HUMAN RIGHTS LESSON 2

February 27, 2018

A lesson in Class IID ‘Your Future, Work and Human Rights’ with Erasmus +teachers Aurelija Jazbutiene and Ilona Pociuviene

The aim: to make students think about their future and career choices from the perspective of human rights.

Description:

At the start of the lesson the students wrote down their dream job/projession on one side of the paper by answering the given questions: What job would you like to do in the future? Why? What qualifications (not only academic) would you need for this job? Have you ever dreamt about a job where you wouldn‘t have to work?
On the other side of the paper they wrote whether reality differs from the dream: What job do you expect to do in reality? Does reality differ from your dream? Do you live to work or do you work to live? What are the chances for people to get this job?
Having answered the ‘Dream’ and ‘Reality’ questions, the students had to name which function in this job is related to human rights and their protection. They had a class discussion.
In the second part of the lesson the students were divided into two groups and each group drew a shape of a person.
One group had to write personality traits and skills that are vital for success if a person cares only about his own rights ignoring other people. The other group had to think about personality traits and skills important for success when equal human rights apply to every individual. All these were written on the body shapes they had cut.
The results were presented to the class and discussed. Each student was asked to think what kind of person they would like be. The class reflected on the results of the lesson.