The United Nations General Assembly, in 1948, just after the fall of the Nazi regime and the end of World War II, stated that every individual on earth is entitled to certain inalienable rights no matter their race, religion, sex, age or nationality. These rights were defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in Paris in 1948 by the United Nations.
Please read all of the 30 articles adopted by the United Nations here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
Now that we are finishing our unit of study on historic fiction and the bookclubs are coming to an end, you have experienced what it is like for an individual to experience slavery, child prostitution, genocide, racial segregation and religious oppression, I would like for you to reflect again on our essential question: how is literature a record of human experience? Ask yourself why the book you read is important to history, why this story should be told, and most importantly how can you now try to stop this human rights injustice from ever happening again.
Before you pick the topic of your zine, I want you to investigate for yourself the different topics in human right violations around the world. First look for organizations that defend human rights, like UNESCO, Human Rights Watch, and the ACLU. On these various websites you will find violations in human rights occurring presently and in the past.
Your homework is to come to class on Thursday with an idea or topic that you can share with your class for the pre-writing phase of the Zine writing workshop.
Good luck!
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