What you must do in this unit
- Submit the required Universal Declaration paragraph (50 points).
What you can do in this unit
- Kristy Taylor, former student in HIS 112, created this brilliant website (timeline) on Influential Books of the1960s.
- Read Apartheid Repealed and also European Unification (part of Boundless World History).
Some videos that you can watch for this unit
- Everybody - We are all born free
- Benedetta Berti, What Are the universal human rights?
- For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the URL and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.
Extra Credit Options
- For up to 25 points of extra credit, read both United Nations Resolution 181 (1947), and the Declaration of Israeli's Independence (1948), and write a one-page paper in which you examine the rationale for the creation of Israel.
- For up to 25 points of extra credit, in a one-page paper, assess the successes/failures of UN peacekeeping operations since 1945. Please be sure to cite your sources. A good starting point is U.N. Peacekeeping Operations.
Unit Learning Objectives
- Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to (1) explain the role of human rights in the countries of the world and (2) define the role of the United Nations in the world.