Human+Rights+Unit

=__Human Rights Unit__=

Introduction
I created this unit for a previous graduate class, KSP 624, to show my understanding of how Unit Menus can help differentiate assessment options that utilize technology. I revised the Unit Menu project options to more explicitly require students to use tutorials on our class Wiki and to share their final products with their classmates on their own Wiki pages (see Student Wiki Projects Introduction for more information on how students would create these).

Class: International Relations

Summative Assessment: Unit Menu project options for students, all contain a required technology element

For Entire Unit Plan, Essential Questions, Unit Menu: [[file:HumanRightsUnitTunison.pdf]]
**__Human Rights Unit Menu __**

Choose one of the following projects to show your understanding of our unit on human rights. Project Options 1, 2, and 3 require you to choose a topic and general region to focus on. If you would like to choose an alternative topics/regions for a specific project format, you must discuss it with me. Each project contains a **__required technology element.__** Access our class Wiki to see Tutorials: http://tunison-ir.wikispaces.com/

 To show that you understand the connection between rights and privileges, you will create FIVE scenarios where these two ideas are prominent in the world today. Each scenario must include an explanation of which right or privilege is involved and where the right or privilege comes from (society, international law, etc…) TWO of these scenarios must explain a different //right//, TWO of the scenarios will show a different //privilege//, and the final scenario is your choice: right or privilege. Address the Declaration of Human Rights and other documents we have studied in your explanations. Type your final version. **Publish it using FlipSnack (see Wiki for tutorial) and embed it on your Wiki page.**
 * //Option #1 – Human Rights and Privileges //**
 * Questions to consider: //How are rights and privileges different? Similar? Who deserves certain rights or certain privileges? What decisions have been made regarding human rights around the world? What issues still remain with human rights?//

 To show that you understand how human rights issues can lead to conflict, war, and genocide, you will create a visual that identifies THREE regions of the world who have suffered from internal conflict (such as civil war or genocide) stemming from a human rights violation in the past 20 years. Consider how rights are affected by regime changes, poverty, racism, lack of resources, and territory. Your visual should include images and text (headlines, important terms, descriptions, etc) and should show the relationship between the human rights issue and how it developed into a conflict. With your visual, include THREE paragraphs (1 per conflict) that explain how you depicted that conflict in your visual and what lessons the world should take from that conflict. **Create your visual using a concept mapping web-based application, such as Prezi ** **(see Wiki for tutorials) or skrbl and embed the final product on your Wiki page.**
 * //Option #2 – Human Rights and Conflict/Genocide //**


 * Questions to consider: //What can cause violations of human rights? What kinds of conflict can happen when human rights are violated? Why is there disagreement over the definition of “genocide” and how does this affect the outcome of such conflicts? What regions of the world are vulnerable to conflict over human rights and why? What is the impact of these conflicts on the country or region? On the world?//

 To show that you understand how the media chooses which human rights issues to cover and the manner in which these issues are portrayed by various sources, you will create a multimedia presentation showing headlines, images, and news information about TWO human rights issues of your choosing. These issues should focus on two different regions of the world. You must include information from different news sources about each of these issues. Include a description of possible biases from these sources and why you believe these rights issues are important to examine. **Create your presentation using Prezi or SlideShare (see Wiki for tutorials) and embed the final product on your Wiki page.**
 * //Option #3 – Human Rights and the Media //**
 * Questions to consider: //What “human rights” are being violated in the world today? Is there a pattern in places where these violations are happening? Which news sources are covering human rights issues? What do they focus on and why? What impact does the media have on our perception of issues? What role should the media play in reporting on these stories?//