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Global Communities

Driving Question: Why did ideas about human rights change after 1945?

It’s time to join the conversation about human rights and global cooperation. Explore how global institutions and grassroots movements have worked together—and at times clashed—in the fight for justice since World War II.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Use evidence to analyze how human rights emerged and changed in the past century.
  2. Use the historical thinking practice of comparison to evaluate different rights documents.

Vocab Terms:

  • globalization
  • human right
  • injustice
  • institution
  • non-governmental organization
  • regulation
  • universal
STEP 2

The United Nations

After World War II, global leaders realized that peace and justice needed more than good intentions—they needed structure. Check out how international institutions were created to prevent future conflict and promote cooperation across borders.

STEP 3

Human Rights

What does it mean for a right to be universal? In this part of the lesson, you’ll examine how the idea of human rights took shape after 1945, and why defining and protecting those rights has been a global challenge ever since.

STEP 4

Connecting Rights Movements

The fight for human rights doesn’t stop at national borders. In this step, you’ll explore how civil rights movements in the United States inspired and connected with similar struggles across Latin America.

Extension Materials
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Take a deeper look at how the internet and social media are shaping modern communities and influencing the ongoing fight for rights and recognition.
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Globalization: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

We’re more connected than ever—but what does that mean? This step explores how digital networks and social media are shaping identity, activism, and the future.