Human Rights
According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. And yet around the world, many people are denied basic human rights, or find their rights under threat. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Human Rights” feature reporting that covers the fight for equality under the law, civil rights and the basic dignity afforded every person. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on human rights.
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Lesson Plans
News Bite 1: Syria's Future
In this lesson, students will read and respond to a photograph and article excerpt by Lauren Gelfond Feldinger, published in the BBC Magazine, about Syrian refugee children in Jordan.
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Female genital cutting affects more than nine out of ten of women in Mali. Those working to end the...
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Women fleeing extreme gang-based and domestic violence seek asylum in United States. Many are...
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Pulitzer Center Update
Geopolitics of Russia-Ukraine Relations at Heart of Pulitzer Center Session
Regional reporting and historical prospectives create fertile ground for conversation between Sarah...
November 12, 2015