The document discusses human rights around the world. It begins by defining human rights as international standards established by the UN following World War II to protect dignity, equality, privacy, freedom of thought and opinion, health, education and other basic rights. However, many people still experience human rights violations like genocide, torture and unfair trials. The task of two student groups is to compare how well different parts of the world respect the UN Declaration of Human Rights. They will create a presentation on "Human Rights around the world; are we all equal?" that involves all 46 students in creative mediums like poems, videos, maps and costumes. Working collaboratively and leveraging their talents, the students aim to produce an informative and engaging

1. Human Rights Across the World Are we all equal?

2. What are Human Rights? Following World War II the UN was formed and one of its first tasks was to create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to help maintain world peace The UN represents all countries and so the Rights apply wherever and whoever you are They are international standards that give a legal and moral framework for democracy Can you think of any Rights which you think all humans should have?

3. What are they? Human Rights can be divided into 4 main categories: Personal rights – dignity and equality Rights of individual in society – privacy, movement, marriage Public freedom and political rights – freedom of thought and opinion Economic, cultural and social rights – health, education, leisure Link to full Declaration

4. Do all countries respect Human Rights? Unfortunately, many people in many different countries have experienced a violation of their human rights These violations include genocide, torture, slavery, rape, enforced sterilization, medical experimentation, deliberate starvation, war crimes, slave prostitution and unfair trials Link to Human Rights Watch

5. What is our Task? Our 2 groups are going to be doing a presentation to the rest of Dover Mini School at the end of this term Our topic is: “Human Rights around the world; are we all equal?”

6. Are we all equal? Unlike the other tutor groups, our focus will be on COMPARING how well different parts of the world respect the Declaration of Human Rights Which countries would make for a good comparison?

7. How will we present our findings? We have loads of options for how we present our findings: Which types of media interest you? poems story quiz Video diary collage movie Large annotated world map speech song drama Powerpoint leaflet costumes models posters

8. Who is going to do what? Every single one of the 46 of us will be involved in creating this presentation over the course of the next 4-5 weeks We therefore need to decide who is going to do what

9. How will we be successful? We will be successful because we are such quality, talented individuals Our presentation will be informative, fun, engaging and have that extra D9 and D5 touch!