Human rights did not arrive fully formed. People argued for them, wrote them down, and fought over them across centuries. Today the class begins a shared timeline of that story, with room for documents, people and events side by side.

A human rights story needs more than famous dates. Documents put claims in writing. People push a claim when the law still ignores it. Events force a country, or the world, to answer. The class will build across four eras: Early foundations, Revolutions and declarations, A world answer, and Rights expand.

Open Our human rights timeline together. First, place two entries as a class so everyone sees how track, era and a one-sentence change work. Then work in pairs on the rest: use each card's clue to agree the track and era, then write in one sentence what changed because of it.

Then pairs bring their entries to the board, two pairs at a time. Move any entry that feels misplaced. Stop once at least five solid entries stand, with documents, people and events all represented if you can manage it.

Look back at the timeline you have started. Which entry surprised you most by how recent, or how old, it is? Say why the date changes how you see that right.

You began Our human rights timeline across four eras, with documents, people and events on parallel tracks. You placed at least five entries and practised saying what changed because of each one. Next time you will reopen this same timeline, add to it, and argue which entries carry the most weight.