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THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-
organized essay that includes an introduction, several
paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.
Theme:
Justice and Human Rights
Task:
You may use any example from your study of global history. Do not
use the
United States in your answer. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include:
Christians in the early Roman Empire, native peoples in Spain’s American colonies,
untouchables in India, blacks in South Africa, Jews in Nazi Germany, Muslims in Bosnia,
Kurds in Iraq or Turkey, or Tibetans in China.
You are not limited
to these suggestions.
Reproduced from the June 2000
Global History and Geography Regents Exam
Permission to use this resource is granted only for educational, non-profit use.
Throughout history, the human rights of certain groups of people have
been violated. Efforts have been made to address these violations.
Define the term “human rights”
Identify two
examples of huma
n rights violations that have
occurred in
a specific time and place
Describe the causes of these human rights violations
For one of the violations identified, discuss one
specific effort that
was made or is being made to deal with the violation
NOTE
: The rubric (scoring criteria) for this essay appears on the next page.