Human Rights KS3 Citizenship

A ready to use introductory lesson on Human Rights, aimed at KS3.
The lesson includes 60 minutes worth of content and teaching activities that encourages collaborative learning, critical thinking and debate, leaving the teacher with very little to do!

The lesson teaches students about human rights by requiring students to question the difference between wants and needs. The lesson introduces the creation of the UDHR and HRA through video and by requires student to create their own knowledge organiser through targeted questioning. Introducing terms such as ‘Collective Consciousness’ and ‘Equality’. Students then must debate whether rights should be automatic or earned by working collaboratively to debate and justify arguments for both side, before confirming their majority vote. For example ‘Should prisoners be allowed to have rights or should they earn them back by doing good’? The lesson teaches itself and is very adaptable and easy to use, particularly for ECT and Non-specialists.

Students are finally tasked with selecting a human right to research to create an informative, yet structured poster, detailing what the right means in practical everyday life for citizens.

Learning Intentions:
-I can differentiate between wants and needs
-I can evaluate whether rights should be automatic entitlements or whether they should be taken away and from whom
-I can create informative material about human rights demonstrating my knowledge and understanding of rights in everyday context

What’s included:
-PowerPoint- 5 slides
-Resources-HR Knowledge Organiser, Human Rights Debate Sheets, Human Rights Info sheets (all made using Publisher) Wants and Needs Cards (made on PPT)

High quality resources, the activities teach resilience, independent study and collaborative learning, which aids lower ability students. The Powerpoint includes teacher notes, suggested questioning and strategy as well as timings for each task. Assessment for learning opportunities are embedded and the final task can be used as an assessment piece of work/display work.

The pedagogy behind this lesson is tried and tested and has had great success in schools in the Northwest.

Not for resale, once bought must not be shared, copied/edited then sold on. Check terms of Tes licence.