HIS 112
Unit 15: The United Nations and the World

Christ the Savior Cathedral (Храм Христа Спасителя) in Moscow. The church has had an unusual history which you might be interested in checking out sometime. Photo credit Claire Reifsnyder.

• Read chapter 31 in the textbook.
• Review all of the applicable chapters in the textbook since the midterm exam .
• Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration is available in over three hundred languages, and the site includes an explanation of how the Declaration was drafted.
• Check out Professor Campbell's video, Is Globalization B.S.?
• Read my comments on Human Rights, democratization and Eleanor Roosevelt.
• Study the Questions to Consider and the Key Terms for the unit.
• Take the Final Exam (200 points).

• Read Apartheid Repealed and also European Unification (part of Boundless World History).
• Check out this timeline of terrorist incidents in the world since 1970, created by Logan Jones, fall 2020.
• Nelson Stewart, former student in HIS 112, created an online, narrated Prezi on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Human rights come in many different forms. See the story map created by Mary Grace Sheers, HIS 112, the American Disability Rights Movement.
• Kristy Taylor, former student in HIS 112, created this brilliant website (timeline) on Influential Books of the1960s.
• There are other supra-governmental organizations in the world. Mike Oliver, former student in HIS 135, has created a good online timeline of the development of the European Union.
• Double-check that you have completed all assignments in the course!

• The Story of Human Rights
• The 30 Articles of Human Rights
• Everybody - We are all born free
• Benedetta Berti, What Are the universal human rights?
• Universal Declaration on Human Rights - 1948
• The 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• UN Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Human Rights Action Center, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Focus Human Rights: Violations, History, First Dimension
• International Human Rights | 1450 - Present | World History | Khan Academy
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (read aloud by celebrities)
• Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations on the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The history of the United Nations
• History of the United Nations
• The United Nations:  History and Functions
• For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the URL and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.

• For up to 25 points of extra credit, in a one-page paper consider comparing the Charter of the League of Nations with the UN Charter.
• For up to 25 points of extra credit, read both United Nations Resolution 181 (1947), and the Declaration of Israeli's Independence (1948), and write a one-page paper in which you examine the rationale for the creation of Israel.
• For up to 25 points of extra credit, in a one-page paper, assess the successes/failures of UN peacekeeping operations since 1945. Please be sure to cite your sources.  A good starting point is U.N. Peacekeeping Operations.
• For extra credit up to 5 points, I am collecting pictures of McDonalds restaurants from locations around the world (not in the US) for some remarks about the spread of pop culture in the world. If you are willing to send any photos (It must be a photo that you have taken yourself.), you will receive credit if I use the photo. Please attach the photo to an email to me at cevans@nvcc.edu.

• Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to (1) explain the role of human rights in the countries of the world and (2) define the role of the United Nations in the world.