This course teaches about human dignity, our rights and responsibilities. Students are encouraged to share what they learn with their families, class or community.

 PURPOSE:

At the end of the course, students will create their own final project to share with others. Each week, you will prepare for this by thinking about how to teach each human right.

 STEP 1: LEARN

• Learn about human dignity and your human rights and responsibilities.

  STEP 2: DISCUSS

• As a class, discuss the things that you learn each week during the “reflect” section of class. Think about what topic or topics might be most important for your community to learn about.

   STEP 3: ASSIGN A PROJECT DIRECTOR

• Ask one class member to be a project director to take notes each week on the class’s reflections. This person will lead the class in planning the final project. They will direct what needs to be done and who will do each task.

    STEP 4: DECIDE HOW TO SHARE

• Decide as a class how you want to share. You are only limited by your creativity in how to share your learning. Some ideas include:

•  Put on a play.
•  Write a song.
•  Do a service project.
•  Make up a dance.
•  Create a work of art or mural.
•  Make a movie.
•  Record a podcast.
•  Teach a lesson to your family.
•  Plan a musical or artistic performance for your community.

• You may choose to do one project together as a class, or have several projects done by small groups or individuals.

  STEP 5: DECIDE WHEN AND WHERE TO SHARE

• Depending on your project, you may want to invite friends, family, and community members.

• You can decide as a class what makes sense for your project,

REMEMBERING THAT, THE PROJECT SHOULD ILLUSTRATE ONE OR MORE HUMAN RIGHTS.

THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE COURSE

The students have worked hard to learn about human rights. Now they get to share what they’ve learned with others.       

 SHARE WITH OTHERS:

Facilitators should help students feel proud of their efforts to learn. This outreach project can be something they remember throughout their lives as they share what they learned about the UDHR with others.

•  Every class member should participate.
•  No matter how you plan to share, it should celebrate their understanding of human rights.

 EXAMPLES OF PROJECT

IDEAS FOR YOUR PROJECT

• In one village, the students in a class invited their families and community members to a church for a cultural performance. There were 10 class members. Each class member took one of the human rights and presented a song, story, poem, dance, artwork, or skit to share what was important about that human right. Their performance was like a talent show. The project director introduced each new performance.

• Youth in a larger city decided they wanted to focus on equality. The class members wrote five short skits based on the stories they shared in class each week. Between each skit, a class member spoke for one minute about what he or she had done as a personal goal to treat others with equality. The class members performed the skits at the primary school to teach young children about equality.

• Students in one class really loved the “freedom of religion” lesson. They decided to use their presentation to help their community be more respectful of different religions. They organized a service project to clean up a small church that needed cleaning and fixing. Not only that, but they invited members from many religions to help. Class members shared their thoughts about freedom of religion at the service project.