Basic Human Needs & Natural Rights

Here are the notes & worksheets we are working on this week in Civics.

• Social Scientists & Basic Human Needs/Rights Notes Slide Show
  (in class Fri 8/17 & Mon 8/20)
• Basic Needs/Natural Rights Comparison Worsksheet (in class activity Tues 8/21) 
• Basic Needs Inventory Worksheet (in class activity Thurs 8/23)
• Basic Needs/Rights Essay (Due Fri 8/24)

Related Resources:

• Two Treatises on Government, by John Locke, 1689 (SparkNotes)
• Declaration of Independence, 1776
• Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, 1789
• U.N. Declaration of Universal Human Rights, 1948

Page on our class wiki with these notes & worksheets:

http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Civility.Basic+Human+Needs

Wiki page which addresses Mr. Mallory's 'Responsible, Respectful, & Fun to be Around' policy:

http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Responsible%2C+Respectful%2C+%26+Fun+to+be+Around