1. Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
Key Stage 4 plus (age 14 plus) lesson presentation

2. Where is Sudan? Sudan is a country in Africa
Can you identify which country Sudan is on this map?

3. Darfur in Sudan Darfur in Sudan SUDAN
Darfur is a large region in the West of Sudan
It is about the same size as France

4. What is happening in Darfur?
Darfur in Sudan
What is happening in Darfur?
For the last 13 years, genocide has been taking place in Darfur which has seen hundreds of thousands of people killed and millions of people forced from their homes

5. Key terms and information
Darfur in Sudan
Key terms and information
In Darfur, government soldiers are fighting against rebels and local tribes. They are trying to destroy black African tribes just because of who they are. This is genocide
Genocide is when a group of people are targeted for destruction just because of who they are, such as their race or their religion. This has happened in many countries around the world
The government soldiers are working with local militia called the Janjaweed (meaning ‘devils on horseback’)
The Janjaweed have attacked and burned hundreds of villages and killed thousands of people

6. Q Darfur in Sudan Drawings from Darfur Question:
What do you think is happening in the picture you have been given?

7. Q Drawings from Darfur Darfur in Sudan Questions:
What does the picture tell us about what happened – and is still happening – in Darfur?
What does the picture tell us about the life and the memories of the child that drew it?

8. Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 theme
Darfur in Sudan

9. Q How can life go on? Darfur in Sudan Question:
What might make it difficult for these children to build new lives?

10. Abdul Aziz Mustafa - life story
Darfur in Sudan
Abdul Aziz Mustafa - life story
Make a list of all the problems and difficulties Abdul faced in his life
Split this list into:
things that happened to him before his family left the village and
things that happened after the family left the village

11. Q How can you help life go on? Darfur in Sudan Questions:
What can you do to help the survivors of genocide re-build their lives and ensure that life can go on?

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