An Introduction to Human Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and Freedoms
An Introduction to Human Rights and Responsibilities provides students with the opportunity to explore the meaning of ‘rights’ and develop an understanding of human rights and the responsibilities that complement them.
This resource includes two lesson plans. They each feature activities designed to be used with an interactive whiteboard or individual device, as well as additional teacher support resources and suggested homework activities. These resources were developed in 2016.
Overview
- Year: 5-6
- Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS); Health and Physical Education
- General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability
- Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability
Access Year 5 and 6 Introduction to Human Rights and Responsibilities resources
Lessons
- Lesson 1: an introduction to human rights, responsibilities and the concepts of freedom, equality, fairness and justice. Students will design their own classroom Charter of Rights.
- Lesson 2: an introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Students will begin to apply human rights principles to their own lives.
Curriculum message
Introduction to Human Rights and Responsibilities resources include mapping to Version 8.4 of the Australian Curriculum.
The Australian Human Rights Commission acknowledges that Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum was endorsed in April 2022 and implementation began from 2023. Please see below for Version 9.0 curriculum links.