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Human Rights & the South African Constitution

GRADES: Middle School (7-9)

LENGTH: Two 40-minute periods

AUTHOR: Malcolm Coates (William Annin Middle School, Bernards Township, NJ)

DESCRIPTION:
This lesson on the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa will take place within the context of an Africa Unit in a Global Issues/Human Geography class. Specifically, this lesson takes place at the end of that unit. Students will look at the Constitution of South African because it is the most pro-human rights constitution in the world, with guarantees for housing, healthcare, food, water, a clean environment, and many other rights. Students will then analyze the gap between the promise of these rights and the implementation of them, filling in the graphic organizer together.

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