Thank you for participating in this project with an open mind and levels of commitment. For your final post to this blog, please do the following:
(1) Write a brief recommendation or review of the primary text you've used throughout the course of this project. What positive qualities did it contain? What difficulties might it pose for readers? For whom should the text be recommended?
(2) Comment on your personal contribution to the final project presentation in the Library Media Center. Assess the success of your group in addressing a focus issue for this project and your presentation effectiveness.
(3) Share an anecdote that best illustrates your experience throughout the last few weeks working on the "Genocide Project." What event, moment, or discussion is the best example of what this project has meant to you?
(4) Respond to the following focus question: "What responbility, if any, must I take for these events in history?" Explain your response.
(5) Would you recommend that this project be continued or used with other classes/students at King/Drew? Why or why not?
We look forward to your responses, which must be posted no later than Sunday, June 14, 2009. There are multiple points to address, so consider crafting your response prior to publishing this at our blogsite.
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the text that we have used for our last couple assignments has been a helpful and very comprehendable text. When the book was first given to us i thought that it would be boring and difficult but my first impression was totally wrong. i dont believe the text posed any difficulties unless you dont like to read, then you might have a problem. this book should be recommended to students who are studying genocide, like us or students that are covering some sort of study that involves the prejudice against others or the way people are treated under circumstances.
ReplyDeleteFor the final project my group decided to create a website. i contributed information about 3 different genocides: aremnian, rwadna, and the one we studied the holocaust.i was not present when my group presented our project but based off how my knowledge of my group members i know they did well.
i think that the pivotal moment that shapedt his experience was the museum of tolerance tour. before we went mr.jarvis taught about the holocaust very detailed and thorough but seeing the technology and the story being told to us really made it stick. they had miniature size concentration camps and they had a display of the jews outfit. it was remarkable. at the end when inserted the identification card given to us with the children on them i found out that my child lived and ironically enough we have the same birthday. that touched me.
if any, i take responsibilty work not being publicaly aware that things like this happened. of course i aware of the holocaust but as far as the armenian and rwanda genocide i had no idea. what would the workd be like to day if those tragedies hadnt of taken place? i think i do owe some recognition at the least.
yes, i would reccommend this project to other students that may study genocide in the near future. the reason why i would reccommend this project is because its very interactive and once you one time you want ot respond again. additional to that whenever you respond you have the option to write whatever you want, theres no wrong answer and that makes you comfortable to be honest. i liked it.
the text that we have been reading is a good book. nobody in the class thought it was going to be a good book becasue of how big it was and what was in book. but as we started getting assignments i started liking the ook and reading more. there was no difficulties for me while i was reading becuhs it kept me entertained.
ReplyDeleteour presentation in the library was successful , we hit all the key points that were on the rubric. we talked about one specific genocid and it was the one nobody new about. so i think we hit the main points of what the techers were asking for.
ReplyDelete(3) the one event that showed me alot about thgis final project was the field trip to the museum of tolorence because of how detaild it was and all the information it had on it. we talked about the holocost in class with mr jarvis, but the museum of tolorence showed me alot more then i was learning.
ReplyDelete(4) i was not aware of alot of these different genocides. the oinly one i really new about was the holocost and that was becasue it was the main talk in my class . but when i heard about the others such as the rwanda , etc . i didnt no things like this could happen until i went to the musesum of tolorence.
(5)yes i would recommend because it could show other people about everything else about the holocost and of genocide, it is a great assignment to teach others about all that.
In my group, I was in charged of doing research about the half end of the novel. I read the last five chapters and I wrote about it on our blog website. My role also was to help find information about Darfur and the Genocide that was and is still slightly taking place. There was so much to do and we only had an allotted amount of time. A lot of the things that my group members wanted to do was too much for the small amount of time we had. But in the end, we did well and came out victorious.
ReplyDelete(1) I highly recommend the text that was used throughout the course of this project. I feel that we had more then enough information to provide facts and details. It contained positive qualities, such as interesting facts, while using great imagery that helped to explain the text. In my opinion, I feel that the text doesn't provide any difficulty for the reader. I would recommend the text to anybody interested in genocides, or anything about them.
ReplyDelete(2) I contributed to the group by doing research on our topic and providing an acting scene in which I deeply used emphasis to make the scene seem realistic. I rehearsed the lines thoroughly over and over again, until I had got them right. I feel that our project was successful enough to achieve a B or above.
(3) A week ago during History Class, a fellow classmate asked me if I knew what genocide was. I told him it was the mass murder of a certain, racial, ethnical, religious, or national group. For an example, I named the Armenian genocide, Rwandan genocide and more notabaly the Holocaust. He then said, oh, I thought it was "gin" with a side of something.
(4) I must take the responsability that genocides mostly occur because someone felt that another person was inferior to them. i have the responsability to encourage others by telling people that this way leads to violence and trouble.
(5) Yes, I recommend that this project be continued because it provides examples of genocides. For example, it deeply provides details about why they occur, and why so many people feel that there are race levels, such as the Aryan race being on top, while blacks and Jews are at the bottom.
1. I read The Translator A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari aka David, as a primary text for the Genocide Project. Positive qualities are facts and personal anecdotes that help one understand and sympathize on a different level with the victims of abuse and this genocide. You learn and hopefully truly become much more aware which I think was one of the primary aspects and goals of this project. Now what we have to do as young thinkers is what we can personally do help, learn what are some of the steps that have been done in the past and what needs to be done TODAY—before I lose my sanity and become even more hopeless. Difficulties are definitely trying to get through the reading without losing your sense of life, hope, or going through a stage hopelessness and questioning your existence. Maybe you should question “what you need to do to help” but only to a degree so that hope and optimism stays on your good side. If you stand for nothing, you mean nothing. I recommend this reading for anyone who genuinely desires awareness, knowledge (it’s not east to learn) and of course people brave and open enough to take this journey.
ReplyDelete2. I started a blog spot with my group, dedicated to genocide awareness with a concentration about the genocide in Darfur. If anyone is interested, link http://letipeace.blogspot.com/ I added aspects of Sudan’s economy and how it affects people living in Sudan overall and question its relation to Darfur’s genocide that began in 1989. There is also a poll (you should vote, if you’d like) about the subject matters. I believe that my group, in the end, pulled it together and we did a good job in placing our thoughts and energy into not only the final project but personal reflection in regarding our role in this world filled with tragedies.
