CONNECTIONS 7.1Human Rights in the Arabic Speaking Countries

Essential Questions

What are human rights? What is the UN Universal Declaration of

Human Rights? What are the human rights issues in

Arabic-speaking cultures?

Focus

In groups of 4, come up with a definition of “human rights” and give examples. Create a list of words that describe human rights. Be prepared to share you work and to post your poster on the wall!!

Activating

The Story of Human Rights http://youtu.be/oh3BbLk5UIQ The Story of Human Rights Activity Sheet Class discussion……focus on last two questions in detail!

Compare/Contrast posters with video See Website- Understanding Human Rights http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/about/understa

nding.asp Universal Declaration of Human Rights-Plain Language

version http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plain.

asp Which items of your chart paper are on the UN’S List?

Which are missing? As you have studied the Arabic-speaking countries so

far, can you identify any human rights issues?

Connecting

Human Rights Violations You will be provided with the worksheet

Human Rights Analysis . Read 4 of the 5 articles listed below and complete the analysis sheet listing the article, country, and at least 2 human rights violations according to the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

Outrage Over Syria’s Shoot to Kill Policy http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/20

11/05/2011526172014724260.html Syria: New Call Over Human Rights http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-

15785798 Amnesty International: Human Rights

Abuses in Egypt http

://www.haartz.com/news//middle-east/amnesty-international-human-rights-abuses-worse-than-under-mubarak-1.397022

Walker: Human Rights Group Suspect Revenge Killing in Libya

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-08-28/Human-rights-group-suspects-revenge-killings-in-Libya/50166344/1

World Report 2010: United Arab Emirates http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-re

port-2012-united-arab-emirates

Summarizing

Read the following article and reflect on your thoughts of the article in your Journal.

Human Rights Irony for the US and the Arab World

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201182114309779831.html