Citizenship at key stage 4 (Year 10/11)

Unit 01: Human rights

Resources

Resources include:

Your Rights and Responsibilities, available from the Citizenship Foundation (see www.citfou.org.uk)
Human Rights ImpACT, an information booklet on the Human Rights Act 1998, available from the Citizenship Foundation (see www.citfou.org.uk)
The Human Rights Act 1998 - A Study Guide, published by the Home Office (see www.humanrights.gov.uk)
The European Convention on Human Rights, available from the Council of Europe website www.coe.int
Lessons of the Holocaust, a pack produced by the Holocaust Education Trust (see www.het.org.uk)
useful websites, eg

www.humanrights.gov.uk (Human Rights Unit)
www.antislavery.org (Anti-Slavery)
www.unicef.org (Unicef)
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk (Liberty)
www.justice.org.uk (JUSTICE)
www.amnesty.org (Amnesty International)
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk (Refugee Council)
www.bihr.org (British Institute of Human Rights)
www.crights.org.uk (Children's Rights Alliance, for information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UK)
www.echr.coe.int (European Court of Human Rights, for information on recent court cases and judgements)
www.hrw.org (Human Rights Watch; includes information and news on human rights issues in different countries)

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. What are human rights and what do we think about them?
	2. How did human rights agreements come about? What is the European Convention on Human Rights? What happens when human rights are denied?
	3. Why are human rights important in society today?