2014 Role of United Nations and Universal Declaration of Human Rights Lesson Plan
Dates:
Academic A
Day One:
1. Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Working with your partner and using your graphic
organizer notes from the previous three lesson plans, complete the Main Idea Graphic
Organizer.
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In the THREE horizontal boxes, identify THREE different ideas that we have today that can
be traced back to the Age of Enlightenment:
o Equality
o Religious Freedom
o Human Rights
o Capitalism
o Importance of Education
o Democratic Structure of Government
o Etc…
Then in the THREE vertical boxes for each of the THREE different ideas, identify specific
examples of how you can see this Enlightenment idea, belief, or practice in present
American or global society.
DO NOT REPEAT!
2. Class: Have the some of the pairs share their ideas. Discuss which they think is most
important and why. Transition to the creation of the United Nations.
3. Class: To introduce us to the United Nations, we are going to watch a few film clips from You
Tube. As we do, you are to take notes in the provided United Nations Graphic Organizer. You
should take notes in EITHER PENCIL, BLACK, OR BLUE PEN.
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“The United Nations: It's Your World” by United Nations with running time of 6:51
minutes
“Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” by jcsolomon1 with
running time of 9:59 minutes
4. Individual: For the rest of class, read the following pages in the class textbook and add to your
United Nations Graphic Organizer Notes. You should take the Textbook Notes in EITHER RED,
ORANGE, PINK, OR PURPLE PEN.
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“Universal Declaration of Human Rights” page 145
“Creation and Role of United Nations” pages 1048-1049
“The UN Millennium Development Goals” Infographics Primary Source page 1052
5. Homework: Continue to work on your Age of Enlightenment A through Z Review Summative
Assessment following the chunking.
Day Two:
6. Class: The teacher is going to begin the United Nations PowerPoint, and you should add to
the You Tube and Textbook notes in the graphic organizer. You should take notes in EITHER
PENCIL, BLACK, OR BLUE PEN.
7. Homework: Continue to work on your Age of Enlightenment A through Z Review Summative
Assessment following the chunking.
Day Three:
8. Class: The teacher will finish the United Nations PowerPoint, and you should finish adding to
the You Tube and Textbook notes. You should take notes in EITHER PENCIL, BLACK, OR BLUE
PEN.
9. Pairs: We will be using the Jigsaw Method. You will be assigned one of the Case Studies to
read and fill out the H-O-H DISCUSSION SHEET on. You will be teaching the information to
your classmates.
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H-O-H stands for Hands-On-History Activity. The objective is to help you feel comfortable with
reading, analyzing, and discussing intelligently historical issues through different types of
supplemental historical readings.
I want to see evidence throughout the Case Study that you have engaged in Active Reading
Strategies----you have underlined or highlighted key passages.
Your comments, questions, and connections should be on the H-O-H Discussion Sheet.
You should be having an “intellectual conversation” with the supplemental reading.
a) Case Study Three: Human Rights
b) Case Study Four: Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity
10. Homework: Continue to work on your Age of Enlightenment A through Z Review Summative
Assessment following the chunking. It is due:_________________________________.
Day Four:
11. Groups: You are going to be broken up into groups with a Case Study Three Human Rights Pair
being matched up with a Case Study Four Genocide and Other Crimes Against Humanity Pair.
You will be teaching each other the material and adding to your H-O-H DISCUSSION SHEET
NOTES.
12. Groups: Once both pairs have finished their presentation, your group will then take the CLASS
SET OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS and breakdown how the different
ideas of the Age of Enlightenment are found in the articles.
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You will do this in the last part of the United Nations Graphic Organizer.
You will either take a DIRECT QUOTE or PARAPHRASE from the Preamble and the Articles.
Then make connections between that and what we have learned about the Age of
Enlightenment.
YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN!
Universal Declarations of Human Rights Aspect
---Quotes From Preamble
----Articles Summarized
Specific Enlightenment Connection Explained
----Main Belief or Key Idea of Enlightenment or
Specific Philosophe and Belief
----Main Belief or Key Idea of Enlightenment or
Specific Philosophe and Belief
13. Homework: Finish the A through Z Review Summative Assessment. It is due the next class
period.
Day Five:
14. Class: The A through Z Review Summative Assessment will be collected.
15. Groups: Finish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Enlightenment Connections
Activity.
16. Homework: Get your notebook in order, revise all work, make sure complete. It is due the
next class period when you will be taking the Objective Unit Test.