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Darfur: Violence and the Media

In this lesson students explore events in Sudan using multiple sources, develop media literacy skills and evaluate the effectiveness of different online resources, assess the argument over whether the Darfur conflict is a genocide, and consider the international response to events in Sudan and assess possible consequences.

The Genocide in Darfur

Refugee camp across the border in Chad, March 2005.

Refugee camp across the border in Chad, March 2005.

Complicity

Ntarama's former Catholic church is now a memorial site. 5,000 people were massacred there on 15 April 1994 during the Rwandan genocide. This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwandan genocide.

Ntarama's former Catholic church is now a memorial site. 5,000 people were massacred there on 15 April 1994 during the Rwandan genocide. This memorial centre is one of six major centres in Rwanda that commemorate the Rwandan genocide.

Human Rights

Burnt-Out Schoolroom at Kabgayi Hospital - Genocide Site - Outside Muhanga-Gitarama - Rwanda.

Burnt-Out Schoolroom at Kabgayi Hospital - Genocide Site - Outside Muhanga-Gitarama - Rwanda.

International Response

UNOG Observes Day of Reflection on Rwanda Genocide.

UNOG Observes Day of Reflection on Rwanda Genocide.

Survival

The Gacaca courts were presented as a method of transitional justice, claimed by the Rwandan government to promote communal healing and rebuilding in the wake of the Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda has especially focused on community rebuilding placing justice in the hands of trusted citizens.

The Gacaca courts were presented as a method of transitional justice, claimed by the Rwandan government to promote communal healing and rebuilding in the wake of the Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda has especially focused on community rebuilding placing justice in the hands of trusted citizens.

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Type(s) of Resources: 
  • Classroom Resources
  • Lesson Plans
  • Primary Source(s): 
  • First Person Accounts
  • Interviews
  • Video / Film
  • Grade Level(s): 
  • 6-12
  • 9-12
  • Audience(s): 
  • Teacher and Student
  • Discipline(s): 
  • Social Studies