Conflict and peace

RESOURCES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

There are currently twenty-two lessons suitable for global education, geography, history, English, psychology, social sustainability, legal studies and social/values education.

Areas covered

THE ORIGINS OF CONFLICT
  1. The construction of hatred
  2. Dangerous ideas
  3. Dangerous situations
  4. The rule of law
  5. Moral inhibitions
  6. The social effects of war
  7. Go back where you came from
  8. Demonising others
  9. Vital vocabulary
GENOCIDE
  1. How did it happen?
  2. A simple plan
  3. A strangeness of mind
  4. A genocide story
  5. Vital vocabulary
THE AFTERMATH OF GENOCIDE
  1. After the genocide
  2. How to begin building a future
  3. Vital vocabulary (aftermath)
JUSTICE AND RECOVERY
  1. What is justice?
  2. Gacaca: restorative justice in action
  3. Compensation and reconciliation
INTRO AND OVERVIEW
  1. Introduction to Rwanda
  2. What have you learned?

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You can download any lesson individually: you get the lesson plan, handouts and slides

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The full set of lessons plus all the films (in 1280×720 HD) is also available on USB.

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What exactly do I get?

Each lesson contains a detailed lesson plan, presentation slides and handouts for printing or photocopying.

What format are the resources in?

All the lesson plans, presentation slides and handouts come as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. That means consistent, reliable formatting across computer platforms.

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Downloading the files

Depending on the lessons you’ve bought, when you uncompress the downloaded zip files, you’ll have a set of folders something like this. (This is the full set).

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In each lesson

In each lesson folder, you’ll typically find three PDFs:-

  • a handout for printing
  • the lesson plan itself
  • a set of presentation slides

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Using a PDF like a powerpoint

It’s really easy! With your PDF open in Adobe Reader, hit Command L (MAC) or Control L (PC) to put the PDF into fullscreen mode. (Or go to the View menu and select Full Screen Mode).
Use the arrow keys or PageUp and PageDown keys on your keyboard to navigate through the PDF.
To get out of Full Screen Mode, just hit Escape.

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