Learning Goal: Connecting human rights and social justice.
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SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES
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Gather
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• Icebreakers for the Classroom
• Recap on Social Justice
• Post the following quote: “Determining the meaning of human rights at any point in history has been a social process that engages political, legal, and social actors.” (Human Rights in Canada: A History, p.13) • Discuss in circle the following question: In your experience, how do human rights and social justice connect?
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Synthesize
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• Present the workshop below produced by the Ontario Justice Education Network on Human Rights
• Students will work together on case studies with the worksheets provided • Steps to Justice: Human Rights Law
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Transfer
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• Are there a set of core rights that we can all agree upon?
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