Unit 6: Modern World History
Lesson C: Research - Challenges of the Modern World
Activity 3: The Struggle for Human Rights
Big Question: Will globalization improve human rights around the world?
Possible Subtopics:
- Apartheid in South Africa
- Civil rights movements in the United States
- Tiananmen Square and aftermath in China
- Amnesty International
- Women's Rights
- Crisis in Darfur
- Role of the United Nations in addressing human rights issues
- Role of technology in spreading awareness and prompting action against human rights violations
Resources:
- Apartheid in South Africa
- Aftermath of Apartheid in South Africa, National Geographic Magazine. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/06/south-africa/fuller-text
- African National Committee website. http://www.anc.org.za/themes.php?t=The%20Early%20Years
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks about post-apartheid South Africa, and the future of his country. PBS Newshour, 2010. http://video.pbs.org/video/1535828539
- South African Society Shaped by Race, Apartheid, PBS Newshour, February, 2009. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/health/jan-june09/sa4_0220.html
- Search "South Africa Apartheid" in SIRS. Several relevant articles will appear on the results page.
- CIA Factbook on South Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
- The History of Apartheid in South Africa, Stanford University http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
- Editorials, articles and resources from the Brookings Institute http://www.brookings.edu/search.aspx?doQuery=1&q=apartheid%20south%20africa
- Tiananmen Square and aftermath in China
- Student Leaders Reflect, 20 Years After Tiananmen Square, NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104821771
- Tiananmen Square as Seen Through Art, NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/world/asia/04soldier.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&th&emc=th
- Editorial about Human Rights in China, Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002972.html
- China Today, 20 Years After Tinanmen Square, National Geographic, May, 2008 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/journey/hessler-text/1
- Chinese Government Censoring Western Ideas, NPR, April, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135177509/in-beijing-even-luxury-billboards-are-censored
- BBC Coverage of Tiananmen Square Massacre. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm
- National Security Archive Declassified History of Tiananmen Square. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/
- NY Times Coverage of Tinanamen Square. http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/tiananmen-square/index.html
- Frontline Episode about Tiananmen Square Massacre http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/
- Search "Tiananmen Square" in SIRS. Several relevant articles will appear on the results page.
- Resource center for 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square from Stanford University, https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/719
- Editorials, articles and resources from the Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/search.aspx?doQuery=1&q=tiananmen%20square
- Women's Rights
- Voting for Men Only in Saudi Arabia, NPR, September 29, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/09/29/140930771/for-saudis-voting-is-still-for-men-only
- Saudi Women Getting Mixed Signals from Government, NPR, November 10, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/11/10/142185015/saudi-women-drive-change-despite-mixed-signals
- Saudi Woman Sentenced to 10 Lashes for Driving, Washington Post, 9/27/11. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/saudi-woman-sentenced-to-10-lashes-for-driving/2011/09/27/gIQAqB9z1K_blog.html
- Arab Women Seek More Rights, NPR, August 6, 2011 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/06/137482442/after-the-revolution-arab-women-seek-more-rights
- Child Brides, Too Young To Wed, National Geographic Magazine, June, 2011. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/child-brides/gorney-text
- Women Press for a Voice in New Egypt, NPR, April, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/04/19/135523441/women-press-for-a-voice-in-the-new-egypt?ps=rs
- International Women's Day. http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
- Search "international women's rights" in SIRS. Several relevant articles will appear on the results page.
- Resources from U.S. State Department. http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/index.htm
- Resources on women's rights from Amnesty International http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/women-s-rights
- Role of the United Nations in addressing human rights issues
- United Nations Human Rights Website http://www.un.org/en/rights/index.shtml
- U.S. State Department Human Rights website http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/
- U.N. Agreements on Human Rights http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html
- Resources on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/home
- United Nations Resources from Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/category/topic/united-nations
- Human Rights Watch Accuses Syria of Crimes Against Humanity, NPR, 11/2011. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/11/142250007/rights-group-accuses-syria-of-crimes-against-humanity
- U.N. Recognizes Gay Rights as Human Rights, NPR, June, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137342470/-un-recognizes-gay-rights-as-human-rights
