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5.3 Kenya’s Bill of Rights
Social Studies · Grade 9 · 6 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Meaning and structure of Kenya's Bill of Rights (Chapter Four)
- Rights and fundamental freedoms, their limits, and rights that cannot be limited
- Application of rights to special groups (Articles 52-57)
- Human rights of the elderly, refugees and migrants
- Applying the Bill of Rights for harmonious living; enforcing rights
- Assertiveness in standing up for rights; strategies to protect special groups
What you will be able to do
- explore Kenya's Bill of Rights for mutual social well-being
- examine human rights of special groups for the promotion of social justice and inclusivity
- apply the Bill of Rights for harmonious living
- develop assertiveness necessary in standing up for human rights
- cultivate empathy and solidarity with special groups in society
- embrace respect for human rights in society
Key questions
“How can we protect the special groups in the community?”
Lessons
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Kenya's Bill of Rights
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizChapter Four: what the Bill of Rights is, how it is arranged and whom it binds.
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Rights, their limits, and rights that cannot be limited
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhy most rights have reasonable limits, and the four that never do.
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Rights of special groups
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizChildren, persons with disabilities, youth, minorities and older members of society.
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Rights of the elderly, refugees and migrants
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizThree groups, their rights, the laws that protect them and the challenges they face.
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Applying the Bill of Rights for harmonious living
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRights balanced by duties, and where to go when rights are violated.
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Standing up for rights and protecting special groups
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizAssertive, not passive or aggressive, and strategies for protecting special groups.