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Building a Peace
Students take a closer look at the rebuilding of Rwanda. In this current events instructional activity, students review the genocide in the country during the 1990's and perform role plays that require them to determine how to rebuild a...
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Ghosts of Rwanda
Students engage in a class discussion of notes they have taken while watching the film "Ghosts of Rwanda." They discuss a specific teacher-chosen quotation from the film. They then write a two to three page essay on a specific question...
Echoes & Reflections
Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Bystanders
After the Holocaust, the world grappled with how to bring justice to the Nazis. But what to do with the thousands—if not millions—who allowed it to happen? Young historians consider the issues of guilt, collaboration, and responsibility...
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Man's Continuing Inhumanity to Man
Students explore social justice issues. In this human justice lesson, students examine the meaning of words associated with minority groups and investigate genocide throughout history.
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CIVICS/CURRENT EVENTS
Students choose to either make an exhibit of posters of pictures about Darfur, or write a letter to the local newspaper regarding Darfur, or plan a concert, party, or bake sale to raise money for refugees. They write a poem defining...
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Sadness in Srebrenica
Students explore the atrocities committed during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 that prompted an apology from the international community in 2005.
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Auschwitz Episode Guide: Factories of Death
Students examine Hitler's "Final Solution." They watch and discuss a PBS documentary, read handouts, conduct Internet research, and read and discuss a personal memoir.
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Literature Connections Further Reading Related Reading The Diary of Anne Frank
Students read and discuss The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary of a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi's in Holland. The research the Holocaust and express their feelings in artwork.
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From the Right to Intervene to the Responsibility to Protect
Pupils examine humanitarian work and how it has evolved. In this humanitarian lesson plan students complete an in class activity then discuss their findings.
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the International Criminal Court's History And Uses
Students analyze and come to explain the history behind the formation of the International Criminal Court, along with the recent controversy facing the Court; and current crises that warrant the Court's attention.
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Violence Dialogue
In this violence dialogue, students ask and answer questions about violence in a dialogue.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Dark History of Rwanda's Genocide
A learning module that begins with "Dark History of Rwanda's Genocide," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Idea International: Rwanda: Women Hold Up Half the Parliament [Pdf]
An account of the rise of the political power and strength of the women of Rwanda. The historical background of female oppression and persecution is noted as are the conditions which enabled the female population to follow a different...
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
This site has the complete report from March 1999 that explains the history of the Rwandan genocide. This is an extensive resource and an excellent source of information.
US Department of State
Us Department of State: Archive: Human Rights Report: Rwanda
Report on the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutu in Rwanda. The report provides a summary of actions taken by the Tutsis in great detail. (1997)
University of North Carolina
American Diplomacy: Rwanda, Trials of Concurrent Jurisdiction
While the focus of this article is on the genocide trials in Rwanda and before the International Tribunal, there is information on the concept of concurrent jurisdiction as it applies to this specific situation. (Published January 1998)
American Public Media
American Public Media: American Radio Works: The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide
This site includes a one-hour radio documentary account of the Rwandan genocide in addition to related links.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Genocide Timeline
A chronology of the development of the idea of "genocide" and the legalities which have developed since the mid 20th century to prosecute perpetrators of genocide around the world.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Rwanda: The First Genocide Conviction
Article about the genocide of the Tutsi population in Rwanda and the prosecution of Jean-Paul Akayesu for genocide.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: History
Rwanda has suffered the horror of genocide. Read how this has affected the country and how the country is recovering from its recent history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
The History Place
The History Place:rwanda 1994
Detailed article that examines the genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 killing over 800,000 people.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: Government
A brief account of the government of Rwanda and the problems it is addressing as a result of the 1994 genocide. Find a chart of the current governmental officials and a look at the set-up of the government. Information is from the U.S....
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: Economy
Find out how Rwanda has rebuilt its economy since the genocide of the 1990s. Current information on foreign investment, eco-tourism, and agriculture. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
Frontline provides a great teacher resource for educating students about Rwandan genocide. Features firsthand accounts, Rwandan history, and facts about genocide in World War II.
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