Below are 28 lessons that I have created and used to teach Human Rights for GCSE Citizenship.
The lessons can be taught as stand-alone lessons or lessons within a Human Rights scheme of work, which, if they are, are designed to be taught in the order they appear below.
Each lesson contains:
- Aims
- Objectives
- Learning Activities
- Resources.
Lesson contents:
- What are Human Rights?: 2 lessons
- Which rights do we want?: 1 lesson
- When rights clash: 2 lessons
- Rights versus responsibilities: 3 lessons
- Burma: 2 lessons
- Discrimination: 6 lessons
- Discrimination in Japan: 2 lessons
- Discrimination assessment: 1 lesson
- Legal Rights: 2 lessons
- Vote at 16? Oral assessment: 3 lessons
- Mock Parliament debate: 1 lesson
- Amnesty International: 3 lessons
Some of the lesson activities refer to pages in the Collins Edexcel GCSE textbook ‘Citizenship Today’ by Jenny Wales.
Lessons 1-2: What are Human Rights?
Aim. To understand the development of Human Rights and how they affect us.
Lesson 3: Which Rights Do We Want?
Aim: To hold a debate on the most important human rights.
Lessons 4-5: When Rights Clash.
Aim: To hold a debate discussing who should have the final say over rights.
Lessons 6-8: Rights versus Responsibilities.
Aim. To decide on which action to take when rights clash.
Lessons 9-10 Burma.
Aims: To investigate Human Rights issues in Burma.
To explore how Ben Hammond has raised money and awareness to highlight the issues.
To complete an investigation assessment based on Burma.
Lessons 11-16: Discrimination.
Aim: To examine who suffers from discrimination and investigate how it can be stopped: law or education.
Lesson 17-18: Discrimination in Japan.
Aim: To find examples of discrimination in Japan and suggest solutions.
Lesson 19: Discrimination Assessment.
Aim: To write two essays on different ways to eradicate discrimination, showing two sides to each issues with reasons and opinions.
Lesson 20-21: Legal Rights.
Aim: To find out how the law protects Human Rights and the age we receive certain legal rights.
Lessons 22-24: Votes at 16? An Oral Assessment.
Aim: To look at two sides and hold a debate on whether the age of voting should be reduced to 16.
Lesson 25: Mock Parliament Debate.
Aim: To debate a change in Legal rights.
Lesson 26-28: Amnesty International.
Aim. To raise awareness of the issues tackled by Amnesty International through a presentation.
Lesson 26-28: Amnesty International.
Aim. To raise awareness of the issues tackled by Amnesty International through a presentation.