29/11/2010

Project 4: Should we do away with Human Rights?

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS







WRITE A POST ON YOUR SPACE entitled HUMAN RIGHTS

0. Take the Quiz: do you know about rights? what's your score?
1. What are human rights?
2. When did human rights start?
3. Why were they created?
4. How many human rights are there?
5. Which human right were you not familiar with?
6. Choose one human right and discuss:
- Watch the video of your human right 
- Is it fully respected in your country today? Justify with news, comments, studies on the subject (cite the links of your information sources)
- Do you know if it has been respected in the past? Why or why not?
-Where in the world is this right not complied with? Check here
7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today?  why?

LINKS for help
Universal declaration of Human Rights
Human right videos
Human rights watch: news from the Human Rights perspective
Human Rights in the world: United Nations
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