3. I began by being excited to learn but soon came to questioning my role as a person and the fact that there’s really nothing that can change things. I can’t starve myself in hopes that it will feed those in dire situations. I definitely had a difficult time continuing the reading and getting myself healthy again –I’m working on rejuvenating myself trying to gain my hope back because I continue hopeless not knowing how to handle it. I’ve concluded (it’s a drafted conclusion) in hopes to help others by remaining in local injustices helping everyone I can by staying in organizations like PEP/LA, Children of the Night and feeding the homeless. This project just placed my views in a different perspective truly questioning my purpose in life and what I’m willing to do change things and raise awareness. I’ve questioned what has happened in the past and what can be done now—and in one simple aspect urged to research more about the UN and humanitarian groups as well as our history on a global scale.
4. I guess the responsibility is sticking to your goals meaning being the change you want to see if that’s what you want. Questioning what your values are and if you honestly care that people are dying in other countries not only to genocides but poverty, illness, bad water availability and other environmental aspects that truly affect lifestyles of everyone –anywhere from health to growing or damaging economies and again on a global scale. Another responsibility would definitely be -knowing the details about the past and our history so that we learn from it and try to avoid doing those same mistakes again. It’s up to us to change it—no one else is going to do it.
5. Yes sure, I think it’s important for people to know about these tragedies that happen in the world even though many people think they know about them some might not. It’s important to stay educated.
1. Well, the text was alot easier to understand than I thought it would be. At first I thought it was going to be a plain old text book, but it wasn't. I liked it because the text included instances of situations that people encountered first-hand. It would be much easier to understand if you just have a little bit of background knowledge on the subjects that are involved in the text we were reading. Anyone who seems interested or anyone you feel may learn something from this.
ReplyDelete2.Each of us contributed to deciding what our topic was going to be. I helped in getting the necessary information together. Our focus issue was violence in society and how people's actions in the past affect our descisions in the present and how our present actions have influence over our future. Through examples of past and present behavior in society, I believe we made our point clear.
3. There were several things that I didnt know before. It really shocked me how there are things like that going on in the world today. It makes you think...What if you lived somewhere else in the world. What if it was you that was in their shoes? I look at it in a different perspective now.
4. The responsibility that I, as well as all the other people have in this society, is that we learn from the mistakes made in the past. We really dont want history to keep repeating itself becuase we wouldn't know how it would end this time. Our responsibility would be tolook past differences so we could all come together to make this a better place.
5. I recommend that the genocide project should be continued because it provides the chance for students to become aware with issues in the world and to look at things perspectively. Even small things can add up. And this may be a small step with a more positive result.
1) I read Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala by Victoria Sanford, as a primary text for the Genocide Project. A few positive qualities would be the authors determination to present her findings to the world and help people understand that it was not just a mass killing of Mayans but their re education. The survivors testimonies helped me understand the event from a victims perspective. They also showed that both women and men as well as children were attacked, no one was left out from this horrible massacre. The book is meant to inform the human population of the Maya massacre and of the hope the survivors and victims families still have about gaining justice and correcting their history. Some difficulties would be the numerous abbreviations for political/ military/ Civil Rights/ and Support groups. Its hard remembering a few a first, however throughout the book, if one is still engaged in the reading it becomes part of them and one will quickly recognize what group Sanford and even the survivors are speaking of. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the truth about the Maya massacre and who never knew there was a genocide in Guatemala - like myself... it's a very interesting and informative book.
ReplyDelete2) I created a power point presentation with my one and only group member- Ashley Ortiz, it included facts from the book and general information about the Guatemalan genocide. I added events from the book, such as La Violencia and how the massacre survivors were affected by it and how much they held in throughout the years. I also starred in a video interview as the author of our book, Victoria Sanford and answered questions about the book and her reasons for writing it. Overall, my group member and I contributed equally to this genocide project and succeed our goal of informing our class members on the genocide in Guatemala and Victoria Sanford's book at the same time.
3) Our trip to the Museum of Tolerance helped me understand things i did not know before and the how genocides are still occurring today. The discussion both classes had on what a genocide was really impacted me the most. Everyone knew it was a mass killing a group of people and that it was cruel and human led. The fact that some people believe that a certain group is the cause for the misery of others or not "beneficial" to their society just because they are different is idiotic. Most hate is based on ignorance, and that's what people need to understand. The book i read clearly supports this, and if someone from today's society would be faced with is injustice they will soon realize that something needs to be done for the survivors and the victims families. I now look at my role in life differently because of this project.
4) My responsibility is to learn from our past mistakes and help society come together and fight for justice. By making sure that history does not repeat itself, we can all improve the world for the better and learn to live among each other without judging and creating violence.
5) Yes, i recommend that this genocide project be part of future K/D courses. It allows students to study and learn about all genocides and determine ways to prevent these types of events today and inform others about injustice all around the world. Also, it's a great way for students to express their concerns and beliefs on the topic by blogging.
1)I would really recommend the texts we read in class because they shows what people have to go through in great detail.The positive qualities it contains is that it shows the lives of other people that I could have never imagined.The difficulties it may pose is that some of the things may be hard for someone to accept. I recommend this to anyone, especially someone that is closeminded because this can help that person see that there are people that struggle.
ReplyDelete2.)I created the website and gathered the required information while my partner wrote all the text that was on the site. I believe we were very successful in addressing a focus issue because we tried choosing a topic the dealt with the given focus questions. Our presentation was very effective because we used the website as a guide.
3)Doing this project made me more aware of how bad the Holocaust actually was. The event that really got to me occured at the MOT. It was when we walked into the gas chambers; I pictured myself being in there with them waiting to die.
4.) I can't change the past but I can try to prevent it from happening. Like Kimberly said, we have to learn from our mistakes and make sure that doesn't happen again.
5.)I believe that this project should continue being used because it's not only educational but it can also help change someone's beliefs. I also believe that the blogs really help because people can freely express themselves.
Taveeona Harvey
ReplyDeleteSegal- period 6
1) "We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" by Phillip Gourevitch was a book worthy of praise. The author's detail in his journey back to Rwanda to discover the history behind the Rwandan genocide made me appreciate my life, my freedom and the importance of tolerance. Reading the various recounts of the fellow Tutsis touched my heart, and made me proud of my heritage because even as they were persecuted, they maintained hope. The only question I feel that potential readers from 9th to 12th grade is if they are ready to hear the gruesome, cruel cover story of the Rwandan genocide. Overall I enjoyed this novel, and hope it changes the lives of those who read it.
(2) My group's presentation on the Rwandan genocide was awesome. I contributed the evidence about the Hutu tribe. My information touched on the method behind the madness of the Hutus, and how the Hutus became so cruel to the Tutsi. In addition to my other group members' information, we were able to educate and reach our audience's mind, as well as their heart about the Rwandan genocide. I knew it was effective by Segal's unusual low amount of questions. Of course we could have added more current information into our presentation, but I am proud of what we displayed.
