So I kind of nerded out over my social studies homework last week. We had to watch this video and at the beginning I was kind of skeptical about it (just thought it was going to be one of those boring videos and that you just can't wait to get through) but it totally wasn't! It quickly turned into one of the BEST videos I have ever seen!
I have always like history. But one of the things I liked the most about it is that it related the history of human rights which shared stories of things that I am very familiar with. The most recent was when Cyrus the Great let the Jews return to Jerusalem. It was so cool to see something that I could connect with!
I learned the next day in class that I wasn't the only one that thought this was so great. Some of my classmates had even shared it on Facebook. Human rights is definitely something to think about especially with all of the turmoil of today and I loved considering what truly matters most and what we, as humans, are entitled to. This was huge in the founding of our country and also when we think about being children of God and the rights we have as a result of that as well.
I shared the video with my mom and she called me later to tell me how much she loved it too and all the extra research she had done. She looked up The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was written in 1948 and found that Article 16 says:
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
She then compared that to The Family: A Proclamation to the World which indicated the church's stance on the importance of the family which wasn't written until 1995. How cool that a document that was written 50 years previous outlined values and rights that are extremely important to the church and our way of life. Even though the family is currently under attack, it gives me hope that we have such documents to refer to and that serve as a reminder that there are people in society who do feel the same way as us.
I also have been thinking about how this relates to my Teaching English Language Learners class on Family, School, and Community Partnerships. We have discussed thoroughly the rights of individuals and becoming more aware of our beliefs and how they impact our behavior in interacting with others. It is amazing to me how our experiences directly affect our opinions and biases of other cultures and those around us. Especially as teacher, it's extremely important to see student's potential and to help them be successful regardless of their background or the support they are getting at home or how they act in the classroom. There are just plain basic human rights that everyone is entitled to and we need to treat people as such.
I also have been thinking about how this relates to my Teaching English Language Learners class on Family, School, and Community Partnerships. We have discussed thoroughly the rights of individuals and becoming more aware of our beliefs and how they impact our behavior in interacting with others. It is amazing to me how our experiences directly affect our opinions and biases of other cultures and those around us. Especially as teacher, it's extremely important to see student's potential and to help them be successful regardless of their background or the support they are getting at home or how they act in the classroom. There are just plain basic human rights that everyone is entitled to and we need to treat people as such.
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