1. CHILDREN’S RIGHTS Objectives You will be able to identify and define basic human rights and Analyze the importance of human rights in our world

2. What are Human Rights??? The rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, just for simply existing as a human.

3. Do Children Have Special Rights? YES! the right to survive the right to develop the right to be protected from harm the right to participate 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This was the first treaty specifically concerned with the rights of childrenUN Convention on the Rights of the Child The Convention created a new vision of children as bearers of rights and responsibilities appropriate to their age rather than viewing them as the property of their parents or the helpless recipients of charity.

4. What are your rights? On left hand side of notebook write a list of your rights.

5. Think Pair Share What are some rights that you have but others do not? 1.Two minutes to think alone 2.Two minutes to discuss with a partner 3.Class discussion