3) Reading "Fear" by Gary Soto helped me to understand how fear and tolerance are interconnected. The bully capitalized on the narrator's fear so he could attain power and self worth. In return, in pity of the bully's broken home and low self esteem, the narrator tolerated this. This story taught me that as long as we are afraid of someone, we will tolerate their mess, and not attempt to change them. However, this is not the solution. See, tolerance is a form of accepting someone regardless of gender, color, or even personal characteristics. However, this form of tolerance that the narrator exhibited was not tolerance but fear. Tolerance is also being able to express yourself to the person that you choose to tolerate. Through this story,I was able to take away the concept of not allowing fear to cause me to tolerate someone, but to be able to stand up against prejudice and abuse.
4) Throughout history, abuse, hatred, murder, slander and malice have raged through time, just as freedom, independence and pride. With the pain and hurt that has come from genocide, my only responsibility is to ensure that it does not occur in my generation and well as my children's generation. Teaching children the values of peace, tolerance, respect and love will help them to interact with each other in a calm manner and to not condescend anyone else just because they are different. Seeds of hatred and spite can only grow unless you feed it. All I want to do is kill it, and as long as I live, I will help to guard the minds of my children from violence and ignorance.
5) I highly recommend this project to other King Drew students because it help them to learn appreciation and respect for one another like they should. It helped me to appreciate all the freedom that comes with living in the United States, and that life is too short to hate each other over nonsense. This genocide would be the recipe for self reflection and gratification, and I think this would be the perfect topping at the end of a successful year of school.
Kaneca Pompey-Segal
ReplyDelete1.I loved the book i chose for this project. Rape Warfare:Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia written by Beverly Allen was an easy text to read. it also defined the main topic of the book-genocidal rape. Positives: i loved the detail of the book. it gave me a lot of information that i learned from and used in my project. Negatives: i guess just maybe the length of the text. some students might find it too long a book to read. i would recommend this book for people high school age and up.
2. I contributed information that was placed in my project. i also helped in the music selection of my group project. i think my group did a wonderful job at addressing our focus issues, genocidal rape. i also think our project turned out great and i'm really proud of it.
3. a week or two i was talking to some of my class mates and Mr.Segal. Mr. Segal made a comment about how people like watching violence like a form of entertainment. after he made that comment, i began thinking. maybe the reason why genocides happen and there are hardly any interference is because it's just sort of another day. another violent act occuring. violence, as much as i hate to admit it, seems to be human nature.
4. the responsibility i must take, is to learn from the past. i must teach and make others knowledgeable and aware of these past events so we can all work together in preventing another horrific event like these genocides from happening ever again.
5. i would definitely recommend this project for future King/Drew students. knowledge is the first step in prevention. if others are knowledgeable about these past events then they can spread the word and more and more people will be aware of these tragic events. that also means that there will potentially be more activists that will fight hard in preventing events like this from re-occurring.
sunny earle -6th period. wood/jarvis
ReplyDelete-The text we were assigned to read during this project was simple to understand. The short stories and analysis were comprehendable and they exmplified the subject of stereotypes. My class did not get too deep into the book for me to make a proper recomendation. For what I did read, I found it to be okay. I enjoy more graphic and emotional stories and facts. Our book had short stories but they were general. I would have preferred to have read something that pertained more to the holocaust and less on people's ideas of stereotypes. If this project is continued next year I would suggest a more in depth text about the holocaust, since that was the focus on this project (atleast for Mr Wood's/Jarvis' class.
-For our final presentation, my group (Montiera Straughter, Briana Little and I) focused on answering the question "how people allow them (genocides) to occur, and we emphasied on the theme of identity and stereotypes. For our project I went around at lunch and nutrition with Montiera, and we recorded K/D students, and their responses to stereotypes. We told them to express how they felt about stereotypes, stereotypes they have been faced with, why they need to be stopped and things of that nature.
-Posting the blogs, and reading the responses to what other k/d students posted has been the best example of what this project has meant to me. it really pained me to learn about the horrors and tragedies that people have endured all over the world because of the ignorance and hatred of cold people. However it was really enlightening to see the comments and opinions of my peers, and see how strongly they felt about the subject. It was really inspiring to see how educated and diplomatic we all were about expressing our views even if our views were different from someone elses.
-The responsibility I hold myself to, in ending violence like this, is to stop ignorance on my part. I have blogged repeatedly that stereotypes need to be stopped, so I am going to hold myself to the promise to stop beleiving them. I do not need to judge people based on false pretenses, nor do I need to treat people a certain way based on these pretenses. This task to some may sound really simple, but this like all other things will be "easier said, than done". The point remains that if one person, elimantes ignorance, it will start a chain reaction and others will do the same. If we elimante ignorance, we will eliminate hatred, and we will eliminate genocides.
-This project has been an enlightening learning experience. It was a great way to spend the last few weeks of school, and I would love to see the project be continued for other K/D students.
I would reallt recommend the text that us juniors had to read. It really helped me look at myself with stereotypes, and basically global problems and issues, that were discussed in a relatable way to us teenagers. This is most sure the audience for this book, teenagers , or children in general trying to figure out the issues of stereotyping, identity, etc. There were really no difficulties, I think the stories became very real, and there was nothing at all hard to read. I enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteMy personal contribution to my group was the fact of making sure during our video we kept it real the whole time. There was no script, but the topic of identity simply was responded by what it means to us as individuals, and what we can do to improve our own personal identity of ourselves. I believe we were successful because our video wasn't boring, nor was it ineffective. The effects it had was that it showed the teenage idenetity, and allowed us to broaden our thinking to other unknown topics. We asked random students of different races and gender, and got the point of vieew. The responses were very similar, something we shared.
This project was very helpful to me seeing myself for who I was. I was over here a few weeks ago saying oh my gosh, how terrible are stereotypes, these people are terrib le, for placing stereotypes on people theydon't know. Little did I know that I was like them, not distructive, but I judged people. I don't want to be a hyporcite anymore.
I have not avenged these incidents in history. You would think since I learned this in middle school, I wouldn't be stereotypical, since I've been judged all my life. But, I am stereotypical when I first see someone, it may seem funny to me, but if its the other way around it's not. The Jews survived so this could end, and I'm keeping their torture going on, Why?
Yesssssssssss, it should be continued. At first I thought I've always focused on the genocide, but this time I focused it in another way. I had to think out of my element, and also had to relate myself. I have a greater deal of respecyt for the Jews, my peers, and more importnatly myself. Thanks roz, seagul, and wood!
