| contemporary_genocide_workbook.docx |
| darfur_geofile.pdf |
Darfur resources
Mystery: Why does Betty speak a different language to her parents?
Main task: Why does Betty speak a different language to her parents?
Using the cards, you need to answer the above question. Some of the clues are not as important as others, but they will all help you to make sense of what life has been like in Sudan. The numbers on the cards are only to aid discussion, they do not go in number order.
Guidance questions:
1. Who is Betty?
2. Where was Betty originally from?
3. Why does Betty speak a different language to her parents?
4. Why did Betty’s family leave their original home?
5. Why are education rates in Sudan so low?
Use as many of the cards as possible to write your answer to the question above. Suggested paragraph content is below:
Extension questions:
What impact would so many extra people – such as those in Mayo camp – have on the services of an area?
What impact would the additional people have on the environment?
Using the cards, you need to answer the above question. Some of the clues are not as important as others, but they will all help you to make sense of what life has been like in Sudan. The numbers on the cards are only to aid discussion, they do not go in number order.
Guidance questions:
1. Who is Betty?
2. Where was Betty originally from?
3. Why does Betty speak a different language to her parents?
4. Why did Betty’s family leave their original home?
5. Why are education rates in Sudan so low?
Use as many of the cards as possible to write your answer to the question above. Suggested paragraph content is below:
- Introduction to the issue of civil war in Sudan
- Information about who Betty is and what she does.
- Reasons why Betty speaks a different language to her parents.
- Your own personal views on the situation and the impacts on people in Sudan.
Extension questions:
What impact would so many extra people – such as those in Mayo camp – have on the services of an area?
What impact would the additional people have on the environment?
Play: Darfur is dying
The power of words DarfurTechnology: Google Earth
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum curated this Google Earth layer, which aggregates information, including stories, historical imagery, photos, and videos, on the Crisis in Darfur. “Witness the genocide in Darfur — through geography The US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Crisis in Darfur” layer lets you visit the unfolding genocide in Darfur, which has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent times.”
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Darfur is Dying is a narrative-based simulation game, where player takes a role of a displaced Darfurian living in a refugee camp. Players are facing lack of water and have to find a new sources of this resource. During their searching players need to be very careful and hide – otherwise they end upcapturied by aggressively set militia. |
