The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom TOPIC Activities and Process Before: Getting Started (consider time lines) Personal Justice Questionnaire, with time following for any questions. A student activity sheet is provided. Personal Justice Questionnaire During: Action – Working on it Charters of Justice (based on material from Christ and Culture) Discuss with the students the United Nations and Canadian governments efforts to establish the minimum requirements for justice and human rights. Examine the UN Declaration on Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. Ask the students to assess how well our society upholds the various elements of these declarations. Compare excerpts from the Catechism with the provisions in the charters. Indigenous Rights Remind students of the covenant in Genesis that God made with Noah: “God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” (Genesis 9:12-13)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom TOPIC Activities and Process Before: Getting Started (consider time lines) Personal Justice Questionnaire, with time following for any questions. A student activity sheet is provided. Personal Justice Questionnaire During: Action – Working on it Charters of Justice (based on material from Christ and Culture) Discuss with the students the United Nations and Canadian governments efforts to establish the minimum requirements for justice and human rights. Examine the UN Declaration on Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. Ask the students to assess how well our society upholds the various elements of these declarations. Compare excerpts from the Catechism with the provisions in the charters. Indigenous Rights Remind students of the covenant in Genesis that God made with Noah: “God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” (Genesis 9:12-13)
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