I absolutely agree with Sunny on the fact that I need to hold myself accountable for being a hypocrite. King Drew look at us, we say that the Jews were wrongfully attacked, and percieved by Germans for know reaSON, AND THEY DIED BECAUASE OF HOW PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE, AND ASSUMED, BUT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW! So what do we do, when we see a Latino, Asian, white person, or black person, light skinned, dark skinned, long hair, braids, pretty eyes, and other unimportant characteristics to who we are? What do we do? I've been stereotyped and I hate it, I stilll am, but sheesh I'm doing the same thing. I feel ashamed, and a little piece of change can do a lot to help. Hopefully people analyze themselves, as I have.
ReplyDelete1.Although most people wouldn't consider this book, Taste of Salt, a genocide, I do. The massive killing of the Haitians due to the yearning for a democracy was extremely sad. The killing wasn't because of racial hate but because of different political views. I feel that this book was fairly easy to read, actually I felt that I was to old to be reading it. This book seems as if it was written for a younger audience. This book wasn't difficult to read, so I recommend this book for middle school students
ReplyDelete2.For the final genocide project my group posted a blog for our presentation. I was in charge of posting the information on the history of the Haiti genocide along with Courtney. During the presentation I was engaged in it and I knew what I was discussing. Overall, I feel that my group did a great job because we had multiple blogs, pictures, and we dressed the part. =)
3.At the museum of tolerance I really began to feel remorse for the genocide victims. Seeing all of the videos showed me how lucky I am to be alive. I actually cried a little while at the museum because it was sad to see what these people went through. The way that they treated women was also hurtful. The museum trip as a whole meant a lot to me. I have become more educated on genocides and the people they affected.
4.After looking back on the crucial events in history it is my duty to make sure that I do not take part in those types of activities. There isn't much I can do, but I can educate others on genocides and encourage them to take a stand to refrain from such activities as well. Hopefully these incidents don't occur in the future.
ReplyDelete5.Yes, I do recommend that this project be continued with future king/drew classes. This is a great project to teach people about genocides and how it has affected the world today. If people do not already know about genocides I feel that this topic would be of great interest to them. I learned a lot from this project and future classes would have the opportunity to learn from it as well.
I definitely agree with Kaneca. We must all work together to make sure that events like genocides don't occur again. If we began to go against each then who knows what's likely to happen in the future. Genocide again? perhaps! heck NO!
ReplyDeletea) I would definately recommend "The Burning Tigris" to anyone who likes a good fact book. One of the only things that would bother someone is that it's extremely biased in its reasoning.
ReplyDeleteb)For the final presentation, i was at home sick, so I wasn't able to contribute that day. But the next day, we presented to the class and i was excited to see that alot of the students were paying attention and were very interested.
c)Mr. Segal and I were discussing human nature and it's intereet in violence and watching othher people get hurt. We realized that people enjoy watching violence when it isnt happening to themselves.
d)I believe that we have a responsibility to the people that were victims to the genocides: we have to make people aware of the need for tolerance so that horrors like that won't happen again.
e) Despite the fact that we learn about history in class, alot of the time we dont learn about the things that cause these genocides, so it would be beneficial to learn about it. Alot of students also need to realize the importance of tolerance.
(1) I read the book on the Cambodian killing fields. It was useless. I didn't read the whole thing but from the 3 memoirs I read, I didn't get any useful information that I will retain for more than a week more. I recommend it for Cambodians that want to read other's people's perspectives on their genocide.
ReplyDelete(2) I provided facts for my groups powerpoint. My group was good at stating what happened.
(3) Hmmmm. An anecdote that illustrates my experience with this...I was sitting at a table looking at the ceiling with the book in my hands....The End.
(4) I promise I won't kill a lot of people. That's doing my part.
(5) AP Lit students have to have something to do after AP tests.
Asia: "At the museum of tolerance I really began to feel remorse for the genocide victims."
ReplyDeleteEither you don't know what remorse means, or you took part in the systematic mass extermination of a group of people.
1)The "Burning Tigris, The: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response" by Peter Balakian depicts the rise of the hatred against the Armeanian people, the evnts that took place, and America's interference. I would highly recommend this book because it is important source that makes people aware of the "forgotten genocide," is detailed and focuses on evoking what the Armenians went through and the actions the U.S. government took.
ReplyDelete2)For the final project I took the responsibility to make a powerpoint to break-down and summarize the information that we gathered from the book. I believe that as a group, we coverd the important information in depth, and portrayed it through our powerpoint.
3)Our visit to theMuseum of Tolerance was impacting. We took the trip just at the rit time, I believe that if I would have visited the museum at a different time, I would have not taken in the information and images the way I did.I probably wouldnt have realized the impact our beliefs,actions, etc, have on the evnts that occur in our world.
4)I think that I, along with every other individual has sole responsibility for the events that occur in history, whether we accept it or not.It is our responsibility to learn from our mistakes, and not repeat them. We make the difference.
5)I would recommend for this project for upcoming years with other classes/students because it is a source that allows us, students to learn about our history, how we've been affected, as well as learn to be tolerant.
1. Over the course of this project, I read We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. While reading this novel, I was able to seep inside the minds of enemies and victims in the Rwanda massacre. Gourevitch did a good job incorporating why international governments decided interfere in Rwanda’s genocide. My main concern with the text was Gourevitch’s constant introductions to new groups, leaders, governments and characters. It was so confusing that I had to reread previous chapters before proceeding onto the next. I would recommend this novel for 10-12 grade students because they’re accustomed to reading novels with explicit and graphic content.
ReplyDelete2. I can admit I was nervous to see the final results of our presentation, because my history of group presentation always ended on a bad note, and I refused to let that happen again. Our group established a movie presentation instead of a power point presentation, which I would have like to use as our technology. I believe the successes of our presentation were our accurate research of the Hutus and Tutsis, statistical evidence, our novel’s connection to our genocide, and Martin’s idea of adding 2 Rwandan songs. Personally I would like to thank my group for making this presentation a less stressful one on my part.
3. When I visited The Tolerance Museum, my class had to participate in a bullying activity that was very challenging for me emotionally. A clip was shown to exemplify the effects cyber-bullying and how bullying plays a role in genocide. I couldn’t bear to witness a group of bullies bashing someone because of their appearance or actions towards others. I was once a victim of bullying in elementary school and people taunted me just because I looked and acted certain way. I believe that no one should be subjected to any acts of violence because of their appearance and/or actions and this continues to be a prime factor of genocide.
4. As an 18 year old American citizen, I feel that I must pass on my knowledge of genocide to others and encourage them to donate to organizations that would like to stop genocide. I can be responsible for letting my family and friends know what I’ve learned from this project and how they can help solve this issue as well. We as people have the power to stop anything we started; we can’t continue to ignore this genocide issue any longer, we need to take a stand.
