Global Game Changers
This American Baptist minister gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Written in 1948 after WWII, this document lists 30 rights for everyone on Earth.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
In The Hunger Games, the Capitol forces children to fight to the death. This violates the most basic human right: the Right to This.
What is the Right to Life?
Mr Sheldrake bans all club shirts except Chelsea at school. You wear an Arsenal shirt anyway to express yourself. You are exercising this fundamental right.
Freedom of Expression/Speech
Refusing to buy products from a company or country to force them to change.
What is a boycott?
He used non-violent resistance and hunger strikes to lead India to independence from the British Empire.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This 1215 English charter was one of the first to limit the power of the King.
What is the Magna Carta?
In George Orwell's 1984, the "Thought Police" punish people for their ideas. This violates Freedom of This.
What is Freedom of Opinion?
Mr Sheldrake charges a £10 toll just to enter the cafeteria. The students agree not to buy lunch or enter the room until the fee is dropped. This economic protest is called a...
What is boycott?
When workers refuse to work until their demands (like better pay or safety) are met.
What is a strike?
He spent 27 years in prison before becoming South Africa's first Black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are famous for protecting free speech and are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In The Handmaid's Tale, women are forbidden from reading or writing. This is a violation of the Right to This.
What is Education?
Mr Sheldrake bans the Drama Club. The students gather in his office and refuse to move until he meets with them. This is called a...
What is sit-in?
American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists at the 1968 Olympics to protest this.
What is racism?
She is the youngest ever Nobel Prize winner, shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
In 1998, the UK passed this Act to bring European human rights protections into British law.
What is the Human Rights Act?
In the movie Minority Report, people are arrested before they commit a crime. This violates this human right.
What is the right to a fair trial?
Mr Sheldrake decides that any student who chews gum will be forced to listen to "Baby Shark" on repeat for 48 hours. This violates this human right.
What is freedom from torture?
In 2020, a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into the harbor in this UK city.
What is Bristol?
This British Suffragette leader founded the WSPU and used the slogan "Deeds not Words."
Who is Emmeline Pankhurst?
The Geneva Conventions are a set of international laws that regulate this activity.
What is war?
In Harry Potter, the House Elves (like Dobby) are forced to work without pay and cannot leave their masters unless given clothes. This is a violation of the right to be free from...
What is freedom from slavery?
Mr Sheldrake decrees that "Pizza Friday" will now be "Raw Potato Friday." You circulate a paper for every student to sign demanding the pizza back. This document is called a...
What is a petition?
A "sit-in" is a form of this type of protest, where you break a law peacefully to show it is unjust.
What is civil disobedience?