Rights come in different kinds. Today you meet eight of them, place everyday situations into those kinds and defend your placements, and notice when one situation touches two at once. By the end you should be able to name the eight and give a clear example of each.

These are the eight kinds of rights this course uses. Each one protects a different part of a person's life. Learn the name and one short example; you will place real situations into these kinds next.

1. Social rights: for example, the right to education and to healthcare.
2. Cultural rights: for example, the right to take part in the arts, traditions and cultural life of your community.
3. Language rights: for example, the right to use your own language in public life where the law provides for it.
4. Economic rights: for example, the right to fair pay and to an adequate standard of living.
5. Civic rights: for example, the right to take part in community life and to be treated equally by public services.
6. Religious rights: for example, the freedom to practise a religion, or none, without the State forcing a choice on you.
7. Environmental rights: for example, the right to clean air, safe water and a healthy environment.
8. Political rights: for example, the right to vote, to stand for election, and to have a say in how the country is run.

Open the interactive activity. Work in pairs. Drag each everyday situation into the kind of right it engages. Place each card where your pair can best defend the choice, then be ready to say why.

Keep the board contrast pairs in view while you sort (social vs economic, civic vs political).

Look back at any card the class filed under two kinds. What made both placements defensible?

Now find one situation from your own week that engages two of the eight. If nothing comes to mind straight away, use one of the neutral prompts on the board: a bus journey, a shop, a sports training, a group chat rule, or a school notice.

Read your three sentences to a partner.

You can now name eight kinds of rights: social, cultural, language, economic, civic, religious, environmental and political. You can give a clear example of each, place everyday situations into those kinds and defend the placement, and spot when one situation engages two at once.