​Unit 1 - Conflict

You need to complete a series of work on the conflict topic.  You have to complete the following tasks to help you meet the success criteria outlined below. Incorporate the key words into your answers.

You can produce written answers on the paper provided. Alternatively, you can produce detailed posters or PowerPoint slides to prove you have met the criteria below.  These need to be submitted to your teacher by the deadline shown below.  All photos and maps included should have a caption stating what they show.

Use this resource booklet to help when you have received your feedback.

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Conflict Humanities Pathway Success Criteria and Key Word Bank

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Task 1 - Describe the location of Rwanda.
You could do this on a world map or write it up into a full paragraph.  Include information on the following;

• Continent
• Surrounding countries
• Size
• ​Other useful information
  

Map of Central Africa

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Belgian Colonialists meet with Tutsi Tribe

Task 2  - What caused the conflict in Rwanda?
http://www.history.com/topics/rwandan-genocide

• ​​​Describe the civil war in Rwanda in 1994.  Refer to the number of dead and displaced refugees and key dates in the genocide.
• Summarise the cause of the conflict in Rwanda. Use the terms;
  • Catalyst
  • Divide and conquer
  • Vacuum
• ​You may refer to the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping troops helping to facilitate the genocide.  The world did not help prevent the conflict.  http://www.history.com/topics/rwandan-genocide/videos/rwanda-the-world-reacts

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Task 3a - Summarise the main features of the following groups linked to the Rwandan Genocide.  You could annotate photos of these groups to help support your answer.

• Belgian Colonialists
• Hutus
• Tutsis
• ​UN peacekeepers.

UN Peacekeepers in Rwanda

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Historical ethnic groups in Rwanda

​Task 3b - What happened to each of these groups as a consequence of the genocide?

• Hutus
• Tutsis
• UN peacekeepers
• How many were killed, injured, made homeless or fled overseas?

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​Task 4 - What is being done to help resolve the conflict between Hutus and Tutsis?

• Describe what the UN did initially with the peacekeeping force in Rwanda throughout the 1990s.
• Describe the Gacaca Trials
• Describe the creation of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a tool to help educate Hutus and Tutsis about their shared history of colonialism. 
• Has it worked? Is the country improving?
  • Guardian News Article​
  • Geographical data on Rwanda

Eternal flame outside the Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali, Rwanda

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