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Darfur Now and Not On Our Watch

A Unit to Accompany the Book and Film
Overview: 

Hajewa Adam, Fur woman and rebel fighter, Sudan Liberation ArmyFacing History and Ourselves and ENOUGH have partnered [1] to create and distribute classroom materials to accompany the movie Darfur Now and the book Not On Our Watch. The teaching unit includes four lessons that:

  • provide an introduction to the genocide in Darfur
  • help students identify how activists have responded to violence in the region
  • encourage students to think about the complexity of activism and lastly,
  • ask students to connect this material to their own experiences and ideas about activism, genocide, and conflict resolution.

More information on this unit [2]

DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF ALL LESSONS [1MB] [3]

Lessons: 
Darfur Now Lesson One: Introduction to Darfur Now [4]
Darfur Now Lesson Two: Responding to the Violence in Darfur [5]
Darfur Now Lesson Three: Understanding Activism [6]
Darfur Now Lesson Four: The Messages of Darfur Now [7]
Public
Source URL: http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/units/darfur-now

Links:
[1] http://www.facinghistory.org/darfur-project
[2] http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/units/darfur-now/more
[3] http://www.facinghistory.org/sites/facinghistory.org/files/darfur-now-not-on-our-watch.pdf
[4] http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/lessons/darfur-now-lesson-one
[5] http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/lessons/darfur-now-lesson-two
[6] http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/lessons/darfur-now-lesson-three
[7] http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/lessons/darfur-now-lesson-four