1. Stories of Human Rights
ELA Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 3
Vocabulary:
Human Rights

2. Do Now
Quick Write:
What do you do when you read a word that you do not know the meaning?

3. Learning Targets
I can use context clues to help me determine the meaning of words.
I can draw visuals to represent human rights vocabulary words.
I can write to help me deepen my understanding about human rights.

4. Background on the UDHR
Human rights is a big idea. There are a lot of words and concepts we don’t know or understand associated with this concept. Today we will take a deeper look at words that will help us understand more about human rights. We will do this by practicing ways to figure out what new words mean.

5. Background on the UDHR “Background on the UDHR” (excerpt)
1. Follow along as I read.
2. Read the text on your own.
- As you read, think “what is the main idea?”
3. Share with your partner about what you understand and what still confuses you.

6. Rereading, Using Context Clues, and Making Flash Cards
There are a lot of difficult words in this short text. We are going to practice finding the meaning of new vocabulary from the context (what’s around the unknown word).
Read the text again. This time underline any words you think are important to help understand what this text means.

7. Rereading, Using Context Clues, and Making Flash Cards
Rights for all members of the human family were first articulated in 1948 in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Articulated:
1. What part of speech is this word?
- a verb, an action word
2. What thing was articulated?
- rights, the UDHR
3. What could have happened with the rights in 1948?
- they were though of, someone wrote them down
4. What does articulated mean?
- clearly stated or said

8. Rereading, Using Context Clues, and Making Flash Cards
In your Vocabulary Packet:
Draw a picture that helps you remember the meaning of the word articulated.
Write a sentence using the word.

9. Rereading, Using Context Clues, and Making Flash Cards
Which other words in this text would be most important to help us know more about human rights and the UDHR?
horrific
amid
grinding
sought
aspirations
entitled
terrible
with or in
really bad or intense
looked, wanted to
positive wishes for the future
deserves

10. Exit Ticket
Think about how figuring out the meanings of words in the “Background on the UDHR” helped you to understand the text.
Use this sentence frame to complete your thoughts:
The first time read this I thought _________ , but now I know_____________.