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Introductory explorations!

Print out this pdf, and see if you (and a partner if you wish) can match up the rights on the left , with the responsibilities on the right.     

 

See if your classmates agree!

 

 

New words: right, responsibility, values, morals, ethics, cultures

1.What rights & responsibilities exist in your classroom?

6. THE SLAVE TRADE

Find out how the slave trade worked, what happened once slave ships landed in America and the extent of suffering that slaves had to endure. Finally, you’ll learn how and when things started to change...

 

8. BULLYING

Bullying can make people miserable. But what can you do?

 

Watch this video for advice

4.                Check out           this  awesome video. Warning: you may even get a lump in your throat...  On August 28, 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his most famous speech. The words live on: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character." Watch the whole speech here, just as it was delivered on that stirring occasion.

The key insights: think beyond medicine and fix the local environment. In this sparky, interactive talk, Pholeros describes projects undertaken by Healthabitat, the organization he now runs to help reduce poverty—through practical design fixes—in Australia and beyond..

7. How to reduce poverty? Fix homes

3. HELP! YOUR MISSION: CHOOSE THE MISSING RIGHTS

 

Complete this hands-on activity to learn more about human rights. Click on each building in Freeville and decide which is the missing right!

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2.  Do humans have the right to manipulate or create creatures any way we want?

For example, we are already using animals and organisms as living factories, to produce things such as special milk, or drugs that we need for humans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch this video to see some of the animals we have cloned or genetically engineered; as you watch it, think carefully and deeply about rights and responsibilities. and jot down any important thoughts or questions you have after watching this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a sample reaction from Shikkashilo Crystallis,posted on the TED site in 2013:

"Using living hosts to produce our chemicals, in a society where veganism and animal rights is a growing trend?... I dont think so."

9. IT’S MY LIFE!

Choose from the many games here, from “Mum’s left you in charge of the house”, to “Rumour Control”. Think about what rights and responsibilities are involved.

 5. CIVIL RIGHTS

Ever asked yourself what difference it makes if a person's skin or eye shape oreven face shape is different

to yours?

Did you know that that in the past, black people n the USA were not allowed in the same buses, restaurants, swimming pools, even public toilets, as white people?

Find out MORE about civil rights and Dr Martin Luther King here.

Then try the quiz and the

"FYI" on this site!

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