Module 1: "A Short History of the UDHR" and "Background on the UDHR"

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  1. throughout
    from first to last
    Throughout history, most societies have had traditions such as the Golden Rule.
  2. exclude
    prevent from entering; shut out
    Bill of Rights came into effect in 1791 but excluded (did not apply to) women, people of color, and members of certain social, religious, economic, and political groups.
  3. foster
    promote the growth of
    The goal of the United Nations (UN) was to foster peace and stop conflict, or fighting between countries, around the world.
  4. conflict
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces
    The goal of the United Nations (UN) was to foster peace and stop conflict, or fighting between countries, around the world.
  5. constitution
    law determining the fundamental principles of a government
    Today, more than 185 nations around the world have taken the ideas from the UDHR and put them in their own constitutions.
  6. articulate
    put into words or an expression
    Rights for all members of the human family were first articulated in 1948 in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
  7. horrific
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
    Following the horrific experiences of the Holocaust and World War II, and amid the grinding poverty of much of the world’s population, many people sought to create a document that would capture the hopes, aspirations, and protections to which every person in the world was entitled and ensure that the future of humankind would be different.
  8. grind
    work hard
    Following the horrific experiences of the Holocaust and World War II, and amid the grinding poverty of much of the world’s population, many people sought to create a document that would capture the hopes, aspirations, and protections to which every person in the world was entitled and ensure that the future of humankind would be different.
  9. aspiration
    a cherished desire
    Following the horrific experiences of the Holocaust and World War II, and amid the grinding poverty of much of the world’s population, many people sought to create a document that would capture the hopes, aspirations, and protections to which every person in the world was entitled and ensure that the future of humankind would be different.
  10. entitle
    give the right to
    Following the horrific experiences of the Holocaust and World War II, and amid the grinding poverty of much of the world’s population, many people sought to create a document that would capture the hopes, aspirations, and protections to which every person in the world was entitled and ensure that the future of humankind would be different.
Created on Thu Oct 01 13:15:19 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 06 12:53:42 EDT 2020)

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