Lesson 3 - Human Rights

Lesson 3 - Human Rights

Lesson Overview

• Past Simple
  
• What are human rights?
  
• The basic principles of human rights
  
• Human Rights and the 2022 World Cup
  
• Speaking Task
  

Past Simple

When to use the past simple?

The past simple is a verb tense that we use to talk about actions or events that happened and were completed in the past. 

How to use the past simple (form)

Regular verbs

You just need to add -ed to the verb:

dance – danced, play – played, laugh – laughed

Irregular verbs

These verbs don’t follow the rules. You will have to learn them separately 

go - went, have - had, eat - ate 

Signal Words

When you are using the past simple, you are talking about the past. Signal words can help to recognize the past simple. For example:

• Yesterday, 
  
• Last week
  
• Specific dates (May 23, September 2021) 
  

Quick quiz

I ... dinner for my parents last night

1. Cook
2. Cooked
3. Cooks

Last year, I ... to Spain

1. Travelled
2. Travel
3. Travels

He ... across the lake

1. Sails
2. Sailed
3. Sail

He ... home after school last time

1. Walk
2. Walks
3. Walked

We had so much fun, we ... the entire time

1. Laugh
2. Laughs
3. Laughed

Lisa ... to the supermarket yesterday

1. Go
2. Went
3. Goes
4. Gone

Human rights 

What are human rights?

The basic principles of Human Rights

1. What are human rights?
   
2. How are human rights enforced?
   
3. What is a HR violation?
   
4. What is International Women's Day?
5. What is the right to Water?
6. What are the laws of war?
7. What is freedom of speech
8. 
   

00:31

The examples given are:

1. Examples of human rights
2. Examples of what the government is allowed to do
3. Examples of what is not allowed to do
4. Examples of what is not allowed to do by governments

01:06

The government is responsible for protecting human rights

1. True
2. False

00:50

In Zimbabwe everyone has acces to clean drinking water

1. True
2. False

01:05

The USA is an example of a place that doesn't have clean water because of industry

1. True
2. False

00:58

Wars are a danger to human rights

1. True
2. False

01:25

All countries have committed to the laws of war

1. Just the countries that are not at war
2. Some countries have
3. Most of the countries have
4. All countries have

00:58

During war, it is not allowed to target civilians (=burgers)

1. True
2. False

00:40

Without Freedom of Speech, people lose their influence in society

1. True
2. False

00:58

The Netherlands is an example of a country with limited free speech

1. True
2. False

01:15

Select the example of when it would be allowed to limit free speech

1. When a journalist discusses the negative side of a company
2. When a company leaks your personal data
3. When a reporter tells a lie about an event in a country

00:37

Being healthy means not having a disease

1. True
2. False

01:04

During the Corona pandemic, everyone around the globe had equal acces to healthcare

1. True
2. False

01:44

Many countries struggle with protecting equal acces to health

1. True
2. False

00:46

All countries have made conventions to protect the Human rights

1. All countries
2. Some countries
3. They are supposed to, but didn't

00:22

Human rights are for everyone around the world

1. True
2. False

00:55

There are ... human rights described in the document

1. Less than 30
2. 30
3. More than 30

01:21

Each human right is separate from the other rights

1. True
2. False

01:50

Every countries has made the Human Rights into laws

1. True
2. False

Human rights and the 2022 World Cup 

• What do you know about human rights and WC22?
  
• Why is there a lot of attention?
  
• What is Qatar's response to the attention?
  

Speaking Task

Prepare a 1-minute speech to improve the human rights of workers in Qatar. Include:

• Who you are and why you are giving this speech
•  The importance of human rights
• A short summary of the situation in Qatar
• A recommendation (=aanbeveling/advies) for improvement