Starter Task.

Look at the pictures, note down what you see. When do you think they were taken? Which Human Rights do you think are being denied the people in the picture?What would you think if you were taken from your home and locked up simply because you had the ‘wrong’ surname?What would you think of the people that did this to you?What would you do to survive?

Key Question.

What are the links between the Holocaust and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Lesson outcomes.

To have completed a cart sort to show links between the Holocaust and the UDHR.To have read examples of Human Rights abuses and completed various tasks reflecting on each case.

Homework.

Revise for your assessment.Don’t forget your assessment will require knowledge of Victoria’s experience in Auschwitz and a little background to the Holocaust. For the higher levels you will need to show links between the events of the Holocaust and the UDHR.

Things to do.

Card sort – in pairs, match up the pictures of events during the Holocaust where people’s Human Rights are being denied with Articles of the UDHR.

Note down three of the Articles on the cards and explain how the Articles are being broken in the pictures.

Group work (3s or 4s).

You will be given campaign information from Amnesty International, the Human Rights charity. Read the information and complete the following tasks.

Task 3.Task 3.Note down which Human Note down which Human Rights are being broken Rights are being broken by the governments and by the governments and people in charge in that people in charge in that country.country.

Task 1.Task 1.Note down any words or Note down any words or phrases you do not phrases you do not understand. Look them up understand. Look them up in a dictionary.in a dictionary.

Task 2.Task 2.Note down who is involved Note down who is involved some of the things that some of the things that have happened to them have happened to them that you think are wrong.that you think are wrong.

Task 4.Task 4.Write either a greetings Write either a greetings card to the person in the card to the person in the article or a letter to the article or a letter to the leader of that country leader of that country asking for them to help the asking for them to help the person.person.

Review and Reflect.

Re-read the quote by Kitty Hart-Moxon.

‘The story of the Holocaust can never be told fully... My greatest desire is to see future generations learn about and learn from our experiences’.

Do you think her wish has come true? Explain using examples.