Human Rights Violations
HUMAN RIGHTS
The rights that are considered by most societies to belong automatically to all people, including the rights to justice, freedom, and equality. |
GENOCIDE
The killing of all the people from an ethnic group, religious group, or people from a specific nation. |
ETHNIC CLEANSING
The removal of people of a specific ethnic group by means of genocide, terror, or forced expulsion. |
Overview:
Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.
Since the Holocaust, human rights violations have generated worldwide attention and concern. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights has provided a set of principles to guide efforts to protect threatened groups and has served as a lens through which historical occurrences of oppression can be evaluated.
Unit Essential Question:
How have people's human rights been violated in the 20th century?
How have people's human rights been violated in the 20th century?
Lesson #1: Holocaust Museum
Why is it important to remember the Holocaust? |
Lesson #2: Holocaust
Why is it important that we never forget the Holocaust? |
Lesson #3: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What is the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights? |
Lesson #4: Cambodia
What are the differences and similarities between the Genocide in Cambodia and other Human Rights Violations? |
Lesson #5: Rwanda
How did the Rwandan Genocide impact the people of Rwanda and the world? |
Lesson #6: Darfur
Does the crisis in Darfur classify as genocide, and if so, is the world responsible to intervene? |
Lesson #7: Bosnia
What was the international response to the Bosnian Genocide? |
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