These lessons provide students with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of key events and issues in Canada's human rights history. In addition, students will gain valuable experience working with a digital archive and incorporating primary documents into their arguments and analyses.

These assignments have been designed to draw students to the various content, research tools and primary documents available on this site. Upon successful completion of these assignments students will have developed the ability to engage with a digital historical archive and evaluate the merits of different sources. Written assignments, such as the response papers, will teach students how to draw themes and arguments from scholarly works and integrate them with archival documents in order to build their own arguments. Oral assignments will task students with leading discussions and working collaboratively to develop competing and compelling perspectives on various human rights issues. By completing these assignments students will develop their skills in researching online, writing, analysis and presentation.

This section of the HistoryofRights.com has been developed by Will Silver, a PhD student in sociology at the University of Alberta, under the direction of Dr. Dominique Clément.

Assignments:

Critical response papers assignment

Discussion questions assignment

Conducting research online: A class debate