Waubonsee Community College

Coexist teacher's guide, using film to support those who teach to prevent othering & bullying, Dr. Mishy Lesser

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Coexist teacher's guide

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Dr. Mishy Lesser

using film to support those who teach to prevent othering & bullying

The learning activities in the four-lesson Teacher’s Guide help teachers and students think and talk about genocide, colonialism, othering, bullying, forgiveness, and reconciliation, as well as their personal experiences as victims, bystanders, upstanders, and perpetrators of violence. The Guide prepares young people for viewing the documentary film by deepening their understanding of Rwanda’s unprecedented social experiment in government-mandated unity and reconciliation, as revealed through the eyes of survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide

Director's statement -- The film -- The teacher's guide -- Overview of the four lessons -- Scene-by-scene synopsis -- Part one: Colonialism, genocide, and Rwanda's path to healing -- Lesson one: brief history of Rwandan genocide -- Coexist timeline on escalation of violence in Rwanda -- Lesson two: screening coexist -- Breaking the cycle of revenge, moving toward reconciliation -- Part two: coexist for social emotional learning -- Lesson three: learning from Coexist -- Lesson four: what it means for me -- Resource section -- Map of Rwanda -- People of Coexist -- Coexist note-taking sheet -- Stories of forgiveness -- Sample free writing options -- Key terms -- Rwanda glossary -- Comparative definitions of genocide -- A closer look at the escalation of genocide -- The eight stages of genocide -- Annotated bibliography