Curated OER
Take Service Learning Online
Fourth graders research ways to use technology to raise awareness for refugee camps and the conflict in Darfur. In this world conflict and technology lesson, 4th graders work in groups as researchers, writers, and artists to create a...
Curated OER
Sorrow in Sudan
Learners explore the various groups and organizations involved in the Darfur conflict. Through investigative research, students gain insight into this complex issue.
Curated OER
Darfur Now Lesson One: Introduction to Darfur Now
Students view a brief film and define vocabulary terms related to genocide. In this civics lesson, students discuss motivations of people to take action against the crisis in Darfur. Students write responses to the film and share one...
New York Times
New York Times: Darfur War Spreads
Presents that the war in Darfur, a province of Sudan, may be spreading to their neighbor, Chad. This could extend the amount of genocide that is already occurring in the region. Interactive maps with audio and pictures are available.
New York Times
New York Times: A Promise Unkept in Darfur
An in-depth discussion about the civil war in Sudan that has caused genocide in the Darfur region. Interactive maps, videos, audio, and images give information about what has happened and what will continue to happen in Darfur unless...
Other
Save Darfur
Up-to-date information about the genocide taking place in Sudan. Has information for students wanting to get involved in helping to end the genocide.
Council of Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations: Lute: Hybrid Peacekeeping Force in Darfur
This is an August, 2007, interview with Jane Holl Lute, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the UN, concerning the unprecedented joint peacekeeping force for Darfur.
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Teaching With the News: Darfur: Violence and the Media
Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Sudan, assess the argument over whether the Darfur conflict is a genocide, and consider the international response to these events.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Sudan President Charged With Darfur War Crimes
After seeing a video on the indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan by International Criminal Court, students will discuss whether they think he will face trial, how the genocide in Darfur might have been prevented and...
Council of Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations: Darfur's Peace Process
This site gives insight into and a review of the ongoing tragedy in Darfur and the attempts to solve it. You can click on "Related Materials" to get more information.
BBC
Bbc: Un Told of Mass Darfur Killings
This article offers discussion about crimes against humanity in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The update is from 2006.