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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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  1. Kenya's Bill of Rights
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Chapter Four: what the Bill of Rights is, how it is arranged and whom it binds.
  2. Rights, their limits, and rights that cannot be limited
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Why most rights have reasonable limits, and the four that never do.
  3. Rights of special groups
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Children, persons with disabilities, youth, minorities and older members of society.
  4. Rights of the elderly, refugees and migrants
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Three groups, their rights, the laws that protect them and the challenges they face.
  5. Applying the Bill of Rights for harmonious living
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Rights balanced by duties, and where to go when rights are violated.
  6. Standing up for rights and protecting special groups
    40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
    Assertive, not passive or aggressive, and strategies for protecting special groups.