Human rights

LESSON 1, TIME: 3 LESSONS LESSON 1, TIME: 3 LESSONS Task 1 Task 1 AIM: Introduce the concept of human rights. AIM: Introduce the concept of human rights. Teacher reads the metaphorical text about human rights, he encourages students to think and talk with questions: Teacher reads the metaphorical text about human rights, he encourages students to think and talk with questions: Can you define human rights? Can you define human rights? How do you explain what they are? How do you explain what they are?

Task 2: Group work Task 2: Group work The teacher gives students the paper with a list of children's rights. Students in small groups choose 9 children's rights which they think are important for them. After that, they briefly describe contents of every right on the paper and create the list of most important children's rights. The teacher gives students the paper with a list of children's rights. Students in small groups choose 9 children's rights which they think are important for them. After that, they briefly describe contents of every right on the paper and create the list of most important children's rights.

They make a poster with children's rights. They make a poster with children's rights.

Task 3: Class debate Task 3: Class debate Every group explains their list of most important children's rights. Then students discuss about importance of children's rights. Every group explains their list of most important children's rights. Then students discuss about importance of children's rights.

LESSON 2, TIME: 6 LESSONS LESSON 2, TIME: 6 LESSONS AIM: To introduce students with human rights, encourage them to think about violating and conducting those rights in community. AIM: To introduce students with human rights, encourage them to think about violating and conducting those rights in community. Task 1: Individual assignment outside the classroom Task 1: Individual assignment outside the classroom The students study the text of Universal declaration of human rights from Then they read short story: Slavko Kolar, Breza. The assignment is to recognize what human rights are violated in that story. The students study the text of Universal declaration of human rights from Then they read short story: Slavko Kolar, Breza. The assignment is to recognize what human rights are violated in that story. ( The story is about young girl Janica who lives in Slavonian village with her husband Marko and his parents, brothers and their wifes. She must work hard all the time, and when she became ill, no one didn't want get to the doctor for 5 weeks and she died because of that.) ( The story is about young girl Janica who lives in Slavonian village with her husband Marko and his parents, brothers and their wifes. She must work hard all the time, and when she became ill, no one didn't want get to the doctor for 5 weeks and she died because of that.)

In class, the students discuss about their conclusions. In class, the students discuss about their conclusions.

Task 2: Role plays – COURTROOM Task 2: Role plays – COURTROOM The students choose their roles and prepare for courtroom: Marko, Janica's husband will be convicted for Janica's death. The students choose their roles and prepare for courtroom: Marko, Janica's husband will be convicted for Janica's death.

Task 3: COURTROOM: - policeman & accused

COURTROOM: - judge, witness – accused person`s father, acussed and his defender acussed and his defender

COURTROOM: - accuser and jury

COURTROOM: - judge and and accused person`s grandmother

COURTROOM: - judge and accused person`s neighbor

COURTROOM: - judge and accused person`s mother

COURTROOM: - judge and accused person`s friend

COURTROOM: - judge gives a verdict

COURTROOM: - he is sentenced to a 20 year prison term

Task 4: Written assignment Task 4: Written assignment Each student writes an individual essay: „Human rights in my community“. Each student writes an individual essay: „Human rights in my community“.