Here are some guiding questions to help throughout the unit:

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• What are human rights?

• What lessons can we learn about human rights through literature and life?

• How can we tell powerful stories about people’s experiences?

• We learn lessons about human rights from the experiences of real people and fictional characters.

• Characters change over time in response to challenges.

• People respond differently to similar events in their lives.

• Authors conduct research and use specific language in order to impact their readers.