Rights Then and Now: In American history, two documents are considered to contain the fundamental rights of citizens: The preamble to the Declaration of Independence and (more completely) the Bill of Rights, which are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Nearly 180 years later, in December of 1948, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accept the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. Your assignment, in 4-5 paragraphs, is to locate 2-3 rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that are not echoed in the U.S. Constitution or Declaration of Independence which address employment or freedom of movement for the opportunity. State their article number and quote them. Then, for each, you will argue briefly if they should or should not be considered a right.

Rights Then and Now: In American history, two documents are considered to contain the fundamental rights of citizens: The preamble to the Declaration of Independence and (more completely) the Bill of Rights, which are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Nearly 180 years later, in December of 1948, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accept the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. Your assignment, in 4-5 paragraphs, is to locate 2-3 rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that are not echoed in the U.S. Constitution or Declaration of Independence which address employment or freedom of movement for the opportunity. State their article number and quote them. Then, for each, you will argue briefly if they should or should not be considered a right.