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Genocide & Mass Violence

How do nations struggle with mass violence and the rule of law? How do communities work to achieve reconciliation, repair dispossession, and remember those lost? Genocide and mass violence, past and present, raise all of these complex concerns and more.

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Journalism in a Digital Age

Use the documentary film Reporter to explore the changing landscape of journalism and challenge students to consider their roles as creators and consumers of news.

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Justice & Human Rights

Responding to the Rohingya Crisis

Students place this ongoing crisis in historical context, view footage from a refugee camp, and reflect on survivor testimony.

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Coexist

The stories of Rwandan women and men who survived and perpetrated the 1994 genocide reveal the enormous complexity of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Culture, Stereotypes, and Identity

Consider the complex forces, including stereotypes and culture, that shape Indigenous identities in Canada.

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Everyone Has a Story

Arn Chorn Pond elaborates upon his adjustment to high school in New Hampshire as a Cambodian teenager who spoke no English and had no knowledge of American culture.

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Everyone Has a Story

Learn about Arn Chorn Pond’s life as a Cambodian refugee, and consider the power of telling your story.

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Facing the Truth with Bill Moyers

This documentary examines the efforts of South Africans to deal with their past, specifically the years of apartheid, focusing on individuals who testified before the nation’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Fist Stick Knife Gun

In his memoir, Geoffrey Canada recreates his childhood world in the South Bronx and examines current crime legislation.

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Following Orders

Read Lieutenant Said Ahmed Mukhtar al-Ba’aj’s description of his role in the deportation of Armenians and consider the nature of obedience and conformity.

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The Armenian Genocide

Forgotten Fire

Vahan Kenderian, a teenager, must resort to a variety of measures to survive the Armenian Genocide after his life changes drastically when his family members are taken away or murdered.

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I Lost My Talk

Rita Joe, a Mi’kmaw poet and songwriter, expresses what it was like to be forced to give up her language.

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Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago

The award-winning creators of NPR's Ghetto Life 101 combine their talents to focus on the Ida B. Wells housing project and their personal struggles to survive unrelenting tragedy.

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