Human rights violations in our world

Introduction

Human rights exist, as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the entire body of international human rights law. They are recognized—at least in principle—by most nations and form the heart of many national constitutions. Yet the actual situation in the world is far distant from the ideals envisioned in the Declaration.

To some, the full realization of human rights is a remote and unattainable goal. Even international human rights laws are difficult to enforce and pursuing a complaint can take years and a great deal of money. These international laws serve as a restraining function but are insufficient to provide adequate human rights protection, as evidenced by the stark reality of abuses perpetrated daily.

Task

After you complete all the steps of the process, you will make a comic at www.toondoo.com 

Your comic must contain the following:

- At least three layouts

- It must show a violation of ONE human right in any country

- It must show a solution to the violation

- It must promote the respect of that human right

You are NOT allowed to copy the comic from any other existing comic, or you will loose all the points assigned for this activity (20% of your final grade).

Your comic will be uploaded to the school platform along with all the activities you must complete in the process section.

Process

IN PAIRS:

1. Watch a brief history of human rights and make a timeline of the most relevant events

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3BbLk5UIQ

2. Watch the video about human rights. Write down the list of human rights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QeYY-lbiUQ

3. Read the violation of human rights at these webpages:

http://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/violations-of-human-ri…

INDIVIDUALLY:

4. Choose one of those violated human rights or any other you want to represent. Draw a sketch or write a description of the comic you want to make.

5. Go to http://www.toondoo.com/ and create your comic (remember to include all the elements described in the "Task" section.

6. Upload your comic to the school platform.

Evaluation

CATEGORY	EXCELLENT	VERY GOOD	GOOD	BAD
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Organization	Content is well organized using clear and representative images	The overall organization of topics appears flawed	Content is logically organized for the most part	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just unrelated images.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the content	Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to content	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the content	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from content
Draft	Comic draft was completed and handed in on time	--	Comic draft was not quite completed but handed in on time	Comic draft was not completed nor handed in on time
Process tasks	Process tasks were completed and handed in on time	--	--	Process tasks were not completed nor handed in on time
Language use	There are no vocabulary nor grammar mistakes in neither comic nor process tasks	There are minimal vocabulary and grammar mistakes in comic and process tasks	There are some vocabulary and grammar mistakes in comic and process tasks	There are many vocabulary and grammar mistakes in comic and process tasks

Conclusion

Self-evaluation

Answer all the following questions. Upload this to the platform as well.

1. What did I do in class today?

2.What did I learn? - There’s alwayssomething!

3. What did I findmostinteresting? - “Nothing”is not an acceptable answer.

4. What questions do I have about what I learned?

5. What was the point of today’s lesson?

6. What connections can I make to previous learning?