Free Webinar: Teaching for Human Dignity: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Facing History will be holding a free webinar entitled Teaching for Human Dignity: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The webinar is scheduled for this coming Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 


Fundamental Freedoms examines Eleanor Roosevelt’s pivotal role in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the aftermath of World War II. In 1945, Eleanor was appointed chairperson for the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission with representatives from eighteen nations. The committee’s objective was to create a document that answers the deceptively simple question,"What rights should belong to every human being on earth?"

Our 90-minute live webcast will include a facilitated discussion about essential questions when teaching this subject, and feature video clips from our online resource collection. It will also feature a live discussion with historian Allida Black, founder of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, a project designed to preserve, teach and apply Eleanor Roosevelt's writings and discussions of human rights and democratic politics.


For more detailed information go to this link today.