by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Students study the list of genocides, beginning on page 120, and choose one to research. In their research, they might try to identify genocide’s eight stages as described on page 60. Have students present their research to a group, who then discuss the facts and look...
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Reread the passage on page 36 about denial and “turning a blind eye.” Students reflect on a time in their life that they experienced this — a time they turned away from a social injustice when they could have done something, or a time someone could have helped them in...
by boot | Mar 10, 2025
Students investigate the current situation in Darfur. What has occurred since the time Genocide was written? What organizations are at work to help the people of Darfur? Subjects: World Studies, English Language Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
The Africville of today is rather different from the Africville that the girl in the story imagined and longed for. Ask students how they think attending the Africville reunion festival made the girl feel: Sad? Grateful? Happy? Angry? What clues do we have in the book...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
The Africville that the young girl was told about by her family was full of vivid colors and beauty, where people got to experience the different rhythms of nature more directly than in many cities today. Ask each student to draw a picture of their favorite scene from...
