The document discusses how concepts of human rights and justice have evolved over time and differed across places. It outlines several key periods in the evolution of human rights: in ancient societies rights were tied to one's social group; during feudal times rights were only afforded to those in power; the Enlightenment era saw the emergence of beliefs in universal and natural rights; and the 19th-20th centuries brought expanded rights movements addressing slavery, women's suffrage, and more. The document also notes factors like a place's resources, social groups, economy, and technology can impact the development of human rights and justice norms in that location.

1. Evolution of Human Rights &
Justice in Time and Place

2. Welcome Back!
Warm Up  Name two rights that
you have as an American citizen
CLUES:
*right to…
*freedom of…

3. Welcome Back!
Warm Up  Name two rights that you have as an American
citizen
CLUES:
*right to…
*freedom of…
When were these rights granted?
Have they always been guaranteed?

4. Essential Question
To what extent do the concepts of
human rights and justice differ over
time and place?

5. Essential Question
To what extent do the concepts of
human rights and justice differ over
time and place?
Justice:
the concept that a
treatment is “fair” or
“equitable”

6. Essential Question
To what extent do the concepts of
human rights and justice differ over
time and place?
Justice:
the concept that a
Human rights:
treatment is “fair” or
A right that is believed
“equitable”
to belong justifiably to
every person.

7. Agenda
1) Powerpoint: Evolution of human rights
through time and place
2) Gallery Walk
3) Summary & Review
4) Exit Ticket: Journal Entry on today’s essential
question

8. Human Rights/Justice through
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I exist!

9. Human Rights/Justice through
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I should
I exist!
have rights

10. Human Rights/Justice through
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They should
I should have
I exist! have rights,
rights
too! (I think..)

11. Human Rights/Justice through
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They should have
I exist! I should have rights
rights, too! (I think..)
Write this!
Steps of Human Rights/Justice Evolution:
1.Self-identification: Identifying self from society
2. Self-Autonomy: desire for freedom/rights
3. Group Awareness: Desire to extend human rights/justice
to others **necessary for human rights/justice to expand!

12. Human Rights through PLACE
How does place influence human rights and
justice? Consider:
-France, Portugal and Britain banned slavery in
their own countries before 1830, but allowed
slavery for nearly 50 more years in their
colonies/territories. Why?
-Post colonial nations such as South Africa have
had recent human rights movements. Why?

13. Human Rights/Justice through
PLACE
Factors of place that impact human
rights/justice movements:
-Environment: areas with finite and/or valuable
resources have established social networks of
haves/have nots
-Social Groups: rival ethnic groups in a small
area lend to restrictive social constructs
-Economy: is the status quo cheaper?
-Technology: exposure to the outside world

14. • What are • What are the steps in the
human rights? evolution of human
• rights/justice
• beliefs?
The Evolution
Human Rights of
Rights/Justice
Human
Rights/Justice Place
across time
• How has the • What factors of place
concept of impact human
rights differed rights/justice?
across time?

15. Guided Practice: Gallery Walk
through issues in time and
place
Directions:
1. Take your graphic organizer and approach
one of the slides (limit: 3 people per placard)
2. Complete the graphic organizer for that slide
3. You’ll have 4 minutes on the clock at each
placard. Listen for the bell!
4. Move clockwise & talk on task

16. Summarize and Review
• In which time period was Hammurabi’s code?
• What was a change brought about during the
Enlightenment?
• What was an key tenet/concept of human
rights movements in the 1800’s?
• What event(s) impacted human rights/justice
developments of the 1900s?

17. Summarize & Review: Human
Rights/Justice Concepts through
TIME
Ancient Society – emergence of individuals
1200’s-1600’s - Feudalism – rights given by God,
to those who have them (monarchy)
1700’s - Enlightenment – belief that rights are
given by God to all
1800’s – Individual personhood and rights to
quality of life were challenged
Modern Era – Extending rights throughout
world, civil and feminist rights movements,

18. Summarize & Review:
Human Rights/Justice Concepts
through PLACE
--Do you notice any trends in PLACE as we
examine the concepts of human rights and
justice?

19. Human Rights/Justice Concepts
through PLACE
--Do you notice any trends in PLACE as we
examine the concepts of human rights and
justice?
Human rights/justice movements take place more readily in
established countries, e.g. England.
Examples: *Slavery banned in Portugal, England, etc before
America
Human rights/justice concepts evolve more quickly in areas
where the economy, technology, social groups, and
government are receptive to such change.
*

20. Exit Ticket: Social Studies Journal
Take out your journals
In your journal, record your answer to today’s
essential question. Options:
1) Write a well-constructed response of no
less than 5 sentences
2) Create a graphic timeline that shows
both time AND place

22. Human Rights/Justice through
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Ancient Society
*Rights of individuals did not exist outside of
rights of group
*concept of “justice” based on cultural context–
where and with whom they lived
ex: Hammurabi’s Code in Babylon (“eye for an eye”)
*Greece: by 800BC sense of self emerging in
Greek thought (philosophers such as Plato)

23. Human Rights/Justice through
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The Feudal Era
*Rights of individuals are recognized to exist,
but are only available to some (those in power)
based on divine right
*very little basis to challenge human
rights/justice issues
*England: Magna Carta 1200s: granted certain
protections to all people

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The Enlightenment (1700s)
*concept of individual freedom was explored--
freedoms of speech, religion, government etc.
*previous trains of thought regarding right to rule
(God given right” of monarchies) were replaced by
belief that God has given all men rights
*the belief that all men were created equal was
basis of French and American Revolutions
(1770s/1780s)

25. Human Rights through TIME
The Enlightenment (1700s-1800s)
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.
—United States Declaration of
Independence, 1776
Early example of human rights – rights given based
on sheer existence as a human

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1800s-1900s - The debate over slavery &
suffrage:
*Until this point, in democratic societies, rights
were granted to white men
*Individual personhood AND quality of life
became an important element of social
justice/human rights’ movements
*Movements in the 1800s sought to extend
rights to minorities and women

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1800s-1900s - The debate over slavery & suffrage:
*The gradual worldwide ban of slavery took place
from 1595 (Poland) to formal abolishment across
Africa in the 1970’s
*The abolition movement (activists wanting to
end slavery) became widespread in the 1800’s
*Slavery was banned in the US in 1865
*The right of women to vote was established
starting in 1798 (Sweden) and is an ongoing issue in
countries in the Middle East
*The US… 1920

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1900’s – Present: International Comparisons
and Collaborations
*World Wars I & II and the Holocaust allowed
global comparisons of how others were treated
*Human rights were recognized as universal;
individuals and countries were
motivated to protect rights of others

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1900’s – Present: International Comparisons and
Collaborations
*The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
in 1948 is the basis for international protection of
rights
*Current areas the UN addresses: Women’s rights
& freedoms, genocide, right to food, freedom of
thought,

30. Human Rights/Justice through
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1900’s – Present: International Comparisons and
Collaborations
*Post colonial societies (America, Australia, South
Africa, India)– civil rights movements to protect
the rights/justice of minorities and indigenous
peoples
*Certain areas of the world are targeted by the UN
to improve the status of human rights
*Ex: North Korea, restrictive government
(blocks out Internet) to prevent social
uprising

31. • All human beings are born free and equal in
dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards
one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• —Article 1 of the United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)[9]