5. Yes, most definitely! Through research, field trip and presentations, I’ve learned a lot about genocide and how this event is slowly destroying our world. I believe this project should be continued as a school wide project, that way everyone is knowledgeable about worldwide events. If there’s any audience that needs to know about genocide, it’s us…………the youth; we are the future and the solution to this issue. Like I said in my fourth response, the only way we can stop this event is if everyone come together and stop what the devil started.
Taveeona has a point, if we teach our future generations to love and respect one another then genocide would eventually simmer. The teachings of children are learned by their examples, which are the adults. If they see their parents killing innocent people, 9 times out of 10, they’ll most likely grow up to be just destructive.
1. The primary text I read throughout this project was Beverly Allen's "Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide: Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia." The text was very informative on genocidal rape, a very serious issue that occurred in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in the mid to late 1990's and still occurs today in various different countries. I would definitely recommend this text to anyone willing to expand their horizons on issues around the world as well as to those interested in bringing change to social issues. I really liked that the text was overall very informative and made the reader want to keep reading for more. However, I did not enjoy that the text was so long. Reading the book was a great experience and those thinking about reading the text should disregard its length because within those long pages lies a very compelling story that most will enjoy reading.
ReplyDelete2. I believe that our presentation was indeed effective in addressing the issue that Beverly Allen's text discusses. My group and I created a short video in which the audience was able to read short facts about genocidal rape in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, while looking at visual images that depict both the words and overall genocidal rape issue as well. The presentation was overall enhanced with the use of background music: "Scars," "Because of You," and "Waiting on the World to Change," all which depict really well both the issue and desire for relief. My personal contribution towards the creation of our project was to gather information and edit the video itself.
3. This project has really opened my eyes on the issues that people in other countries are faced with each day. My experience at the Museum of Tolerance allowed me to recognize the various violent issues that exist not only in other countries, but also in America, and the various different ways that that violence takes place. The bullying exhibit was a very interesting presentation as it is something that we can come upon on a regular basis and yet so commonly disregard. Apart form our visit to the Museum of Tolerance however, I found that my primary text's depiction of a genocide was very different from what people generally expect. In my book, the Serbs raped women to have them bear children that held "only Serbian blood" even though the women were not Serbian themselves. They believed that by raping those women, they were wiping out the ethnic groups of which those women belonged to because their children would only hold Serbian blood. Both of these experiences showed me just how ignorant people can be and shows how violence can arise from such ignorance. To me, "The Genocide Project" became an experience designed to encourage others to end violence not only locally, but around the world as well and to help bring change to the social issues people are affected by each day.
4. The responsibility I must take for these events in history is to simply inform others of the devastating occurrences. If we inform others of the issues that have occurred in the past, then people will be more drawn to make changes in the issues that occur today to assure that what happened in the past does not happen again. The more informed that people are about these issues, the least probabilities there are of such issues occurring in the future. With the knowledge I have gained from this activity, my responsibility is to inform others so that they too can become knowledgeable and help prevent issues like these from happening again.
ReplyDelete5. I think that this project was very informative and gives people a lot of knowledge on issues that they would not normally explore on their own. I would definitely recommend that this project be used with other classes here at King Drew because I think it gives students the opportunity to expand their horizons. The project can rid people of social ignorance and learning of difficult issues that people are commonly faced with can bring students to appreciate their lives more as they are. If this project continues at King Drew, then students who study the issues can inform others of those issues and with spreading words, maybe more help can come to those trapped in genocidal troubles.
Brittany Taylor-Segal
ReplyDelete-"We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" by Phillip Gourevitch was an amazing book. I recommend it to all readers who are interested in broadening their mind on new worldviews. I would say the book is very mature and readers should be at least in the 10th grade. Mr. Gourevitch's details of the genocide were so riveting that i am currently purchasing the text so i can finish it.
- I though my group's presentation on the Rwandan genocide went really well. I contributed the information about the text and background about the author. I feel we could have put more information in about the current status of the situation in Rwanda but overall I couldn't have picked better people to work with.
-Although I have been to the Museum of tolerance about 5 times before our mandatory field trip I felt this trip was the most important. I had never went to the Holocaust exhibit and it was a great experience. I got to follow a Jewish girl who was seperated from her family and put into a concentration camp. Throughout our tour we learned information about the Jewish person that was on the card we selected. At the end of the tour we found out their fate. In the end the little girl I had was said to have disappeared. Even though I never met the girl I pray that she is safe. Many of the Jews in concenttration camps died and some actually work at the museum and I got to meet a few during my other visits. I will never forget my visits to the museum because they have changed my views on "prejudgement."
-The responsibility I must take for these events in history is to prevent them from ever happening again. It is my job as the next generation to change the world for the better and to help bring harmony to all. My duty is to teach others that stereotypes and prejudging are wrong. It is my responsbility to show others that everyone is unique and not weird or stupid because they are not like everyone else.
-I recommend this project be used with future K/D students because it allows students to learn about their role in the world when it comes to violence, genocides, etc. It gives them a chance to learn if they are being bullied or if they are the bullies themselves so they can change.
brooke.b.wood.per.6
ReplyDelete1. Our primamry text was ok...we didnt really use it too much but from what i saw it was nice. it presented information then it always had a someones story as kind of a live example which i thought was a nice touch. what i did read out of the book was good and insightful however we didnt use it enough.
2. My contribution to my groups project was organization and also gathering pictures and information. we created a website however i feel that our project was rushed due to a lack of knowledge and understanding of the fuul project. i do think that we acomplished our goal for the website however i do believe that goal was a bit underdeveloped.
3. for me, the trip to the m.o.t. best describes what this project means to me because this entire ordeal was an eye opener and goin to the m.o.t. did open my eyes to things unheard of and unseen to me.
4. that is a tricky question.i believe that my responsibility is to address it the best i know how and spread the word about it. by my telling someone and them passing it on to someone else a great movement has the potetial to be started.
5. the project should definately be continue however it needs to be reconstructed because we, in Mr. Wood's class, experienced slot of miscomunication throughout the entire project which threw us off, for lack of a better phrase. i would also have liked to see the two classes working more together and how they were supposed to be intermixed.
Teni Ayo-Ariyo; Mr.Segal
ReplyDelete1)Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia by Beverly Allen is a very interesting book in terms of its exposure to a relatively overlooked form of genocide. The idea if counter populating through rape rather than physically wiping out a race is seemingly absurd, yet people have this mindset. It was difficult to read several of the personal stories, because of the emotional distress that accompanied it. I recommend the text to anyone who is interested in learning more about genocidal rape and mistreatment of women in general.
2)Our group captured the concept of genocidal rape through a movie. Our movie was comprised of pictures of women from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, facts about genocidal rape, and specific references from our source text. I was in charge of referencing information from the book for the oral presentation and the movie. We also picked the songs as a group.
3)While we were working on the project at Kimberly’s house, Stella brought up a point that the Serb soldiers made an illogical conclusion by thinking that they could eliminate the Croatian race by simply impregnating Croatian women. Not only was there mentality biologically incorrect, because the baby would still have Croatian blood, it was also morally incorrect on many different levels.
Also, during our presentation, or group had a discussion with Ms. Rosmiarek about America’s neglection of this issue. We concluded that this might be due in part to the fact that the US would not get anything out of it, or that no one intervened because it primarily affected women.
4)There is absolutely nothing I can do about what has occurred in the past, however in the future, I can take action in the form of an activist group, or simply educating others who will take action of some kind.
5)I recommend this project be continued, because enlightenment and awareness is the forst stepp to taking action.
Lorena--Segal
ReplyDelete(1) "Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields" by Dith Pran is a compelling story about the Cambodian children experience's during the genocide that resided in their hometown. It contains the postitive aspect of the survivors being able to do well in life, creating their own families, and getting an educations by being sponsored by organizations and taken into the United States.
Yet I recommend a strong stomach and a wall of a heart. Some of these stories told are something no child should ever have to witness but did, you have to be ready to face what they faced and continue reading the stories to come and the hardships they had to face for five long years.
I recommned this book to anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of all around the world genocides, and to anyone who is able to read and understand the hardships that the Cambodian people faced during the reign of Pol Pot.
(2) For the final project of the presentation, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to present with my group. Though I did help with the layout and give the basic history information of how the genocide occurred and how we should present it. Overall I believe my group did a presentaion of our novel and the situation according to what my classmates and group were telling me.
(3) The word "genocide" brings up so many horrible memories of hearing what was done and mostly the holocaust, but now after reading the novel my stomach is churned and i feel a great sorrow for all of those souls who died so violently and merciless and for those who survived and now struggle everyday to forget the past and what they saw, smelled, heard, touched, and tasted.
The project has also made me realize that there were more genocides than that of the Holocaust by doing this project and going to The Museum of Tolerance.
This project has made me realize that everyone is different and just because they are doesn't give me the right to mistreat anyone or make them feel inferior to me. For one thing i'm not anyone special to tell anyone else how they should behave or live their life and two i try to live by the golden rule of "treat others the way you want to be treated" and i know for fact I wouldn't want to be discriminated or prejudged by anyone.
Now i can only hope for any genocides still going on to end and to hopefully help prevent anymore genocides from occuring.
(4) The major responsibility I have is to not repeat history and help anyone in need of assisstance. If i can do this I can probably help save at least one or more lives from going through the hardships that millions and millions of other people had to face. I would also like to set meetings with a psycologist to help anyone who wnent through any of these get all these images out tof their system and hopefully live a healthier life.
(5) I would recommend this project to be continued because its not just history that happend many years ago and is just another stain in our past. Its something that has recently happened and is happening for certain people around the world, and i believe that we should read and learn aobut thier stories to not let their genocides go in vain and to make sure that history never repeats itself with something so horrible as the genocide. Everyone has a right to voice what they'd like to say and it's only right that we hear those voices loud and clear. That's what i believe this project does, plus it helps open our horizons of what happens around us and stop believing in this bubble that tragedies like these never happened or aren't happened. It is up to us the future and present people to cease these actions from ever happening and what better way than to get your facts straight?
(1) My primary text was We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda written by Philip Gourevitch. I really enjoyed the book because it was written by an American about the Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi people, an outsider’s perspective that I could best relate to. It was neither simply narrative nor a book of facts. The text was able to intrigue and captivate me with the wonders and twists of such a complicated even that was years in the making, as well as educate me about the details of such an event. It was not your average high school reading book, as many chapters were almost their own short story with the introduction of dozens of characters that hardly connected to one another. It was also very difficult to keep their characters straight and the complexity of names did not help as well. This text should definitely be recommended to someone who has the time to read and reread sections of the chapter and also be prepared for a challenge in such a dynamic plot.
ReplyDelete(2)Our main goal of the project was to differentiate the movie of the genocide form the true facts. Unlike other more-known genocides, if it was not for the movie, many people would not know such genocide existed. We created a video and each of us were assigned a certain topic to address. My topic was to discuss the Tutsis, the group targeted by the Hutu. It was interesting to learn that in fact, the Tutsi had discriminated against the Hutu prior to being massacred, a fact that I did not expect. I am sure our group did a great job in informing our audience about the main points of the genocide. We probably could have interacted more with our audience, perhaps providing with focus questions of their own or asking their thoughts on the ideas expressed.
(3)When we heard the speaker in the Oral Arts room, I was really able to make a connection. When I traveled to Guatemala in December of 2007, I knew nothing of the oppression Mayans felt during the Civil War and genocide due to supposed communist uprising. It was only until the speaker mentioned her experiences of having to hide from soldiers and even the death of her sister that really touched me and taught me to really take into account my environment. I believe that has been the main goal of this project, to make connections that will ultimately broaden our outlook on the oppression of cultures, and I have been able to do that. I can now mention something more than the holocaust when asked about genocides.
(4)I think it is my responsibility to ensure that I exhibit the virtue of tolerance that the oppressors of the past failed to show. It is through pure ignorance that such travesties have occurred, and it starts with me to ensure that my generation will no repeat it. I need to help spread the education I have acquired because sometimes, ignorance stems from simply not knowing the right thing. Whether it is talking to my younger siblings about the tolerance of others or making presentations to classroom on the subject, simply spreading the know could benefit tons of people. I know I did not cause any of the past events, but doing nothing could potentially aid in history repeating itself, and I want to make sure that does not happen.
(5)This is great program that should definitely be used my more students. In fact, I think that we should extend our current curriculum to include more information about the genocides of Cambodia, Armenia, Ukraine, Guatemala, Nigeria, El Salvador, etc. Having discussions of tolerance could also potentially help the on-campus violence that has increased over the past couple of months. This program is really beneficial, giving students the opportunity to use technology to discuss with one another issues of the past and discover how we can use what we have learned to benefit the future.
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ReplyDelete(#1) Well, first off: Buried Secrets-Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala is the most difficult read ever. Not because if extensive vocabulary, but because of its lacking entertainment. The story was similiar to a text book in terms of interest (no exaggeration). Like a text book, Buried Secrets teaches lots about the Mayan Genocide in Guatemala through numerous testimonials, anecdotes, and interviews. The "silent holocaust" is no longer silent once a individual reads this. From what I read in the book, I learned the stories of Julia and other Mayan indians and the fear they felt and continue to feel because of the atrocities they witnessed during the genocide. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the Mayan genocide or writing a paper on the genocide because it succeeds in teaching. Thus if someone is looking to read for pleasure, I highly recommend another novel.
ReplyDelete(#2) Ruddie and I were the only two individuals in our class willing to read Buried Secrets and split our work 50/50. In fact, it was best working in a small group as I have a preference for working alone and this was quite close. Because our group only consisted of two members, it was much easier to split the work and make sure we both knew exactly what we wer going to say during our presentation. For the presentaion, we equally covered the book, the history of the genocide, before and after the genocide, and we both starred in our mini video interview.
(#3) The field trip to the museum of tolerance was most pivotal to me as it shed light on a whole bigger problem than i had been led on to believe. I learned that there are numerous genocides which have occurred in the past, in recent times, and those which are currently occurring. Genocide is not the only form of intolerance we face, but oppression, racism, prejudism and more.
(#4) As I've learned through this project, I now understand that it takes as much courage to let a problem be known while or after it happened as to stand up and speak out during the occurrence of the problem. Thus, I will no longer let consequences nor fear stand in my way of letting a problem be known or standing up for not only mine but others' rights. I will no longer contribute to the growing problem of intolerance and ignorance.
(#5) Well despite the novel which I read and found waaaaay boring, I believe this project should be continued to be used in the future for its ability to inspire courage and again, diminish ignorance. Also, this project is guaranteed to make students think and learn at least a few things about unknown or unthought of incidents of intolerance.
POSTED BY: ASHLEY ORTIZ (6th per. Segal)
I agree with Brittany. Our responsibility is to change the wrong from the world and help create a better future. We have the ability to disable stereotypes and create a better, safer, environment for us to live in. We can help change the wrong to prevent the past from repeating itself.
ReplyDeleteI recommend my text for other students to read because it provides information about Darfur people need to know. It is important that people are aware of the terrible events going on, this book gives specific images that can be very graphic at times but it is reality. None of the information is sugar-coated. The book was written by someone who had first hand experience in these situations which makes iteven better. I definitely appreciate this book for the insight and information it offers about the horrific events that take place in Darfur.
ReplyDeleteMy group had some difficulty coming together in the beginning but it came together in the end. i would say one of the most important aspects I contributed was my positive attitude. There was some negativity in the group at first but i tried my best to hold it together and try to get everyone to realize that everything would be okay and everything was going. I tried my best to motivate all of our group members to not give up and continue working until the last minute to make sure we got everything done. I also created to prompts for our posts and made sure my part was done on time. In the end our presentation was actually not that bad. GOOD JOB LETI AND NYEEMAH! :)
When we first met in the library during sixth period and watched the presentation/ slide show on the different genocides and what genocide is. i realized why my participation and everyone else's participation in this project was so important. I am sure many students (including myself) did not know about the e=different events that were mentioned in the presentation and were not aware of how serious matters are/were. I feel that this is such an amazing project to be apart of because it opens our eyes, as high school juniors and seniors, to how we can make a difference in the world, especially since we are about to embark upon this new chapter in our life.
I feel my role in history is to do whatever i can to help eliminate the injustice going on in the world. Im not saying that in my lifetime injustice will be eliminated but I will make i do whatever i can to work towards that and never give up. I want to help other people and help them to change their lives. I want to make a difference, thats what is most important to me and how i feel i can play a role in history.
Of course i would i think every student should take part in something like this at King/Drew. If anything, it helps students to really become appreciative for the opportunities they have because there are a lot of students at K/D that dont realize how good they have it. Sometimes I myself fail to realize it at times and I have to check myself and remind myself of it. It also will help to foster positive leaders who will work to change the world and improve the state of the world.
(1) Peter Balakian’s , “Burning Tigris, The: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response” portrays the mass killings of Armenians, pervasively throughout the Ottoman Empire, as socially indicted for their “systematic race extermination” objective. Approaching this issue, based on American perspective, Balakian depicts the futile initiative of Western countries, except America’s of course, to prevent the escalation of ethical conflicts among the Muslims and Non-Muslims. Even as surrounding countries, including the Central Powers, pestered the Turks to expand equal rights to Armenians and as their empire began to be reduced, the genocide continued. The text, mainly addresses the aid the United States gave to Armenia, post event, detailing the involvement of the government and interests groups in administering medical assistance and relief. Nonetheless, the Balakian illustrates the gruesome accounts of individuals, as witnesses of the occurring reality of non-justified murders of a million people. Although this book is slightly biased, it offers evident detail of the issue through journalist accounts and testimonies. Balakian incorporates social and ethical critique of both American politics and development of human rights. Readers might find this text easily approachable, because it is set in an American perspective and can definitely offer accurate historical content and is recommend for mature audiences.
ReplyDelete(2) I feel that as a class in general, we were able to offer our dogmatic views about genocide, as an act. However, as intended to debate the viability of human rights, we were not very successful. I was able to respond to the questions asked and offered rational answers within the context of the book and topic.
(3) Visiting the Museum of Tolerance, served as an opportunity to be reminded of the past atrocities that further demonstrate how miserable and degradable man can be. The visit, nonetheless, demonstrated how the world can be mute and indifferent as people die for irrational reasons. Lack of initiative from the UN in halting the genocide in Darfur, is quite troubling, but makes me realize that perhaps we haven’t learned much from the past. Education and social activism can only do so much, when bureaucracy is extended not only in Western countries, but even in global organizations that need time to realize that there are far more intensive needs above capitalism.
(4) "What responsibility, if any, must I take for these events in history?" I didn’t do anything. I wasn’t even born. However, our current responsibility stands beyond being informed. Depressingly, governments dictate the success of human activist groups and efforts of ordinary people.
(5) Would you recommend that this project be continued or used with other classes/students at King/Drew? Why or why not? Well, perhaps continuing this project earlier in the year might seem for effective. Students struggle to do their work by the end of the year. (Specially, seniors.)Discussions can be more amusing. Hearing people’s opinions can be entertaining.
"The Burning Tigris" by Peter Balakian was a pleasure to read. Extremely informative and meticulous in detail, this book has all there is to know about the Armenian Genocide. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the Armenian Genocide, the second most studied genocide in history (after the Holocaust).
ReplyDeleteMy main role in this project was compiling a general timeline of the genocide and the events that led up to it. I also researched and found much details on these events to clarify any questions my teammates had on the events leading up to the genocide. I found the music for the presentation too. I believe my group was thorough and well informed on learning about and presenting on the Armenian Genocide.
Some of the most enjoyable moments I had throughout the course of this project was commenting (dismantling) on other peoples' responses. Commenting on each others posts provided a time and place for a small discussion that incorporated all of the genocides. Whether it was demanding clarification from someone who might have been misguided or thoughtless or buttressing an aarguments that I agreed with, the concept of discussing the issue at hand to raise awareness and teaching each other about the various genocides was fruitful.
