"Citizens of the World" Assignment

Hello to all my World History students,

Herein you will find all the posts related to the "Citizens of the World" Project that we will be working on individually (at home) and as a group (in the classroom).

1) "Passport of the World"
- Remember this must include the above words
- You must design a shield or a drawing of your choice for the cover (in some cases
for the inside pages as well) and you must be able to explain WHY you chose the
symbols you did.
- You must choose the colors of your passport and be able to explain WHY you chose those colors and what they may stand for.
- You must choose the shape and size of your passport.

Later in class we will take a look at all the ideas you have come up with and vote on a final design for the whole classroom. Remember that if you do not consider yourself to be extremely talented at drawing, you have the option of verbally describing all the above mentioned criteria in your notebooks. This may be done in list form or written in a complete paragraph.

2) In class I mentioned writing out a Constitution for our "ideal" world, however, I have reconsidered this part of the project since an entire Constitution is too long and complex of a legal document to write in class, therefore, it would be a better idea to write something more similar to a Bill of Rights. Remember, in one paragraph state some rights you believe all human beings should be guaranteed everywhere in the world.
I am including links to the U.S. Bill of Rights and to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations) so that you may use as models. THIS IS A REQUISITE!!! In order to make sure of this, you are to include at least three (3) of the rights listed in any of these to documents in your own paragraph. You may choose the three that you believe to be most important, the three that you find most interesting, the three you believe to need to be better enforced, etc. Be prepared to defend your selections in class.
We will transcribe this "Bill of Rights" in class.

* That is all for now. Check back with the blog periodically in case there is anything to add. If you have any questions, remember that you may write me at:

cdimas.asj@gmail.com

U.S. Bill of Rights:

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml