Upper KS2: Individual Liberty- Human Rights

• British Values
• Primary Education

Introduction

Part of the British Values Series. This lesson focuses upon Individual Liberty and explores the Declaration of Human Rights. Children will complete a 'diamond 9' activity and then will respond creatively to one of the rights within the convention.

Instructions

We have designed our British Values lessons so that teachers can pick up and teach a topic to their class with confidence.

We have chosen to use a balance of interactive tools and 'unplugged' creative activities.

Lessons can be taught directly from the LessonUp slides but work best when children have access to the pupil app

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British Values

Individual Liberty

Upper KS2: Human Rights

This lesson can be used as part of a school's British Values curriculum.

It also links into the PSHE Association Programme of Study for KS2:

L1. to recognise reasons for rules and laws; consequences of not adhering to rules

and laws

L2. to recognise there are human rights, that are there to protect everyone

L3. about the relationship between rights and responsibilities

L4. the importance of having compassion towards others; shared responsibilities

we all have for caring for other people and living things; how to show care and

concern for others

L5. ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment

in school and at home; how everyday choices can affect the environment (e.g.

reducing, reusing, recycling; food choices)

In this lesson, we will:

• Look at the Declaration of Human Rights
• Consider the value of some of these rights
• Justify our opinions through a debate

It might be useful to remind children about the Declaration of Human Rights at this point.

The image is Eleanor Roosevelt, the first chairperson of the Commission for Human Rights.

There is some background reading on this inspirational woman here.

What is Individual Liberty?

What is Individual Liberty?

This mindmap will enable teachers to gather information about pupil understanding and to support children who may have misconceptions.

LessonUp allows you to move around responses so that you can sort them, if you wish. It also allows you to put inappropriate responses into the bin.

Allow the children to watch this video. They may wish to take notes about the different rights which are discussed within the video clip.

This is an interactive slide. You may wish to add in questions.

A video to show you how to do this can be found here.

Sort the Rights into a Diamond 9

There is no right or wrong answer to this activity. Children should decide where they wish to place their 'right' and be able to justify why.

For info:

A= right to an education

B= A right to an opinion

C= the right to a job

D= the right to be protected from slavery

E= the right to a nationality

F= the right to protest peacefully

G= the right to be protected in old age

H= the right to freedom

I = the right to vote

Choose one of the rights and create a picture to illustrate what this means to you. 

This activity can be as open ended as you wish. It is there to enable pupils to respond to one of the rights which resonates with them.

They may wish to respond by drawing, painting or collage.

Alternatively, you may want a written response.

It might be interesting to ask them to write a rap or a song to perform too.

I can talk about some of the rights we all have

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This poll can give you a quick snapshot of the class and an insight into who may need to explore the issue in more detail. The results will be displayed anonymously but you can look into how each child has answered the poll in the assessment view.

There is a how to guide here.