The responsibility that everyone must take for these events in history is acknowledging them and learning as much as one can about them to prevent genocides from arising in the future. Our responsibility is to learn from the past and prevent such atrocities in the future.
I would definitely recommend this projuect to be continued because it helped the school in attaining a more interdisciplinary curriculum and helped us learn about world history while honing our English skills
Kanesha- Segal
ReplyDelete1) I would recommend this book for everyone. I do not favor historical fact books yet it is important for everyone to know the history of such atrocities to prevent similar events from occurring again. For people who are not interested in such book it might be hard to stay interested in the beginning but as one gets further into the text, discovering what really happened in specific locations and events of the overall genocide keeps your interest. As Selene stated the book is slightly biased.
2) On the final presentation I did the slide of the power point focusing on the “where” of the Armenia Genocide, focusing on specific locations and events/people that occurred there. I think my group did a great job in explaining the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, and “why” of the Armenian Genocide while also noting its influence on the Jewish holocaust.
3) The moment that expresses the meaning of this project to me, is when we read “To Teach a Lesson” from the Facing History text. The class read it silently and as I read the short excerpt, a woman being paraded around, head shaven, ridiculed for loving a Jew and the town treating such an event as a festival, I got a little sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am a self proclaimed lover and when I do develop friendships with others, trust them, respect, them and love them I do it hard. To think that she was punished for whom she loved angered and sickened me. Yet the fact that she had the strength and courage to remain with her love, gave me hope.
4) In learning about these genocides and massacres of history it is my responsibility to continue learning and aid in others learning about them as well. As a whole, myself and my society it is our combined obligation to prevent and speak out against any future and currents atrocities that take place.
5) I think this project should be continued. As I have said before, it is important for people to learn about history’s horrors so we can prevent them from occurring again. I think the 12th grade section should especially be continued. While we learn about the Jewish holocaust in school, we seldom learn about other genocides and in learning about them we see how they are all connected in a sense: how and why they started as well as the impact it had nationally and internationally.
Imogene, injustice will exists forever. Im glad you desire to contain it. Who doesn't? Established society is disgusting and all efforts to do something about partiality, prejudice and inequality, are basically efforts to challenge and alter this social institution.
ReplyDelete(2) I contributed to my groups slideshow presentation and discussion. (I forgot to say that).
ReplyDeleteAndrew, indeed:this project allowed us to be informed about the Armenian genocide in more detail.
1)The book I read was...great if you are truly interested in the Cambodian genocide and/or have a very low reading level. The book consists of first-hand accounts--with very simple language. Easy read. Not good for people who like uninterupted narrative,
ReplyDelete2) I personally contributed information regarding the slides. I thought the group did farely well. I think that, were someone paying attention, they would learn at least something about the Khmer Ruge's bruality.
3) When I talked to Segal at the Museum of Tolerance, and it became clear to me that talk about genocide is typically meant to be simplistic and not relevent to the present day (I.e any crimes by the US and Israel were omitted).
4) I feel no need to take any "responsibility" for historical events that I had no direct nor indirect part in.
5) If you as teacher derive any sense of accomplishment or achievement in having students read about genocide--then more power to you.
1)personally i think that the text given to us was very useful. It is highly recommended to teens because, some of the stories it contains, relates to us as well. I didnt encounter any difficulties with any assignments.It was extremely comprehendable.
ReplyDelete2) My groups purpose was to discuss common sterotypes. We wanted everyone to recognize certain things being done that were prejudice
which is unfair. We tryed to state facts that everyone could relate to, and find reasonable solutions. Then when we did the interviews peopled seemed like they enjoyed the topic and were guilty of making stereotypes of others as well.
3) the best moment of this " genocide project" had to be the introductory slide show and the fieldtrip o the "museum of tolerance". It was an amazing learning experience. The first slide show shown to use was like hard core raw footage. It didnt sugar code any thing, the images shown we beyond explicit. When the issue was addressed to me, and i actually viewed it, is when i b ecame more serious about it. The fact that innocent people were being killed bothered mee.
4) it is now my responsibility to take a stand within my peers and no longer be apart of the negativity. Meaning stereotyping, i'll make it a point to become a better person and give everyone a chance.
5) this project was one that i would definately do again. Unlike most it had a negative a positive side that made it so interesting. The fact that two classes were collided of different grades made it exciting as well.
(1) Throughout the course of this project, we've used the text, Facing History and Ourselves. This text provided information about the past and how it applites to everyday life. As positive qualities, the text gave advice on what should be done. For readers, it may be difficult to truly understand the meaning of some topics. The text should be recommended to anyone who is willing to put forth an effort in learning this.
ReplyDelete(2) My group presentation in the Library Media Center consisted of a group of three, a summary, and a video. Everyone contributed information and time towards the presentation. I believe that the group presentation was successful.
(3) The disscusion about the film, "The Pianist", concluded to me realizing, even more, how cruel Jews were treated.
(4) I can take responsibility for the genocides because I can educate others to avoid ways leading themselves to violence.
(5) I definately would recommend that this genocide project to be continued because you are never to old/young to learn something new.
(1) Our primary text in Mr.Wood's class was _Facing History and Ourselves: Holocust and Human Behavior_ is an excellent, moderen text that gives perfect exmples of how genocide occr or is occuring. The positive side that i believe the text gave us was that we are now aware of what the causes of genocide are and where they are happening so we can AVOID IT!! the only difficulty i had was that in the begining of every story there is a narrator that leads to another story.the text hould defanitly be recomended for high schoolers ans up or very advance 8th graders.
ReplyDelete(2) Since one of my sisters is studyin film i already had good exprience with editing. So when we came up with the idea of a movie i was excited it was going to be my first edit piece! Even if my partners lagged there part of out GROUP project i as able to pull out an excellent movie! We believed stongly in our topic and spent most of class time disscussing it aw well a debating it.
(3) Besides the primary text in our class we were also viewing a movie, "The Pianist" by:Roman Polanski. This movie was eye opening and gave another view of the holocaust i've never seen before, not een in the Museum of Tolerance. When i saw how crucial living in the ghettos was (which I've never read or seen in my studies) i was very astonished and sick. Viewing this filim was probably most memorable.
(4) The responsibility i must take of our history is that since i am human and i am bound to be related to the culprit by distant ancstory i should take with me the steps they took to become such killers. To destory those methodes or recognize them and stop the genocide from happening.
(5) I do srongly recomend that this project be carried on in King/Drew because it is very eye opening and knowledge filling of the genocied that actually happened around the world and why and who! It is really mind blowing to know where they happend! and how they think of it now.