Primary Source Exemplar: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Social Science Unit (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- UDHR - Unit Outline
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- Keywords:
- Text-Based Discussion, Global Policy, Common Core Aligned, World History, Human Rights, Primary Source Exemplar, CCSS Assessments, International Affairs, US History, Text Based Resources
- Alignment:
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.10, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.2d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.2e, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.2f, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.10
- UDHR Lesson 1 - Deconstructing the UN UDHR
- UDHR Lesson 2A - Chronicling Human Rights Abuses Approaches
- UDHR Lesson 2 - Chronicling Human Rights Abuses
- UDHR Lesson 3 - Is A Universal Rubric Possible
- UDHR Lesson 4 - Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Support
- UDHR Lesson 5 - Mandela Speech Support
- Appendix - Intro to Reading Strategies in the Social Sciences
Summary
This document describes a series of lessons in the Social Sciences, all of which are tied to the exploration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a Primary Source Document. They are designed to be given to 9th or 10th grade students in a World History, Cultural Geography, or similar social science class. They are specifically designed to teach the Common Core Standards for Literacy in the Social Sciences, and to engage higher order thinking skills.