Introducing our blog!

Posted on February 16, 2015December 21, 2018 by

Our Teaching Human Rights Database has been up and running for a couple of months and we are populating both our syllabus as well as our lesson plan collection. This blog will add reflections of instructors that allow us to contextualize the nuts and bolts of our database. Giving examples of how assignments went, how we go about implementing certain activities, how we write rubrics, or how we plan a class – this blog will be the place for us to share our thoughts and receive feedback from you, our readers!

If you are interested in reading more about our work, see this essay on Human Rights as an “interdiscipline”: http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/10695.

We are looking forward to starting this conversation and growing a network for all of us who teach Human Rights across the curriculum. If you would like to write a guest blog post, contact us.

New Lesson Plans

Posted on February 12, 2015December 21, 2018 by

This is a chronological list of all lesson plans. Sort lesson plans according to category or keyword in the right hand menu. See a list of all lesson plans, under Browse All Lesson Plans.

Women’s Rights as Human Rights

Posted on November 21, 2014December 21, 2018 by

The lesson is designed to introduce students to theoretical concepts and debates important for the practice of women’s rights as human rights.

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Law, Society, and Human Rights

Posted on October 8, 2014December 21, 2018 by

In this assignment students will be able to integrate ideas from Law and Society to the problems involved in the study and implementation of human rights.

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Human Rights and Animal Rights

Posted on October 8, 2014December 21, 2018 by

In this activity students will investigate what makes something a “human right” by questioning whether animals have human rights.

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Examining the Impact of Perpetrator Narratives on the Quest for Truth and Justice

Posted on September 25, 2014December 21, 2018 by Buerger Catherine

In this activity, students will use the book, The Flight: Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior, to identify and assess the various impacts that personal narratives can have on restorative and retributive justice efforts.

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Persepolis and Women’s Rights

Posted on September 4, 2014December 21, 2018 by

In this lesson, students reflect on the topic of women’s rights in the Middle East, compare a news article to the Iranian graphic novel Persepolis and recognize biases/constructions in media.

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24 and the Ticking Time Bomb

Posted on May 14, 2014December 21, 2018 by

In this lesson, students interpret the TV show 24 and its use and justifications of torture. The lesson was designed for an introduction to human rights class. The lesson is possible at any stage of the semester and can be included in any class dealing with media and human rights or torture or introductory human rights classes. Students will interpret one or two episodes of the show, investigate arguments used for torture within their show and recognize that torture can never be justified.

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