UNIT 1: Human Rights Video Lesson

I. The Story of Human Rights (10 min video)

1945   90  30   slaves  Eleanor Roosevelt    religion    Natural Law    equal    Natural Rights   Gandhi  optional     discrimination   individual

1. Why is answering what are HR so difficult for people?

Human Rights: How we instinctively expect to be treated equally. They apply to everyone and so are universal. The UN has recognized _______ HR.

Cyrus the Great: Cyrus’ cylinder announced all ________were free and freedom of_______. His ideas spread to India, Greece and Rome. The Romans adopted this into their “___________”. This later influenced England’s Magna Carta.

1776- British rebels formed a new country and announced “All men created_________” (The US Constitution)

French Revolution: Natural Law becomes “__________________”

1915: ____________ fights the British Empire in India and said, “All people, not just Europeans have human rights

WW1 + WW2+ ______ million people died.

___________ : The UN (United Nations) formed to reaffirm faith in HR and dignity of all people. The UN’s Universal Declaration of HR was helped formed by the leadership of_______________.

Problems: There is the right to food and shelter, so do 1 in 5 children die of hunger? Or 27 million enslaved? The force of law to enforce these rights are___________.

Who will make words on paper reality?

The examples of : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.              Mandela              Gandhi

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the _______ person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without___________. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerned citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

II. In China You Disappear (8 min.)

1. Who is the narrator?

2. What is her job?

3. Why does she say people in China are like animals?

4. Why is being a HR activist in China dangerous?

5. July 2015: China ________on HR lawyers, family members. At least _______ have been detained, arrested or prevented from leaving China.

6. What happened to Wang Yu in July?

7. What was her last case?

8. What did the prosecutors decide to do?_________ Why?

9. Why is she handing out copies of the law on the protection of women and girls?

10. How did the public react? How did the school react?

11. Why did the parents eventually revoke their cases?

III. Taiwan Foreign Workers Protest (3 min.)

1. Who is protesting?

2. Why are they protesting?

IV. THINKING

1. How do you feel about living in Taiwan as a Taiwanese after watching these videos? What or who are you responsible for?

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