Key Words: Human Rights, Social Justice, Action, Citizenship, Discussion, Communication, Critical Thinking

This course aims to raise your awareness and understanding of human rights and to develop communication skills for discussing complicated social issues. The topics we study will help you understand human rights so that you can protect your own human rights and the rights of others now and in the future. What you learn in this course will help you become more responsible global and local citizens.

You will read documents and news stories or watch videos and discuss your opinions in class. You will write about your thoughts and learning in a reflection journal each week to help you see your progress and prepare you for deeper discussions. At the end of the course, you will participate in a poster presentation session to teach your classmates about an organization that is working to protect a certain human right.

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