{"id":274,"date":"2010-05-06T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-11-07T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T21:05:06","slug":"two-thumbs-up-rating-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/2010\/05\/06\/two-thumbs-up-rating-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Thumbs Up: Rating Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following learning activity <\/a>can be used to spark discussion in class when used along with\u00a0\u201cRights Activism in China<\/strong>\u201d \u00a0by Ching Kwan Lee in \u00a0Contexts <\/em>Summer 2008.<\/p>\n

Below is a simplified list of the 30 human rights accorded to every human being in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \u00a0Place a \u201c+\u201d by the 5 human rights that you think are the most important and an \u201c-\u201d by the 5 rights that you think are the least important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Equality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from Discrimination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Life, Liberty, Personal Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from Slavery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Recognition as a Person before the Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Equality before the Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Remedy by Competent Tribunal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Fair Public Hearing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Free Movement in and out of the Country<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Marriage and Family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Own Property<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom of Belief and Religion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom of Opinion and Information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight of Peaceful Assembly and Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Participate in Government and in Free Elections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Social Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Rest and Leisure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Adequate Living Standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nRight to a Social Order that Articulates this Document<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nCommunity Duties Essential to Free and Full Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_________<\/td>\nFreedom from State or Personal Interference in the above Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Questions to consider:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Explain the rationale behind the rights you chose as most important and those that you listed as least important.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How do you think your culture impacts what you view as important human rights?<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Are there any rights that you think should be included that are not on this list?\u00a0 Are there any rights that you think are unnecessary?<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Does it seem like some rights are prioritized more than others today?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following learning activity can be used to spark discussion in class when used along with\u00a0\u201cRights Activism in China\u201d \u00a0by Ching Kwan Lee in \u00a0Contexts Summer 2008. Below is a simplified list of the 30 human rights accorded to every human being in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \u00a0Place a \u201c+\u201d by the 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[461,837,85],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-human-rights","tag-materials","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}