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Human Rights in Latin Americaby Andrew HansonWarning: this lesson involves very disturbing materials and may be inappropriate for your students. Students confront a variety of socio-political issues related to death squads. In exploring these issues, students grapple with complex questions of human behavior and try to understand the underlying forces involved. They also learn to find information at various sources, and analyze, digest and synthesize the information for presentation. At the end of the lesson, students will be familiar with various manifestations of death squads, who the victims and perpetrators are, what social forces are involved in this struggle, and how international interests, particularly those of the USA, are affected. Global Regions: Latin America Countries: Colombia , El Salvador , Guatemala Centers: University of New Mexico, Latin American and Iberian Institute Recommended by: RETANET: Resources for Teaching about the Americas Length: Three weeks Year Produced: 1996 Material: Online curriculum and bibliography Basic Concepts: Culture and Society, Human Rights, MulticulturalismDisciplines: Government, History and Social Studies Fields: Bibliography, Curriculum Time Periods: Contemporary, Modern Levels: High School (9-12) |
