Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Write a journal entry defining what rights we have as humans and how those rights could be taken away or suppressed. In Would-Be Opposition Party Arrested in Chinese Crackdown. Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and write a brief reflective essay comparing and contrasting this official declaration to those created in class.
Students then share their answers, and the teacher writes their responses on the board.
Divide students into small groups. Students should first brainstorm their ideas on a sheet of paper and may refer to the notes on the board from the journal responses. When all groups are finished, each group should present their ideas, discussing the rationale behind each. The class should then compare their lists and discuss common trends as well as differences. Students should share their answers in a future class.