Human Rights Quiz

To illuminate this period of social distancing and offer you meaningful activities, Equitas has adapted some of its activities to offer them online.

Here is the online version of Human Rights Quiz, drawn from Speaking Rights.

This activity can be done individually, with your family or other members of your household, or it can be facilitated in a virtual meeting.

Age: 12+

Time: 30 min

Purpose: To develop knowledge of human rights (dates, instruments, facts, etc.)

You can download the instructions of this activity as a PDF to share it more easily: Human Rights Quiz Activity

Material

• a copy of the list of questions
• optional: create a powerpoint with one question per slide

You can download the instructions of this activity as a PDF to share it more easily Questions Human Rights Quiz

How to play:

1. Explain the rules of the game. Each person will play individually. They will need a pen and paper to write their answers. The correct answers will be reviewed at the end of the game. No cheating (looking the answers up online)!
2. Ask all of the questions from the quiz provided below. Depending on the virtual platform that you are using for your meeting, you can prepare a document in advance with the questions and share your screen with participants for a visual support.
3. After the quiz is completed, go through the answers 1-17. Ask participants to share their answers and complete with the information in the quiz provided (where relevant).

Group discussion:

Feel:

1. Did you like this activity? Do you like quizzes ? Why ?

Think:

1. Do you know your rights? Which ones do you know?
2. Do we also have responsibilities? Which ones?
3. Which rights are fully respected in your community? Which rights are not always respected?

Act:

1. What can you do to ensure that your rights and other’s rights are respected?
2. How can we educate other people about their rights?

Human rights education for building welcoming and inclusive spaces.

This activity uses our 3-step participatory approach to promote learning about human rights and human rights values leading to action:

1. Children and youth participate in activities that promote learning about human rights and human rights values (e.g. inclusion, respect for diversity, responsibility).
2. Children and youth discuss how an activity made them feel, what it made them think about, and what they can change (act) in their own attitudes and behaviours and those of their peers.
3. Together children and youth take action to promote respect for human rights values and children’s rights, and greater understanding, acceptance and inclusion in their classrooms, school playgrounds and communities.

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