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Darfur Conflict Timeline

An excellent resource for teachers, students, and community members that want to know more about the genocide in Darfur.

Genocide in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Literature: Cambodia to Darfur

This book studies children’s and young adult literature of genocide since 1945, considering issues of representation and using postcolonial theory to provide both literary analysis and implications for educating the young. Many of the authors visited accurately and authentically portray the genocide about which they write; others perpetuate stereotypes or otherwise distort, demean, or oversimplify.

PBS: On Our Watch: What Should We Do in Darfur?

This lesson accompanies the documentary "On Our Watch." Due to disturbing images in the video, this film and lesson are best suited for students in grades 9-12.

Never Again': International Children's Genocide Literature. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature.

Published by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Bookbird communicates new ideas to the whole community of readers interested in children's books, publishing work on any topic in the field of international children's literature. Genocides are an ever-present and troubling part of modern history, and in the last century, ethnic cleansing has occurred throughout the world in countries like Turkey, Ukraine, China and Sudan.

USHMM: Bibliography of Resources on Darfur

An excellent resource for teachers, students, and community members that want to know more about the genocide in Darfur. Provides a list of resources including books, investigative reports, films and videos, and lessons.

Genocide

Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its historical evolution, and provides a working definition that informs the rest of the book. He makes the important argument that each instance of genocide is best understood within a particular historical framework and provides an original chronology of these distinct frameworks.

Moving the Genocide Debate Beyond the History Wars

The “History Wars” have paralysed the scholarly discussion on genocide in Australian history, because genocide is regarded as a politicized concept that distorts historical understanding. Both the public sphere and much historiography continue to regard genocide as a synonym for the Holocaust, framing public discussion of genocide in Australia as well as discouraging historians from engaging with the international comparative literature on colonial genocides.

Conflict in Darfur and Eastern Chad

This is a set of three lessons that introduce students to the conflict that led to the genocide in Darfur, the impact the genocide had on women and girls, and on internal refugees . Excellent introduction to the topic.

A History of Genocide in Africa

Based on a series of detailed case studies, this book presents the history of genocide in Africa within the specific context of African history, examining conflicts in countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Why has Africa been the subject of so many accusations related to genocide? Indeed, the number of such allegations related to Africa has increased dramatically over the past 15 years.

A unit to accompany the film DARFUR NOW and the book NOT ON OUR WATCH

Four Lessons designed to accompany the film DARFUR NOW and the book NOT ON OUR WATCH. These lessons allow teachers to adapt the activities and assignments suggested in these lessons to meet the needs of their own students and school context.

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