Year 10 Hsie Flashcards
Define rights
Human rights are claims that all human beings should have regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or any other status
Define freedom
The power or right to act, seek or think as one wants, the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved
Who was Dr Herbert Evett
Dr H Evatt
-Was head of Australia’s Delegation
-Was elected
Secretary of UN in 1948
-Influential leader
True or false
Australia was 1 of the 8 nations involved in drafting the UDHR
True (1945)
Why was UDHR created
Bring hope to people of all ages around the world and for people to turn to for guidance and inspiration
What polices weren’t inline with the UDHR in Australia
White Australia policy - limit immigrants
Unfair treatment of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
When was the UN officially formed
1945 with 50 nations meeting together and endorsed in 48
How many articles are in the UDHR
30
Name a group that attacked African Americans in America after slavery was illegal
KKK
Klu klux klan
What role for African Americans played a pivotal role in fighting for their rights
Churches
What states resisted federal changes and were still unfairly treating African Americans
Southern States
What happened in 1954 (US)
Segregation in schools need, coloured schools began
TOMAC stands for…
Type Origin Motive Audience Content
Origin (TOMAC)
- Who made it?
- When was it made?
- Where was it made?
- What is the context? (Background info) (Important as source can be influenced by context)
Type (TOMAC)
- Primary or Secondary?
- What is it? (E.g. report, photograph, artwork)
- Is it written, an image, an artefact?