Grade 9 Social Studies Human Rights

Having rights and being aware of those rights (and the rights of others) makes us more empowered. With globalization comes challenges in relation to Human rights.

Human Rights Youth for Human Rights website What are Human Rights? – video United – Music Video 30 Rights -30 Videos

Human Rights The United Nations is an international organization whose mandate (purpose) includes: International law international security economic development social progress human rights achievement of world peace The United Nations

Rights Scramble (Activity) I have a right to be myself in this room. I have a right to be safe in this room. I have a right to hear and be heard in this room. I have a right to learn about myself in this room. I have a right to be happy and to be treated with compassion in this room. Copy each right (in yellow) into your Social Studies and then match each behaviour to one of the rights. This means that I will be free to express my feelings and opinions without being interrupted or punished. This means that no one will yell, scream, shout, or make loud noises. This means that no one will hit me, kick me, push me, pinch me, hurt me. This means that no one will laugh at me or hurt my feelings. This means that no one will treat me unfairly because I am black or white, fat or thin, tall or short, boy or girl.

Video – Rights from the Heart (NFB - The National Film Board of Canada) Watch each video very closely! When each is finished… Identify which human rights (from the 30) are being infringed upon. (violated) Be prepared for questions.

To Do: 1.The 30 Universal Human Rights 2.Videos… “Rights from the Heart” 3.Rights Scramble 4.Poster… representing Human Rights

Assessment 4321 Social Studies SCO access the individual qualities and attributes Atlantic Canadians need to become contributing members of the global community (An awareness and appreciation for Human Rights ) English SCO 6.1 (Ability to Respond to viewing of videos...showing understanding and personal reaction) ( Respond in writing to videos.) English SCO 7.3 respond critically to various texts/videos in a variety of ways demonstrating meaning construction and understanding ( Respond in writing to videos.) English SCO 9.1 demonstrate facility in using a variety of forms of writing to create texts for specific purposes and audiences, and represent their ideas in other forms (including visual arts, posters)

Violations Human Rights Violations Check out the following human-rights-risk world map. What are the top 10 ranked countries each considered to have an extreme risk for human rights violations? Can you list 5 others? rights-risk-map-2011.jpg

- Slavery - sex trafficking - abortion- censorship laws - refugees- wrongful convictions - torture- domestic violence - child abuse- rape - child soldiers - child labour - discrimination - violence against women - imprisonment Slavery day_slavery.html day_slavery.html Social Injustice – TED Talk Just some examples of human rights violations:

Check out Amnesty International’s website… Click the Who We Are section and make a statement about Amnesty’s purpose and vision. Task: Please look over the list of human rights violations by topic Select the Refugees and Migrants category and watch the short video titled When You Don’t Exist 2. Select your own topic from this list that you are interested in, research it, and present your information in a 1 page Poster format. (see slide 17!)

What about The Holocaust? Check out the Holocaust clock below closely and consider the magnitude of this atrocity. What about abortion? Check out the abortion clock below closely. What about incidents of rape worldwide as a violation of human rights? Check out this chart / map on the topic of rape worldwide. More Human Rights Violations…

Social Justice Social Justice is defined as justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society.justicesocietysocial classes A socially just society both understands and values human rights, as well as recognizes the dignity of every human beinghuman rights

Here are two very recent examples of what some would feel are social injustices: 1. Please read the story about Philip Halliday below. This first link gives all the background information to his story… running/ running/ This second link gives some conclusion to the story… drug-case *Assuming he is innocent, was he treated justly? Is it a social injustice? (assuming he is innocent?) 2. To pay off Canada’s national debt, how would you feel if the Canadian Government announced that all individual savings in Canada’s banks would be taxed up to 10%? Check out this link… Fair? Would this outrage you? Is it a social injustice? bailout-a html

Here are several examples from Nova Scotia and Canada of what some would feel are social injustices : 3. Please read the news story about The Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children below. Halifax Chronicle Herald – Finally, an apology! 4. Please read the news story about Nova Scotia’s Residential Schools below. colored-children-apology-n-s-says-sorry-to-ex-residents recall-hunger-at-residential-school Fair? Injustice?

Human Rights and Social Justice View samples of infographics and data visualizations from the visual.ly website. Select a topic and create your own infographic and visualization of data to tell a story about your chosen topic. (see slide 10 for list of possible topics) You info-graphic is a visual ization that relies on text- features, graphics, colour, layout, etc. (see examples!!) Have fun creating this information art… we’ll be displaying them and then analysing all the other topics that get created by our classmates.

Assessment 4321 Social Studies SCO access the individual qualities and attributes Atlantic Canadians need to become contributing members of the global community (An awareness and appreciation for Social Injustice ) English SCO 5.1 independently access and select specific information to meet personal and learning needs − select, from a wide range, sources appropriate to their purposes − use the electronic network English SCO 7.2 demonstrate that print and media texts are constructed for particular purposes and particular audiences English SCO 10.3 experiment with the use of technology in communicating for a range of purposes with a variety of audiences