Sample Assignments
- Human Rights Course
- Students choose one human rights Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and present a 15-minute presentation on how that organization facilitates human rights access between developed and developing countries. Presentations must discuss the socio-cultural and/or economic difficulties the NGO has to overcome to achieve this goal.
Sample Rubrics
Human Rights Presentation Rubric:
| Criteria | Excellent | Proficient | Developing | Unsatisfactory |
| Issue Knowledge | Shows deep knowledge of chosen issue, how it impacts other global issues, and why issue has persisted over time | Goes beyond basic knowledge of issue, connects to other related global issues | Demonstrates basic knowledge of chosen human rights issue (what it is), but does not discuss the issue beyond that (the whys and hows) | Demonstrates only surface knowledge of chosen human rights issue |
| Global Context | Discusses both how the issue is a global problem, as well as why the issue exists in the regions chosen for discussion (i.e. cultural pressures, lack of infrastructure, etc.) | Provides detailed discussion of how the issue is a global problem, does not address the whys; provides detailed cross-regional examples | Briefly discusses the chosen issue as a global problem, does not give specific cross-regional examples | Does not discuss the global context of chosen human rights issue |
| Research | Secondary sources fully integrated into presentation, CIRIGHTS used to full extent | Secondary source information is mostly integrated into presentation, good use of CIRIGHTS | Secondary source information is present but regurgitated rather than integrated; improved use of CIRIGHTS | Provides few sources and does not use CIRIGHTS to full extent |