whenever one left their home or town.
International Intergovernmental organization and international tribunal based in the
Criminal Court Netherlands that investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals
(ICC) charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international
community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the
crime of aggression.
Judicial Divisions Branch of the ICC that consists of 18 judges who ensure fair trials, render
decisions, issue arrest warrants and summons, and elect the ICC
President and two Vice Presidents of the Court.
Nobel Peace Prize Award given to special persons who do great work for peace which
includes that makes peace between countries, reduces standing armies,
or creates peace organizations. This honor is given to one person each
year. Nelson Mandela and his counterpart William de Klerk were notable
recipients of this award for their work to end the Apartheid regime and
 establish democracy in South Africa.
North Atlantic Intergovernmental military alliance first formed in 1949 by the Allies of
Treaty World War II and now consists of 30 member states. Its primary goal is to
Organization protect the freedom, safety, and security of its members through
(NATO) political and military means.
Office of the Branch of the ICC that holds 380 staff members who work independently
Prosecutor from the court to examine situations under the jurisdiction of the Court
Carries out the investigation and prosecution of the accused/suspected.
Paris Peace Formal meeting of the Allies and Central Powers to establish the terms of
Conference peace after World War I. This meeting would set a precedence for
international peace and punishment in the form of a tribunal.
Pass Laws A code of laws designed to segregate the population, manage
urbanization, and allocate migrant labor of Black and Colored people
under the Apartheid regime.
Persecution The act or practice of being hostile and mistreating especially those who
differ in origin, religion, race, or social outlook.
Presidency Branch of the ICC with three main areas of responsibility, the oversight of
branch of the UN the judicial/legal functions, administration, and external relations of the
Court.
Registry Office Branch of the ICC that is responsible for providing judicial support,
branch of the UN managing external affairs, and allocating budget, security, and other
matters of the Court.
Rome Statute Treaty that established the International Criminal Court which was
adopted on July 17, 1998.
Security Council One of six main organs of the United Nations whose primary
responsibility is for maintaining international peace and security.
Consists of 15 active members with the five permanent seat holders
being China, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States.
Segregation The action or state of setting someone or something apart usually based
on an ethnic, racial, or religious qualification.
Sovereignty The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
Tribunal A court of justice. The ICC is the first official international tribunal, but it
is preceded by two attempts of similar international peace coordination,
the Paris Peace Conference and the League of Nations
Trust Fund for Article of the Rome Statute that is designed to aid the victims and
Victims families of victims who suffered crimes within the jurisdiction of the
Court.
United Nations an intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain
international peace and security, develop friendly relations among
nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for
harmonizing the actions of nations. Consists of six bodies:
1. General Assembly
2. Security Council
3. Economic and Social Council
4. Trusteeship Council
5. International Court of Justice
6. UN Secretariat