Today's Class and Tonight's Homework - 02/24/15

AGENDA
Objective:  To begin to understand the ideas of human rights and activism.  

1.) JOURNAL:  Read First They Came, copy it into your journal and then respond to it.  After all of our work on the Holocaust and your lesson with Mr. Deshler yesterday, how can you connect to these words?  What rings true?  Is there anything going on in the world today or in our more recent history where these words would be appropriate?  This entry needs to be at least one page in length after you copy down the poem

2.) What are human rights?  (Click on where it says "The story of human rights" on the left hand side and watch the documentary).  Discuss your thoughts about this video at your tables.

Time to grab a laptop!  You will be doing a little self-exploration into the human rights (meaning that this is done INDIVIDUALLY and QUIETLY)

3.) Yesterday you were given the Declaration of Human Rights and asked to dialogue with it.  Choose four (ones that were unclear and you needed more information on and/or ones that caught your interest/attention), click this link, scroll down to the bottom, click on the right you are interested in and watch the little video for the right.  After each video, jot down your thoughts about the following:  Do you think this right needs to be updated?  Where in the world is this right not being granted?

4.) Champions of Human Rights:  Choose one activist from the list (other than Martin Luther King Jr.).  Would you consider this person a hero?  Why or why not?  If you wouldn't, would anyone?  What important work did they do?

5.) Agenda Books

HOMEWORK
1.) Whatever work is not finished from class, please make sure it is done for homework
2.) Bring your headphones to class tomorrow