LESSON 3: What are human rights? Grades 5 to 8

It is an essential lesson in scaffolding knowledge for all grades.

Lesson Objectives:

• To understand what human rights are
• To understand the historical context of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

Curriculum Expectations:

Grade 5 Social Studies

• evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about social and/or environmental issues, outlining the strengths and weaknesses of different perspectives on the issues
• B2.6 communicate the results of their inquiries, using appropriate vocabulary

Grade 5 Language

• R1.4 demonstrate understanding of a variety of texts by summarizing important ideas and citing supporting details
• R1.5 use stated and implied ideas in texts to make inferences and construct meaning

Grade 6 Social Studies

• B2.1 formulate questions to guide investigations into global issues of political, social, economic, and/or environmental importance
• B2.2 gather and organize information on global issues of political, social, economic, and/or environmental importance, including their impact and responses to them, using a variety of resources and various technologies
• B2.5 evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about global issues of political, social, economic, and/or environmental importance, their impact on the global community, and responses to the issues

Grade 6 Language

• R1.4 demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex texts by summarizing and explaining important ideas and citing relevant supporting details
• R1.5 develop interpretations about texts using stated and implied ideas to support their interpretations

Grade 7 Language

• R1.4 demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex texts by summarizing important ideas and citing a variety of details that support the main idea
• R1.5 develop and explain interpretations of increasingly complex or difficult texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretations

Grade 8 Geography

• B2.1 formulate questions to guide investigations into issues related to global development and quality of life from a geographic perspective
• B2.2 gather and organize data and information from a variety of sources and using various technologies to investigate issues related to global development and quality of life from a geographic perspective
• B2.5 evaluate evidence and draw conclusions about issues related to global development and quality of life
• B3.1 identify and describe the significance of several indicators that are commonly used to measure quality of life on a global scale