Latrice Ferguson Media Services and Production Webquest April 6, 2010 Introduction: Who is to blame for the genocide

in Rwanda? Is everyone to blame? Is no one to blame? These are the questions I want you to answer.

The history of the world is filled with terrible incidents of genocide*: the Holocaust, the American slave trade, the genocide in Rwanda, and many more. Rwanda is a small country in central Africa bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, and Uganda. There are two tribes* in Rwanda, the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwandas Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by the Hutu dominated government under the Hutu Power ideology. Over the course of approximately 100 days beginning with the assassination of Juvnal Habyarimana on April 6 through mid-July, at least 500,000 people or 20% of the countrys population were killed, according to the estimate of Human Rights Watch. As the anniversary of the genocide approaches, I want each group to consider the roles certain entities played in this terrible tragedy. And what each group could have done to prevent what happened in Rwanda. Role Players: Hutus Tutsis Europe United States

Setting the stage: There were a lot of things that led up to the Rwanda genocide. Each group will answer the following questions: Rwanda stats: population, location, languages, and religions. What role did the colonization* of Rwanda play in the events leading up to the genocide? Who are the Tutsis? Who are the Hutus? List five events that led up to the Rwanda genocide? JRank Encyclopedia http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/5918/Africa-Belgian-Colonies.html

Latrice Ferguson Media Services and Production Webquest April 6, 2010 Encyclopedia of the Worlds Minorities http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/minorities/rwanda.html BBC World News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1070329.stm

Role Players: Hutus: Who are the Hutus? What problems did they face in Rwanda? What role did they play in the Rwanda genocide? What could this group have done to prevent the genocide? Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno1-3-09.htm#P200_83746 PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/etc/slaughter.html Everyculture.com http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Rwanda-to-Syria/Hutu.html

Tutsis: Who are the Tutsis? What was life like for the Tutsis before the genocide? What role did they play in the genocide? What could this group have done to prevent the genocide? Everyculture.com http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/Tutsi.html Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/1999/rwanda/Geno1-3-09.htm#P200_83746 PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/etc/slaughter.html Peace Pledge Union Information http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda.html

Latrice Ferguson Media Services and Production Webquest April 6, 2010 Europe: What is colonization? List the pros and cons of colonization. What role did Belgiums colonization of Rwanda have to do with conflicts between the Hutus and Tutsis? What role did the some European countries play during the genocide in Rwanda?

Ethic Groups in Rwanda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Rwanda#German_and_Belgian_coloniza tion Wikipedia German Belgium colonization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Rwanda#German_and_Belgian_coloniza tion The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sarkozy-admits-frances-role-inrwandan-genocide-1911272.html BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6079428.stm

United States: When did the US become involved in keeping the peace between the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda? What actions did they take? Were they too late? Why didnt they get involved sooner? Was it the United States responsibility to send support to Rwanda? National Security Archive http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/index.html PBS-Choose two interviews to help you answer the questions above. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/interviews/

Discussion: Once each group has answered all the questions a representative from each group will gather with other group reps forming four new groups with a Hutu rep, a Tutsi rep, a European rep, and a US

Latrice Ferguson Media Services and Production Webquest April 6, 2010 representative. In these groups you will discuss your findings, and discuss what your role was in the genocide, and what you would do differently to help prevent this from happening. *-Please define these words as they relate to this webquest : )