Describe how you organized your research process:

I chose to research on Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder. I'm going list out my notes on Word and make sure I choose sources that I understand. I researched about Cyrus before researching about the Cyrus Cylinder for a little background information. And I put some subtopics on my notes so I won't get confused on my arrangements.

Which historical aspect of Human Rights are you interested in? Why?

I want to research about Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder because this was the first event that brought Human Rights to what it is now. It was the beginning of Human Rights. It fascinates me by thinking, without this man, the world wouldn't be as it is right now. Also, I would like to research on WikiLeaks because I want to know about governments' perspective of Human Rights.

How do you think we should tackle learning about the History of Human Rights?

Well, we made a list of the historic events that made what human rights are right now. Perhaps we could act the events out. It would be fun, yet educational. Furthermore, we would have to know about the events before acting it out. That would be a great start to the topic.

Are you happy with out ranking of Human Rights? Explain why or why not.

Yes, I am happy with our ranking of Human Rights because we, as a class voted on the arrangements of the rights. And also, the arrangement made sense as we thought it out in detail. We took quite a while to decide the arrangement. but anyhow the time spent was worthwhile.

Describe how you felt working in our circle yesterday.

At first, we weren't really communicating. Only a few people gave some points. Then towards the end of our lesson, everyone had a chance to speak and we got down to our final top 5. I think our group could've communicate better, but it WAS the first time we got into a proper group discussion, so we weren't used to it. The passing of the teddy bear was a good idea though, but....people still talked even though they didn't have the teddy bear.

Why do you think that we could not agree on the ranking of HR yesterday?

At first, majority of us agreed that the number one human right was "Right to Live" until Thomas and You Zhen made this statement that got everyone thinking. Some of us demoted the "Right to Live" rank, because we thought the right to live was not the most important right because it didn't determine humans any freedom or privileges besides the permission to live. Some humans may be tortured and discriminated even though they have the right to live.

Describe the ranking and why you chose this order.

Right to live: 

If people didn't have the right to live, there isn't really any point of living then. People shouldn't be treated as robots or slave, they have their rights to live their life. 

No discrimination: 

If people are discriminated, they wouldn't even have the chance to live their life the way they wanted to. That's why this is the most important right. 

Right for health care: 

Sometime in life, people are going to get sick, especially at their infant stage or elderly stage. If babies are not treated when sick, they can easily die because they are still feeble. The population will then decrease. 

Freedom of Speech

Right to freedom

Privacy
Protection
Both genders

Equal pay for men and women

Security.
Freedom of religon

Right to shelter
Right for education
No torture/unusual punishment

How does the story Freedom River connect to Human Rights?

The story "Freedom River" is linked to Human Rights because in the story, people were taking advantage of the river because of the amount of freedom they have. They polluted the river and they were selfish. The people didn't want to change unless they were given something in return. People was also discriminated because of their races and age. Some of the other people didn't want them to enter their "territory" because of their different skin color. 

What do you think is the most important Human Right?

I think the most important Human Right is treating all humans equally. No discrimination taken place. Because each and every human has to be given the chance to express their opinions. It is really unfair that some people are being discriminated by their skin color, nationality, age, gender or religion. In a lot of countries, women are treated poorly compared to the men. Children are forced to work, or are being abused. This problem is happening everywhere in the world.