When researching a genocide of your choice, look for the “story within a story” to bring your documentary to life.
Requirements:
- 2-3 minutes maximum
- Voice-over must be written and approved by teacher (2-3 pages double-spaced)
- Movies/research must be cited and included both in the video and printed out
- Due: Friday, February 21st
Primary source needed:
Look for the story within the genocide. A personal account of someone who lived through the experience will enhance your documentary. Whether it be a written account or an interview look for a way to make your documentary anything but simply a content-filled showing that could simply be found online or in a textbook.
Project Rubric
List of genocides (1950-present)
- Australia (1900-1969)
- Zanzibar
- Guatemala (1966-1996)
- Pakistan (Bangladesh War of 1971)
- Burundi (1972 and 1993)
- North Korea
- Equatorial Guinea
- East Timor under Indonesian occupation
- Laos
- Ethiopia
- Iraqi Kurds
- Tibet
- Brazil
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- West New Guinea/West Papua
- Hutu genocide in DR Congo
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Srebrenica
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Rwanda
- Cambodia
- Darfur, Sudan
Rwanda genocide – from Phoenix Video