Rwanda+Activites

Rwanda Activities

__**Learning Activities for Home**__ These activities can be done in the classroom or at home.
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__**Early Elementary**__ //Sebgugugu the Glutton// can be used with early elementary students to help explore Rwanda. The book can be used during story time and read to the students. Students can use this book as a hook or introductory lesson to help explore Rwanda. A variety of literature lessons can be done using this book as the source text.

__**Late Elementary**__



Rupert Bazambanza survived the Rwandan Genocide. He them immigrated to Canada and created this graphic novel. Late elementary students can read this graphic novel as a way to explore the Rwandan Genocide. Students can write a report and/or give a presentation about the genocide after reading the text. Students can also use the graphic novel as one resource and find other resources on their own and then give a presentation and/or write a paper about what they discovered. This can be done individually or in groups

__**Fine Arts**__



Through the Eyes of Children is a project that started in 2000. Children who had been orphaned by the Rwandan Genocide were given disposable cameras and their images were collected and distributed. The photographers have raised money and awareness for Rwandan orphaned by the Genocide. The image //Gadi// was taken by Jacqueline and was the recipient of the 2001 First Prize Portraiture Award from Camera Arts Magazine. Students will each be given a disposable camera. The [|Through the Eyes of Children] website will be used to discuss how picture care framed, and why the photographers took these pictures. Students will discuss that the images they are capturing are not simply to take pictures of their friends, but to tell stories about their families and communities to people who do not know them.

__**Contact Information**__

You can contact me at scottwohlers@gmail.com or by telephone at (217) 778-6338

__**Links to Parent/Educational Resources**__

[|Information] about Rwanda from the U.S. Department of State [|Information] from the Rwanda Board of Tourism [|Activities and Discussions] for students from the movie //Hotel Rwanda//

__**Calendar of School Events**__

Information and images taken from [|Amazon], [|Montreal Institute For Genocide and Human Rights Studies], __**[|South Shores District 61]**__ [|Through the Eyes of Children] Information updated May 1, 2011