Rwandan Genocide (Day 2)

Objective

• Describe the major events of the Rwandan Genocide
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Rwandan Genocide

Agenda

• Warm-Up #12: What are the two major ethnic groups in Rwanda, and which one was the majority that was responsible for the genocide of the minority?
• Finish Hotel Rwanda  (~50 minutes)
• Frontline World - After The Genocide
• At the top are a series of images with dates next to the word "email."  Click on the first one (7/3/03) to get started.
• Answer the following questions as you progress through the journal entries.  
• Welcome To Kigali
1. About how big is Rwanda?
2. How many people were killed in the genocide, out of a population of how many?
3. In what three different ways might every Rwandan have been affected by the genocide?
• Frustration
1. Why was it important for Jean Pierre to tell his story about what happened to him in the genocide?
2. Why don't they teach much Rwandan history in schools?
3. After the genocide, Rwanda is led by Paul Kagame, a former RPF Rebel.  As a result, what ethnic group is effectively in charge of Rwanda today?
• A Roadside Trial
1. What was Leonard Kagabo's argument in his own defense?
2. Why does the author think that this process is so ambitious and difficult?
• In The Countryside
1. What did the sign in the countryside Church say about it?
2. Why do you think the Church is still in use?
• A Devastated Village
1. What percentage of Tutsis in the village were killed in 1994?
2. In Rwanda, denying the genocide occurred is a crime.  This seems to be at odds with individuals free speech.  Why do you think this was important to make a law?

US Enters the War

Objective

• Explain the causes and effects of the US entering WWII
• Evaluate the use of bombings against civilians targets in WWII

Agenda

Audio: "A Date That Will Live in Infamy" - FDR

1. Warm-up #11: As you listen to this speech, imagine you're alive as this event occured:
1. How would you feel?
2. What event in more recent history does this resemble?
2. Notes - US Enters the War
3. Discussion: Attacks on Civilians
4. Fog of War (20 minutes)
5. Review Packets

The Holocaust

Objective

• Analyze the causes of the Holocaust
• Evaluate the role of individual responsibility in the Holocaust

Agenda

1. Discuss Quote: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world he is responsible for everything he does." - John Paul Sartre
2. Niemoller Poem
3. Facts & Propaganda
4. Readings
1. Poems & Writings from Terezin
2. The Confession
3. Himmler's Speech at Posen
5. Video: The Nuremberg Trials

Eastern Front & Propaganda

Objective

• Explain the major events of the Eastern Front in WWII
• Analyze propaganda and satire in WWII

Agenda

1. Warm-up #10:
1. What was Napoleon's biggest mistake?
2. Why was it such a mistake?
2. Eastern Front (Notes)
3. Satire & Propaganda
1. Charlie Chaplin - "The Great Dictator"
2. Posters (PowerPoint)
3. Disney - "Der Fuhrer's Face"

World War 2 - Origins of WWII

Objective

• Explain the major events in the early years of WWII
• Analyze the speeches of Winston Churchill during WWII

Agenda

1. Warm-up #9: "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
1. Lyrics
2. This is a song about political revolution.  What point does it make about how sometimes revolutions turn out?
3. What two revolutions that we've studied in class could this argument apply to?
2. Start of WW2
1. Early Aggression
2. Poland
3. France
4. Britain
3. Churchill's Speeches
1. "Fight on the beaches"
2. "Their finest hour"
3. "Never have so many"
4. Satire
1. Charlie Chaplain:  The Great Dictator

Rise of Totalitarianism (2)

Objective

• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #8:  What are three things that fascists support or value?
2. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism Notes
1. Stalin / USSR
3. USSR Jokes
4. Propaganda

Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #7:  Describe two things that happened to Germany at the end of or after World War 1 that might have helped encourage extremist beliefs and the rise of Hitler?
2. Mussolini on Fascism
1. Find it under Public / Malafarina / Modern World History
3. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism Notes
1. Hitler / Germany
2. Stalin / USSR
4. USSR Jokes

WW1 Test / Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Describe major political ideologies
• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Handout:  Vote
2. World War 1 Test
3. Handout - Political Ideologies
1. World's Smallest Political Quiz
4. Results of the Vote
5. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism

Russian Revolution

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #6.    See Projector For Warm-Up
1. Is this picture propaganda?  If so, how do you know?  If not, why not?
2. Notes - Russian Revolution
3. All Quiet on the Western Front

Propaganda & Poetry

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the poems of Gibson, Owen, and Sassoon.

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #5.  Imagine you are an 18-year old soldier who has been fighting in the trenches on the Western Front for a year. 
1. What kind of sounds do you hear around you?
2. What kind of smells are there in the trenches?
3. What kinds of emotions do you feel?
4. What do you think of your commanders back at base?
5. What do you wish for?
2. World War 1 - Propaganda
3. War Poets
4. All Quiet on the Western Front

Trench Warfare

Objective

• Explain the causes of World War I
• Analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on World War I

Agenda

• Reading Quiz - Origins of World War 1 (16.1-16.2)
• Trench Warfare
• Play Warfare 1917
• Complete the game guide as you work
• Due at the end of class
• Watch: All Quiet on The Western Front  (if extra time)