A Year of Human Rights Covenants: Great Leap for Taiwan
National Human Rights Commission, Taiwan
Loss Map to White Terror” for Tainan to explore
the history of the White Terror in Tainan in the
1950s. According to Ms. Lee, it is not easy to
produce teaching aids that can arouse empathy
in students.
Regarding many recent incidents on senior high
school and university campuses of inappropriate
speech discriminating in terms of race and
gender, Ms. Lee emphasized the importance
of both character education and human rights
education. Laws and regulations are, she felt,
insufficient alone. Elimination of all forms of
discrimination demands the use of real case
studies so as to clarify misconceptions and
highlight respect for the values of pluralism and
equality.
“A Story of Island Untitled: Building Memories of
Tomorrow” seeks to build the future of an island
by reflecting on historical memories. Hence,
we developed a lesson plan by virtualizing the
characters and plots in the After the Missing
short-film series. Based on the scenarios in the
teaching aids, students take on different roles,
face different incidents, make different choices
and ultimately build their own “islands” based on
the results of their choices. After the experience,
teachers can also ask students to explain their
reason for making a specific choice and explore
which actions a government or its people took
led the country towards authoritarianism or
towards democracy. They can also reflect on
the role of the state in the contemporary world.
Building on these reflections, human rights
thinking can thoroughly permeate the whole of
education and provide points for discussion in
the classroom.
▋ A teacher of National Tainan Girls’ Senior High School ingrain human rights education with the “A Story of Island Untitled” teaching aid.
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