Human Rights

 What is the historical significance of this document?

• It started a new country

• It abolished slavery around the world

• It established new laws

• It attempted to get all countries looking at rights the same way

Human rights are to

• belong justifiably to every person

• for EVERYONE

What vocabulary term does the picture represent?

• equality

• human rights

• discrimination

The unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, or age is ______________________.

• facilities

• discrimination

• advocate

• segregation

Someone who stands up for a cause and publicly supports it is an ______________.

• defender

• advocate

• opportunist

Universal Rights are rights for people

• in the entire world

• just in America

What are Human Rights?

• Doing good things to help other people

• Things that all people should be able to have and do

• National laws about what is right and wrong

• Rights that only children have

The UDHR was written in..

• 1926

• 1948

• 1946

• 1984

Who wrote the UDHR?

• The United Nations

• The United States

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• The World Health Organization

Why was the UDHR written?

• As a result of the Civil War

• Because Eleanor Roosevelt was a powerful leader

• As a result of the terrible things that happened during WWII