WEBQUEST:

Civil Rights and Human Rights

By Brenda Maxwell

Communication Arts and Social Studies, IS 183

Introduction:

History has shown how people from different backgrounds were denied basic human rights because of race, ethnic, or cultural background. Students will evaluate the ways in which people cope with the loss of freedom of themselves and families or cultural groups. Is this case of civil rights or human rights. The goal of this WebQuest is to be able to distinguish between civil and human rights and how they are applied to United States citizens.

Task:

1. Students will identify civil rights and human rights

2. Students will use the Internet to locate and identify cases on civil rights and human rights

3. Students will use handout on civil rights from Conlaw website at Project TIPS

4. Students will use a T- Chart to compare and contrast Civil and Human Rights

5. Students will create a cartoon visual displaying the difference between civil rights and human rights.

Process:

1. Students will break into groups to brainstorm the terms “Civil Rights”, and “Human Rights”.

2. Teacher will use a semantic web to explain the terms.

3. Students will use the Internet to locate historical cases of civil rights or human rights abuses.

4. Students will regroup at their desk to discuss the historical cases and analyze how the term human and civil rights are used.

5. Students will create T-Charts in groups to compare and contrast civil rights and human rights.

6. Students will use the information from the websites to create a cartoon visual of a historical example of human rights abuse and civil rights abuse.

Resources:

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)

http://www.cchr.org/lndex.htm

United Nations Human Rights Website

http://www.unhchr.ch/

Civil Liberties - Home Page

http://civilliberty.about.com/newsissues/civilliberty/mbody.htm

American Civil Liberty Union

http://www.aclu.org/

Harvard Civil Rights

http://www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/crcl_lawreview/

TIPS-Freedom of Speech

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/fos/

TIPS-Equal Protection

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ep.html

TIPS-Due Process

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/due.html

Human and Civil Rights Abuses

http://www.afsc.org/ilemp/ilemp04.htm

Evaluation:

RUBRIC	BELOW STANDARDS	MEETS STANDARDS	EXCEEDS STANDARDS
INFORMATION	INFORMATION NOT RELEVANT TO LESSON WITH LESS THAN 2 SOURCES OF INFORMATION.	INFORMATION RELEVANT TO LESSON WITH 2-3 SOURCES OF INFORMATION.	INFORMATION RELEVANT TO LESSON WITH 4 OR MORE SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
PRESENTATION	INCOHERENT LACK OF VISUALS GROUP WAS NOT ORGANIZED. HAS LESS THAN 2 VISUALS.	HAS SOME UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION HAS 2-3 VISUALS. ALL GROUP MEMBERS PARTICPATED IN PRESENTATION.	COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF SUBJECT. HAS AT LEAST 4 VISUALS. ALL GROUP MEMBERS PARTICPATED IN PRESENTATION.

Conclusion: Students will be able to distinguish the difference between human rights and civil rights. Students will be able to identify the historical consequences when these rights are abused. Students will be able present their in group presentations.

New York Learning Standards:

E3c- Prepare and deliver individual presentation.

E2a- Produce a report of information.

E1c- Read and comprehend informational materials.

E1d- Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of public documents.

E1e- Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of functional documents.

E3b- Participate in-group meetings.

E4a- Demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language in written and oral work.