For Educators
Teaching resources connecting AI economics, human rights law, and the ICESCR — adaptable for high school and university courses.
The ICESCR provides a framework for teaching students how technology, economics, and human rights interact. The analysis throughout this site — differential diagnosis, knock-on effects, ratification counterfactuals — teaches analytical methodology while engaging substantive questions about economic rights.
Teaching Resources
Lesson Plans
Three complete lesson plans for different levels — from introductory rights awareness to advanced policy analysis.
Discussion Points
Five discussion questions adaptable for any level, connecting AI, economics, and human rights.
Article-by-Article Guide
Each ICESCR article explained in plain language with AI connections — suitable as reading assignments.
The Analysis
Differential diagnosis, higher-order effects, and the ratification counterfactual — teaches analytical methodology.
By Course Level
High School (Grades 10-12)
Social Studies / Civics: Use Lesson Plan 1 ("What Rights Do You Have?") to introduce the distinction between ratified and unratified rights. The self-assessment quiz connects abstract rights to lived experience.
Economics: The Four Scarcities model (judgment, specification, curation, energy) provides a framework for discussing AI's economic impact beyond "jobs will disappear."
University — Introductory
International Relations / Human Rights: The ratification timeline and arguments/counterarguments provide balanced source material for debate exercises.
Economics 101: The differential diagnosis demonstrates hypothesis-testing methodology applied to real economic questions.
University — Advanced
Public Policy: The OBBBA case study and quality floor analysis provide material for policy analysis exercises using a rights framework.
Law: The ratification counterfactual and ADA pattern provide frameworks for analyzing treaty implementation through litigation.
STS (Science, Technology, and Society): The entire analysis demonstrates how to evaluate technology's societal impact using structured methodology.
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Complete Educator Toolkit
All three lesson plans with learning objectives, activities, and assessment rubrics.
Open Print Version — use Ctrl+P or ⌘P to save as PDFStudent Handout — Lesson 1
What Rights Do You Have? Activity worksheet with rights audit table.
Open Print Version — use Ctrl+P or ⌘P to save as PDFStudent Handout — Lesson 2
AI and the Four Scarcities. Hypothesis evaluation and policy proposal.
Open Print Version — use Ctrl+P or ⌘P to save as PDFStudent Handout — Lesson 3
The OBBBA and Economic Rights. Case study and structured debate.
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