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THEME 3 HUMAN RIGHTS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Expressing ideas on human rights (gender equality, children rights…)
12 GRADE F2 Making suggestions
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F3 Discussing problems
5 Spread The Word!

This activity aims to have students express their ideas on human rights (gender equality, children rights…).

Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up the material on page 62.
You will need four envelopes.

Procedure

1 Divide students into four groups. Put the cards you have copied and cut up in the envelopes (three
for each). Ask each group to take an envelope.
2 Tell groups that they are supposed to create advertisements of the rights for young people. They
should use narration, drama, posters and slogans to reflect the importance of the rights they have
picked.
3 Ask groups to act out their advertisements, and tell the other ones to guess the rights.
4 After all the groups have finished their presentations, display the posters on the classroom walls.

6 Needs or Wants?

This activity aims to help students to differentiate needs from wants and make them think about the
relationship between human needs and human rights.

Materials and Preparation
Photocopy the instruction worksheet on page 63 and cut it into three separate, Group A, Group B and
Group C. Print out and cut up the Blank Cards. Make sure that each group in the class has a set of
20 blank cards. Photocopy the worksheet on page 64 for each group. You may print out the 30 Basic
Human Rights List and the Summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child from the links
below, and attach them to the wall of the classroom.
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/01/Summary-
of-the-UNCRC.pdf

Procedure
1 As a warm up activity, encourage students to discuss the difference between ‘needs’ and ‘wants’.
2 Divide students into groups of three, and hand out a set of blank cards and the instruction worksheet
for each group.
3 Ask each group to write one item on each card that they think children/young people/the elderly
need or want to be healthy and happy individuals.
4 When they have completed the task, ask them to sort the cards into ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ with their
group members.
5 Encourage students to discuss the given questions in ‘Exercise A’ with their classmates.
6 Finally, tell students that they will read the given text to discuss the following question with their
classmates. Encourage them to share their ideas with the whole class.

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