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Learning objectives
Learn about different kinds of rights and responsibilities, how they are protected, and how some can conflict.
Key question/ Bigger picture: why are human rights important/ when did people start defining human rights?
Success criteria 
Make a list of human rights Explain what they mean Describe how human rights are enforced Quote an example that shows that rights are linked to responsibilities
| Introduction to learning |
(In pairs) write down what you think are human rights. Each will start with the words: ‘The right to …‘ |
| Main body of lesson |
(In small groups) look up some human rights codes - Magna Carta - UK Human Rights Act Be ready to say which rights they include and how they are enforced, if at all. |
| Challenge and extension activities | Look up European Convention of Human Rights, say how they are enforced, how many countries apply them. Or UN Convention on Rights of the Child Complete worksheet HR1A on rights and responsibilities. |
| Feedback | Teacher questioning to individuals and groups on worksheets Class discussion on possible limits to human rights such as - prisoners’ right to vote; - right to end one’s own life |
| Work sheets | HR1: List of the rights protected by the 1998 Human Rights Act HR2: Human rights in everyday life |
| References |
Citizenship Education for Key Stage 3. Hodder Education 2014 |