Discuss: Never Again

Why has “never again” not been true? Do you think there will be future genocides?

Discuss: Human Rights Initiatives

How can human rights initiatives in your own school, such as anti-racism and anti-bullying, help in the global eradication of genocide? What can individuals do? Currently, how aware or active would you say you are in matters of human rights? What barriers are there...

Discuss: Genocide Survivor Stories

Why is it so important that genocide survivors “tell and re-tell” their stories? Why is it so important that perpetrators of genocide admit to the atrocities, even those that happened long ago?

Discuss: Why Don’t Other Countries Step In?

What stops countries from stopping genocides in other countries, or from punishing the perpetrators of the genocides? What economic and political reasons are at play in their refusal to step in?

Page 41

Read the opening quote on page 41 of Genocide. What do you think of this statement? Can you think of examples that support it?