In every case, someone was mistreated. Which human rights were not respected in each story.
1. Sandy's house was broken in to and her collection of
Beanie Boos was stolen. Sandy was certain it was the Alice, from across the
street, who broke into her house and stole her Beanie Boos. Sandy called the
police and told them so, Alice was arrested by the police and sent to jail for
three months.
2. Mandy recorded a video of herself. In the video she was
reading some poetry that she'd written. She didn't want anyone to see the
videos, but she recorded them because she was practicing saying the poems out
loud. Her sister's friends were over, they found the video, and posted them
online.
3. Katniss' father works in a coal mine in District 12. He
was offered a job as a fisherman, a job he wants to take. The job is in
district 4 and the Capitol refused to allow him to move. He must stay in
district 12.
4. Andy is a Canadian citizen. He travels to another country
on vacation and is mistakenly arrested for a crime he didn't commit. He is
locked up and not allowed to see a lawyer.
5. Cindy and Mindy have been dating for several years. They
are ready to get married, Mindy even knows the dress she wants to buy. The go
to city hall to register for marriage and are told by the official there that
they are not allowed to be married because of a new law that was recently made.
Cindy and Mindy argue with the official, who says that the law is the law and
there is nothing they can do.
6. Randy is born to a loving family. As a tiny little baby
his parents are told that it has already been decided by school officials that
Randy will not be attending school. He will be sent to work in a factory that
screws the little tops onto the end of toothpaste tubes.
7. Candy is a excellent baker. She heads to a bakery to
apply for a job but is told that the bakery only hires bakers who are under 35
years old. Candy is 60 and the bakery tells her they don't want any old people
working with them.
8. Penny wrote a beautiful song. She made a little music
video and put it up on Youtube. Kenny downloaded the song and didn't change a
thing. He also downloaded 12 other songs by 12 other artists like this. He put
them together on a CD and titled it Great Aritsts of Youtube. The CD sold
pretty well and Kenny made a bit of money. No money made it to Penny or any of
the other singers. In facts, Penny didn't know about the CD at all until a
friend told her.
9. Lenny wrote a beautiful song. He made a little music
video and put in on Youtube. Benny listened to the song a ton. He loved it. Benny
learned to play the guitar like Lenny and he learned all the words to Lenny's
song. Benny recorded his own version of Lenny's song and put it on CD with a
bunch of other songs that Benny had written himself. The CD sold pretty well
and Benny kept all the money.
10. Denny was born and raised in Canada. Denny married a
Russian girl and had a happy life. He was great hockey player and went to play
for team Russia for the 2016 Winter Olympics. He'd grown to love the country of
Russia and wanted to make his wife happy. The Canadian government was so angry
with him they took away his Canadian citizenship and Denny no longer had any
country he could call home.
11. Ed made a large sign that said "The Conservative
Government Must Go". He stood on
the sidewalk in downtown Toronto holding the sign. The police took his sign
away saying it was inappropriate to speak against the government.
12. Was there a single human right, any at all, that was respected in the movie the Hunger Games? If so, which ones?
