Teacher resources: conflict and peace

January 10, 2014 Dave Fullerton

By Dave Fullerton

January 10, 2014 In ideas, resources, social cohesion

For several years we’ve been providing teachers with resources to use within the mainstream school curriculum.

Through film, photography and journalism, the personal encounters with survivors and perpetrators of the genocide challenge students to think through the ideas and actions which either lead to conflict or build peace. They also hold out the possibilities for recovery, unity and hope.

“Entirely focused on being useful for a busy teacher who wants to challenge students but has no time to develop lessons like this.” David Whitcombe, Emanuel School, NSW.

There are currently twenty-two lessons covering global education, History, Psychology, English, Legal Studies, Social and Values education, Geography and Social Sustainability. All lessons come with a detailed lesson plan and most include beautifully formatted sets of presentation slides and handout sheets ready for printing or photocopying.

They’re available as individual downloads or as a complete lesson pack. The full set of lessons, plus all the films (in 1280×720 HD) is also available on USB.

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What people are saying

“The rich combination of video, text, images and interactive features is striking. The strong focus on first person interviews detailing their stories and perspectives of what happened and how they are trying to collectively recover is impressive. Its potential value to future generations of students makes RwandanStories a worthy winner.”
United Nations AustraliaMedia Peace Award 2011
“The RwandanStories website is absolutely fantastic and testament to the enormous energy and passion you’ve put into the project. I’m using some of the clips for a Masters course on justice and memory issues at Uni of London and I’ve spread the link far and wide, including to many colleagues in Rwanda. Congrats on this superb piece of work and I’m sure it’ll have major impact in many different contexts.”
Dr Phil ClarkLecturer in international politics at the University of London
“It’s the first truly impartial site I have seen. Thank you for taking the time to document this event in a way that no-one else has. It is humane, informative and compelling. It doesn’t seek to demonize the perpetrators; neither does it sanctify survivors. It presents both in all their humanity. I think what I like most about your site is that it strives to enrich us all with an understanding of conflict and how it can be used to create war. That is an important piece of the genocide puzzle.”
Karen StaffordResearch Assistant for genocide survivor
“This has changed the way I take things for granted.”
Year 10 studentParkwood Secondary College, VIctoria

Dave Fullerton

Dave is the author, designer and filmmaker behind the RwandanStories website. He lives in Melbourne with his partner Sally, a teacher and curriculum writer. More by Dave Fullerton

Teacher resources: conflict and peace

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