1. Stories of Human Rights
ELA Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 10
Main Ideas in Informational Text:
Analyzing a Firsthand Human Rights Account for Connections to Specific Articles of the UDHR

2. Learning Targets
I can cite example of where human rights were upheld or challenged in “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote.”
I can explain how specific articles of the UDHR relate to this firsthand account.

3. The main focus of today is to find specific connections between this firsthand account (“Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote”) and the UDHR.
You Need:
UDHR Note-Catcher
“Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote”

4. Sorting Evidence: Relating Specific Passages in “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote” to UDHR Articles
You will get a bag with evidence strips.
Your challenge is to sort the evidence from the passage and match it with one of the articles in the UDHR.
1. Read each sentence strip.
2. Ask yourself:
What human right was being challenged?
What human right was being upheld?
Match the sentence strip with the article in the UDHR

5. Sorting Evidence: Relating Specific Passages in “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote” to UDHR Articles
You will get a bag with evidence strips.
Your challenge is to sort the evidence from the passage and match it with one of the articles in the UDHR.
1. Read each sentence strip.
2. Ask yourself:
What human right was being challenged?
What human right was being upheld?
3. Match the sentence strip with the article in the UDHR

6. Opinion Writing: What human right was upheld or challenged?
You will now have time on your own to practice supporting your point of view with reasons and information.
What human rights were upheld or challenged in “Teaching Nepalis to Read, Plant, and Vote”?
Name and describe specific examples of human rights being upheld or challenged.
Connect those challenges to specific article(s) of the UDHR.
Use evidence from the passage to explain how human rights were upheld or challenged.
Use complete sentences.