Human Rights

What are human rights?

• Something we would like to have.
• A set of rules that we all need to live and grow.
• Something that we are expected to do.

What does the word equal mean?

• Being of the same opinion as another
• Having a visa which is valid in two different countries
• A person who was born of parents from two distinct ethnic backgrounds
• Having the same status, rights or opportunities as another or others

What does the word SLAVERY mean?

• A system involving force to make people work, usually for very little or no pay
• Forcing children to eat healthy dishes they are not fond of
• A worn out feeling in the muscles if they are overused
• A system wherein the entire family divides up the housework between them

What does the word DISCRIMINATION mean?

• Spreading false information about another
• The removal of hard seeds from certain fruits
• An unfair difference in treatment; denying equal rights to certain groups of people
• The process by which a criminal is made honest and productive

Why are human rights necessary and important?

• To save lives.
• To give us freedom.
• To protect everyone.
• All of the above

Which is NOT a human right?

• To have new sneakers
• To have food and water
• To have freedom
• To have an education

What is the United Nations?

• The original name for the United Kingdom
• The three top-winning nations in an Olympics competition
• An international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and prevent future wars
• The original name for the United States

What world situation preceded and led to the creation and establishment of the United Nations?

• The Great Oil Spill of 1894
• The Berlin Wall was built
• World War I
• World War II

As the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt was the driving force in creating The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• True
• False

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states 'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights?'

• True
• False